  Gobar Times is a
very good publication. Only it is getting too heavy. Please make it simpler for us kids to
understand.We have also started to save water at home in the following ways:
1. We make our mother save the rinse water from the washing machine and reuse it the next
day for the first wash cycle.
2. We have put a brick (which saves 2 litres of water) in the flush tank of our toilet.
Ananjeet Kaur, Jaileen Kaur
and Prabhleen Kaur
New Delhi
I want to discuss
with you "water preservation". It is true that people don't understand the
importance of water until the well is dried. The common man is also waiting for this
"well" (earth) to dry up. Can we stop this well from drying up? Yes, we can,
only by making a person realize the importance of water.
I know that there are many schemes made on this subject and a person also learns a lot
from them. But does he use these lessons in his daily life? The answer is always no
because man continues to misuse water even though he knows that he is destroying his own
future.
I request you to publish a Gobar Times issue on this subject and make readers
realize the importance of water.
Vanya Bisht
Class 7, Dehradun
GT replies:
We covered water in our February 15, 2003 issue. You can visit www.gobartimes.org and
check out the issue in the archives section.
Being a regular
reader of Gobar Times, I would feel pleasure in giving you a suggestion for
increasing the involvement of the kids in the affairs of nature and environment. This
involvement can be achieved by appointing Gobar Times Reporter Kids (GTRK) all over the
country. GTRKs should be issued with an identity card, a badge or something else by means
of which they are authorized to ask questions to people destroying the environment.
Medhna Pande
Nainital
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 I am really impressed by the information on terrace and kitchen gardens.
After reading it I also want to start a terrace garden in my house. I have never done
gardening. Could you give me more detailed information on organic and terrace garden.
Moreover could you suggest me some book dealing with this aspect.
Sarika
Via Email
I read your cover story on Urban Agriculture. I am quite inspired to be a city
farmer! Being a working woman, however, I have apprehensions about the time commitment
involved. Furthermore, although I have a terrace and tiny plot of land in my parents'
house, access to the same is not frequent, as we live at a distance from each other. I
would like you to give me a detailed procedure on how to go about city farming, say on a
terrace, and also please let me know if the above-mentioned circumstances are serious
constraints in the same.
Pujita
Via Email
I read the Gobar Times of March 15, 2004 with interest. I would like to
know more about Kitchen/Terrance Gardens. Could you please let me have those details?
Trinath
Via Email
GT replies: You can get the required information from www.ruaf.org, www.fao.org/organicag,
www.cityfarmer.org and www.kitchengardener.com on the Internet.
You can check out www.goacom.com/oib for
list of organic farming books. Some publications dealing with the issue are: A Survey
of Expertise, Capacities and Recent Experience by Gisele Yasmen, MetroFarm: The
Guide to Growing for Big Profit on a Small of Land by Michael Olson, The Art of the
Kitchen Garden by Jan Gertley, Kitchen Gardens in Containers by Anthony Atha
and Roof Gardens, Balconies and Terraces by David Stevens.
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