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Engaging Sikhs through awareness, action and advocacy on environment issues in Punjab and the world. June 2016 Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh! Organic Push by EcoSikh - World's Largest Community Kitchen at Golden Temple will now serve Organic Langar
NDTV: A kitchen that feeds 100,000 people daily, 24 hours a day and 7 days a week for free, is ready to raise the bar even further and set a benchmark for others to follow. Guru Ramdas Langar Hall at Sri Harmandir Sahib (popularly known as the Golden Temple) - one of the world's largest community kitchens, will soon be serving organic food. Read More..
Tribune: The SGPC's efforts to offer chemical free 'langar' to the devotees at Golden Temple have started yielding results. On an experimental basis, the committee has earmarked 40 acres at Gurdwara Gurusar Satlani Sahib to be developed as a model farm and the produce generated from here will be used for preparing langar. The first lot of vegetables grown organically in this farm has reached the Golden Temple community kitchen. This included carrot, radish, cabbage, spinach, fenugreek seed (methi) etc. Read More.. Hindustan Times: The 1-lakh-plus pilgrims partaking of langar in the Golden Temple community kitchen round the clock every day now have organic vegetables on their plate. It doesn't fulfill the requirement though, as the shrine gets only a 10-quintal supply every three-to-four days; but the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) plans to increase the volume later by running the programme at gurdwaras that have land to grow organic food. Read more..
3500 Sikh Organizations Celebrate Sikh Environment Day Globally pledging to Go Green and Go Organic Washington: Over 3500 Sikh Gurdwaras and institutions took part in celebrating the Sikh Environment Day (SED) on March 14 all across India and all over the world. SED has been popularized by the Washington-based organization EcoSikh since 2010 and this year's focus was to go organic. This day marks the New Year in the Sikh Calender and the Gurgaddi Diwas (enthronement day) of the sixth Guru, Sri Guru Har Rai Ji, who is remembered in Sikh history for his deep sensitivity to nature, its preservation and the well-being of animals. He maintained an extensive herbal garden (Naulkha Garden) for medicinal purposes in Kiratpur Sahib in Punjab. Read More..
Mohali: EcoSikh along with Kalgidhar Sewak Jatha, organized organic products exhibition-cum-sale at Gurdwara Sahib phase-4, Mohali, to mark the celebrations of Sikh Environment Day on March 14th, 2016. The event received a great response from the sangat who came to pay the obeisance at gurdwara. A great response for organic products was witnessed. This event was able to establish a connect between the sangat and local farmers. This mode of celebration was chosen to promote the message of "Nanak Kheti is Uttam Kheti". As a part of awareness, farmers brought several varieties of organic products including vegetables, pulses, breads etc for sale to revive the tradition of healthy and chemical-free food. During the event President of Kalgidhar Sewak Jatha, JP Singh, Spokesperson of Akhand Kirtani Jatha, RP Singh, a budding farming enthusiast Inderjit Kaur, and General Secretary of Farmers for Safe Food Society, Mohanjit Singh were also present. Help us spread the message of Guru Nanak and support Sikh environmental action!
Three-day Organic Langar Marks Religious Fervour on Vaisakhi at Amritsar- EcoSikh Organised Exhibition Cum Sale of Organic Products for Devotees Amritsar: EcoSikh and Akhand Kirtani Jatha aka AKJ, two international organisations joined hands to serve healthyOrganic Langar during the ongoing Vaisakhi celebrations in various Gurdwaras at Amritsar from April 10th to 13th, 2016. Over 10,000 devotees partook in Langar at Baba Sewa Singh Hall at Sultanwind in Amritsar, during the three day event. As a part of awareness, exhibition and sale of organic products like vegetables, pulses, flour, rice, jaggery and pickles were procured directly from organic farmers of Jalandhar for this mega celebration marking the birth of Khalsa. Read More..
Nanak Kheti is Uttam Kheti - Says EcoSikh Ferozepur: Over 120 farmers attended a one-day workshop on Organic Farming (Kudrati-Kheti) organized by Ecosikh in collaboration with Living Successfully Foundation at Village Lalchian, Guru Harsahai, Ferozepur. The workshop funded by Datawind, aimed to promote organic farming in Punjab and create demand and marketing opportunity for organic food products that will support farmer community and ultimately benefit the health of Punjab's population, it's rivers and soils. The workshop was conducted by Master Rajbir Singh of renowned Pingalwara Charitable Trust of Amritsar. Master Rajbir Singh delivered a step by step information on the package and practices of natural farming and answered all the queries that the farmers had for shifting from chemical based farming to natural farming. He stated, "Bhagat Puran Singh has shown us a great way towards conservation of planet and Pingalwara Trust is working day and night to educate farmers of Punjab to cultivate their lands in Guru Nanak's way." Read More..
Amritsar Foundation Day or AFD is the day when Sri Guru Ram Das Ji founded the Amritsar city back in 1577 on Harr Vadi 13 and assured to bring in people from different walks of life to live together harmoniously. Now it is our turn to make it love-able and live-able. Eco-Amritsar celebrates the 439th anniversary of AFD on 2nd of July by organizing a Foundation Day procession. Stay tuned for further information "Amritsar: My City, My Pride, My Responsibility" Click here to see Amritsar Foundation Day 2015 |
On 2nd July, 2016 at Amritsar, the Holy City!!