GREEN HISTORY

A group of young and energetic youth came together on December 24, 1988 to participate in a long rally from Kanyakumari to Ooty to protect natural resources and environment and started GREEN in January 1989 with 21 youth. The purpose of greening is not only to protect the environment, but also to restore traditional science, preserve biodiversity, plan greening of mind, environment, culture, wisdom, education, technology, etc. to make mother earth a green earth for development.

Formed a secular and democratic association called the General movement for Rural Education and Environment, which was soon shortened to Green. It was created to protect the environment and revive traditional science.Prior to their engagement under the banner GREEN, the members were engaged in welfare activities such as getting welfare schemes for the poor and downtrodden Indigenous people living in Western Ghats Mountain, Theni district of Tamil Nadu and Idukki district of Kerala, India.


Rural Educator and leadership training programs organized by well-known government and non-government organizations such as Gandhigram Rural University and Natural Agriculture movement have inspired them to work together to improve not only the environment but also society.


It has also worked in areas such as improving the quality of life of the poor living in the hilly and mountain areas who depend on the environment and traditional their heritage. Since its inception, GREEN has been engaged in multi-faceted activities that touch on areas such as environmental education, natural agriculture, non-toxic food, side-effect-free traditional medicine, sustainable economic development, water, sanitation and hygiene, and strengthening community-based systems. Since then, the environment and the lives of the poor have continued to flourish in the areas where we are involved.