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| The ugly open-air urinal in the vacant plot gets a facelift. |
CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE PICTURES OF SPOTFIXING THE UGLY CORNER IN DEFENCE COLONY
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
TUI SpotFix! - Ugly Corner Transformation in Defence Colony!
Location - Vacant Plot in Defence Colony
CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE PICTURES OF SPOTFIXING THE UGLY CORNER IN DEFENCE COLONY
CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE PICTURES OF SPOTFIXING THE UGLY CORNER IN DEFENCE COLONY
Saturday, April 28, 2012
TUI Corporate Spotfix! - By Thoughtworks @ Koramangala
Location : Thoughtworks, Koramangala 3rd block
The dark side of 24x7 Work Culture - the 24x7 Litter Culture.
The once-a-day street sweeping designed for quiet residential areas cannot handle the software companies with 24x7 high-volume litter generation.
The street opposite the ThoughtWorks office in Koramangala 3rd Block has been a huge mess for years. Some people said 'enough is enough'. And this is what they did!!
The dark side of 24x7 Work Culture - the 24x7 Litter Culture.
The once-a-day street sweeping designed for quiet residential areas cannot handle the software companies with 24x7 high-volume litter generation.
The street opposite the ThoughtWorks office in Koramangala 3rd Block has been a huge mess for years. Some people said 'enough is enough'. And this is what they did!!
"In this particular instance, the govt does its job of sweeping the street every morning at 9am. That doesn't really help if hundreds of employees of nearby companies litter continuously for the rest of the day. Think how demotivating this could be to the govt sweeper - despite doing what she is supposed to do, she gets blamed. Let's start getting real about who litters and who cleans up. "
~ TUI
Thursday, April 26, 2012
TUI Spotfix! - Transforming Defence Colony
Location - Defense Colony
Over 100 Ugly Indians and Defence Colony residents (Decora -Defence Colony Residents Association) came together to execute dozens of spotfixes (mini and mega) across the length and breadth of Defence Colony.
Over 100 Ugly Indians and Defence Colony residents (Decora -Defence Colony Residents Association) came together to execute dozens of spotfixes (mini and mega) across the length and breadth of Defence Colony.
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| Spotfixing the wall of Chinmaya Hospital (of CMH Rd fame). |
"The
guys who did this didn't need to be corporators to do this. Any of us
has the power to do this outside our homes - this is a government 'of
the people' after all. Each citizen is empowered to clean his own area -
it would be better if people started doing that and see the impact!" ~ TUI
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| Spotfixing a vacant plot, with a boundary wall, used as a garbage dump. An attempt to make the wall 'looked after'. It has worked. No garbage has come here the past 3 days and all the neighbours are happy with the design. In fact, they were involved in the process of painting the wall. -TUI |
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| Meet Mrs Kapoor, who is 90 years young. She worked for 2 hours on Sunday to fix her street in Defence Colony. What more inspiration do you need to fix your street? -TUI |
"One
has to start somewhere. The good news is that 3 of the Ugly Spots fixed
in Defence Colony last Sunday have remained clean for a week now (most
residents had given up on their ever getting fixed) - and those that
used to create the
mess seem to have changed their daily mess-creating behaviour. TUI
believes in gradual incremental changes - silent work has been going on
behind-the-scenes the past week and there has been a very high level of
support (incl from those who created the mess)!" ~ TUI on FB on 21/4/2012
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| The Chinmaya Mission Hospital Bus parks here every night - earlier it used to park on the roadside and block an entire lane. Not only has the garbage problem been solved, a parking spot has been created (see entire album for 'Before-After pictures). |
"The
BBMP has used this point as a temporary dumping point for years - but
once they saw the work, the Inspector agreed to change his collection
methods. This is the way to deal with the BBMP - do not complain - just
go out there and do the work quietly, and they rise to the occasion and
reciprocate.
there were several households who dumped here everyday taking advantage of the existing dump. TUI volunteers met each resident and aligned their daily dumping schedule with the door-to-door pick up system (which they were not using). There has been 100% compliance the past 2 days. Sincere work is always recognised by all." ~ TUI on FB
there were several households who dumped here everyday taking advantage of the existing dump. TUI volunteers met each resident and aligned their daily dumping schedule with the door-to-door pick up system (which they were not using). There has been 100% compliance the past 2 days. Sincere work is always recognised by all." ~ TUI on FB
Saturday, April 21, 2012
TUI Corporate Spotfix! - By Grand Mercure Employees in Koramangala
Location - Grand Mercure Hotel, Koramangala
The employees of the hotel Grand Mercure, Bangalore came out to beautify the street outside their hotel.
CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE PICTURES OF GRAND MERCURE SPOTFIX IN KORAMANGALA
The employees of the hotel Grand Mercure, Bangalore came out to beautify the street outside their hotel.
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| This vacant plot attracts garbage (note the street dogs), and the tree stump adds to the ugliness of the area. This is a simple, low-cost way of converting an ugly spot into something beautiful. |
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| Meet the SpotFixers from Grand Mercure, Bangalore! |
CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE PICTURES OF GRAND MERCURE SPOTFIX IN KORAMANGALA
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
TUI Corporate Spotfix! - Saving Bagmane Tech Park!
Location - Bagmane Tech Park
30 employees from Sasken, Bagmane Tech Park volunteered to clean the mess outside this tech park and begin saving Bagmane Lake.
Check out the spotfixing videos
After this Initial clean up by Sasken, 20 employees from Dell, HP, Juniper and TI came together to clean up the area around Bagmane lake!
Click here to see more pictures of Saving Bagmane Lake
April 20: Over next 3 weeks (or 15 work days), over 8,000 cups landed here. That works out to about 500 thrown into the lake per day!
Daily sales of chai/coffee cups: 5000 (across 8 shops) - so about 10% of customers threw their cups in the lake. 90% do not.
April 23rd: Just 20 cups were found at 5pm. And promptly cleaned up. So the place looks totally clean on Tuesday morning.
Conclusion: Of 5,000 cups available to throw in the lake on Monday, just 20 got there - down from 500 earlier. About 96% of those who used to throw in the lake seem to have stopped.
Let's see what happens on Tuesday. We suspect the number to be about 20 again. We think that's acceptable...for now.
In ANY group or society, around 5% of the members violate the rules EVEN when fines are enforced. In a self-governing situation, it is normally 10% or more.
TUI is very pleased with the 96% behaviour change. If this sustains at this level for the next 5 days, there is serious cause for satisfaction as a SpotFix well done.
While aiming for 100% conversion is desirable, we don't think it will happen overnight. Let's recognise dramatic change when we see it. "
Q: How are the cups disposed off after cleaning?
A: ALL the litter from the 12 shops is collected and kept in an 'unofficiaal dump' in the corner, from where it is picked up by the city authorities (BBMP), and taken to the Landfill sites. All the shopkeepers are technically illegal (as they are across India) so they do not get civic services from the city - however they have found an informal way of getting the garbage collected. We hope to find a way to formalise this. ~ TUI
Q: Hope the near by company people will respect the work done by Common Citizen. Where is BBMP ?
A: As this entire stretch of shops is 'illegal' they get no formal BBMP support. This is the tragedy of urban India - essential services like street vendors are illegal and hence get no formal civic services support - is fact, this is the crux of the 'garbage problem' in cities like Bangalore. ~ TUI
Q: Please also provide dustbins there it looks like employees of the tech park themselves are dumping plastic cups?
A: Yes, the tech park employees are 100% responsible for this mess. This stretch is used ONLY by employees who work in Bagmane, and come here for tea-and-cigarette breaks. This is why we are calling on them to come out and cleanup. It's a real shame that this is tolerated. While 80% of them are conscious and use the bins provided (yes, there are dozens of bins there now), there are still many who nonchalantly toss their trash into the lake. ~ TUI
30 employees from Sasken, Bagmane Tech Park volunteered to clean the mess outside this tech park and begin saving Bagmane Lake.
Check out the spotfixing videos
After this Initial clean up by Sasken, 20 employees from Dell, HP, Juniper and TI came together to clean up the area around Bagmane lake!
Click here to see more pictures of Saving Bagmane Lake
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| And this is the end result!!! |
"Mar 30: Bagmane Lake cleaned of all cups by Sasken employees. Several dustbins installed, and clearing system setup.
No enforcement imposed - deliberately.
No enforcement imposed - deliberately.
April 20: Over next 3 weeks (or 15 work days), over 8,000 cups landed here. That works out to about 500 thrown into the lake per day!
Daily sales of chai/coffee cups: 5000 (across 8 shops) - so about 10% of customers threw their cups in the lake. 90% do not.
April 23rd: Just 20 cups were found at 5pm. And promptly cleaned up. So the place looks totally clean on Tuesday morning.
Conclusion: Of 5,000 cups available to throw in the lake on Monday, just 20 got there - down from 500 earlier. About 96% of those who used to throw in the lake seem to have stopped.
Let's see what happens on Tuesday. We suspect the number to be about 20 again. We think that's acceptable...for now.
In ANY group or society, around 5% of the members violate the rules EVEN when fines are enforced. In a self-governing situation, it is normally 10% or more.
TUI is very pleased with the 96% behaviour change. If this sustains at this level for the next 5 days, there is serious cause for satisfaction as a SpotFix well done.
While aiming for 100% conversion is desirable, we don't think it will happen overnight. Let's recognise dramatic change when we see it. "
~ TUI
Some questions answered by TUI on Facebook.
Q: How are the cups disposed off after cleaning?
A: ALL the litter from the 12 shops is collected and kept in an 'unofficiaal dump' in the corner, from where it is picked up by the city authorities (BBMP), and taken to the Landfill sites. All the shopkeepers are technically illegal (as they are across India) so they do not get civic services from the city - however they have found an informal way of getting the garbage collected. We hope to find a way to formalise this. ~ TUI
Q: Hope the near by company people will respect the work done by Common Citizen. Where is BBMP ?
A: As this entire stretch of shops is 'illegal' they get no formal BBMP support. This is the tragedy of urban India - essential services like street vendors are illegal and hence get no formal civic services support - is fact, this is the crux of the 'garbage problem' in cities like Bangalore. ~ TUI
Q: Please also provide dustbins there it looks like employees of the tech park themselves are dumping plastic cups?
A: Yes, the tech park employees are 100% responsible for this mess. This stretch is used ONLY by employees who work in Bagmane, and come here for tea-and-cigarette breaks. This is why we are calling on them to come out and cleanup. It's a real shame that this is tolerated. While 80% of them are conscious and use the bins provided (yes, there are dozens of bins there now), there are still many who nonchalantly toss their trash into the lake. ~ TUI
Thursday, March 15, 2012
I Can Spotfix! - Wall fix @Ajmer
Location - Ajmer
Kailash Rawat spotfixes a wall in Ajmer along with a few others.
He has shown that all it takes is the will to do it and one can make it happen. Let us congratulate Kailash for taking up this initiative on his own far away in Ajmer.
Click here to see more pictures of this Spotfix!
Click here to see more pictures of this Spotfix!
Saturday, March 10, 2012
TUI Corporate Spotfix! - By Employees of Sasken!
Location - Inner ring Road, near Sasken Corporate HQ
Inspired by the Spotfixes by Dell and NetApp Employees near their offices, 40 Sasken Employees come together to clean up the road leading to their Office HQ in Bangalore.
"The neighbours have been involved in this spotfix. Some have worked with their hands, some have provided logistical support. Spotfixes always involve the neighbours! And passers by too! Otherwise they don't sustain" ~ TUI
If you are interested to do a similar Spotfix near your office in Bangalore with your co-workers, please write to theuglyindian@gmail.com
Click here to view videos of other Spotfixes by Corporates!
Inspired by the Spotfixes by Dell and NetApp Employees near their offices, 40 Sasken Employees come together to clean up the road leading to their Office HQ in Bangalore.
"The neighbours have been involved in this spotfix. Some have worked with their hands, some have provided logistical support. Spotfixes always involve the neighbours! And passers by too! Otherwise they don't sustain" ~ TUI
If you are interested to do a similar Spotfix near your office in Bangalore with your co-workers, please write to theuglyindian@gmail.com
Click here to view videos of other Spotfixes by Corporates!
Thursday, March 8, 2012
I Can Spotfix! - Clean up Trek @ Pune
Location - Sinhagad, Pune, Maharashtra
A group of youngsters in Pune organised a clean up trek in Sinhagad, Pune.
According to one of the Trekkers the waste collected were 10 bags of plastic, glass and other non-recyclable items, of which the plastic bottles were sold to the to rag-pickers.
Click here to see their wonderful spotfix pictures
A group of youngsters in Pune organised a clean up trek in Sinhagad, Pune.
According to one of the Trekkers the waste collected were 10 bags of plastic, glass and other non-recyclable items, of which the plastic bottles were sold to the to rag-pickers.
Click here to see their wonderful spotfix pictures
Saturday, March 3, 2012
I Can Spotfix! - All is Well @ Dell - Part 2
Location - Ring road, near Dell Office
75 employees of Dell had come together with TUI to spotfix the footpath near their office.
Check out - TUI Corporate Spotfix by Dell Employees
18 of these volunteers wanted to do a bit more, they planned a spotfix to fix the median and another small stretch of the footpath near Dell.
75 employees of Dell had come together with TUI to spotfix the footpath near their office.
Check out - TUI Corporate Spotfix by Dell Employees
18 of these volunteers wanted to do a bit more, they planned a spotfix to fix the median and another small stretch of the footpath near Dell.
Monday, February 27, 2012
I Can Spotfix! - @Raheja Residency, Koramangala.
Location - Raheja Residency, 3rd block, Koramangala
Here is another TUI inspired spotfix.
75 residents of all ages come together to clean up their surroundings in Raheja residency, Koramangala.
Update : Some residents come together again the following weekend to further improve on the previous spotfix. Take a look and hope this inspires you to do something similar in your neighborhood!
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Here is another TUI inspired spotfix.
75 residents of all ages come together to clean up their surroundings in Raheja residency, Koramangala.
The Inside Story from the Raheja Residency SpotFix (as provided by one of the fixers on Facebook):
1. Make a street map
1. Make a street map
2. Check with BBMP Waste Collector which houses don't give him waste
3. Observe thru the day who actually dumps and confirm waste collector info
4. Plan the Fix
5. Go house to house inviting all for the Fix (those who throw and those who dont) - even if they dont turn up, they know something... is a foot
6. Get construction and heavy debris cleared
7. Get masonry work done
8. Do the SpotFix
9. Go house to house and tell them not to throw waste but leave it for morning pick-up
10. Accompany morning pick-up, ring the bell and ask for waste
11. Keep doing till habit formed..work in progress yet..time will tell. but can be done
Update : Some residents come together again the following weekend to further improve on the previous spotfix. Take a look and hope this inspires you to do something similar in your neighborhood!
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