World Earth Day 22 nd April was celebrated in a different way by a host of highly committed organizations which included Goa Foundation led by Dr Claude Alvares, History Heritage Action Group led by Prof Prajal Sakhardande, The Charles Correia Foundation represented by Anubhuti Chandran, Mission Green led by Architect Tallulah D’Silva, Save Goa London represented by Carmen Miranda and of course, Goa ForGiving represented by yours truly. This effort was energetically supported by the Corporation of the City of Panjim, led by their Commissioner Sanjit Rodrigues. Since the Garbage menace and the general unclean environment is a constant source of disgust in Panjim and elsewhere, we thought it wise to use this day to signify a drastic change in the way we see our city. And the response was overwhelming, with support coming in from such high profile and respected citizens mentioned above, besides scores others. The day started off at 6.30 am at the Panjim Municipal Market, with various volunteers of the “Girl Power” Group led by our very own Rhea D’Souza, the full of energy young architect who spearheaded the whole event. This group included Tania Shirodkar, Shaeen Gomes, Daisy Moreno and others, with the high point of the morning being the participation of young school kids led by Architect Tallulah D’Silva. The kids made paper bags which they distributed to the market vendors besides handing over the balance to the Panjim Mayor Surendra Furtado. The event energized the political class, and this was seen in the token presence of various elected representatives of the CCP as well as the local MLA Sidharth Kuncalienker. But the energy behind all this was undoubtedly Sanjit Rodrigues who marshalled his human resources as best as he can. From the Panjim Municipal Market, a small band of committed volunteers trooped to the Campal Beach head which is part of the Children’s Park situated there. It was a royal mess with plastic waste, paper cups, broken bottles and other garbage strewn all over the beautiful zone. It was our endeavour to clean this up as an extension of our Campal Creek Rehabilitation effort, and we were delighted to pick up scores of bags of garbage which we segregated thoroughly. We are thankful to Sachin of the CCP who kept on insisting that we segregate the garbage completely, and we managed that 100% much to the joy of all who participated in this clean up.