Kolkata, IN AQI
Environment & Plantation
Focus Area

Environment & Plantation

Plant a tree. Save a river. Cool a planet. For our children's children.

The Reality

What is the problem in West Bengal?

Issue 1

Sundarbans loses 5.5 sq km of mangroves every year to cyclones and sea-level rise.

Issue 2

Kolkata's air quality is now consistently 'poor to severe' (AQI 250+) from November to February.

Issue 3

The Damodar, Mahananda and Hooghly carry untreated sewage and microplastics.

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The Plan

What can be done?

1

Plant 1 lakh native trees a year — neem, arjun, sundari, kadam — not eucalyptus.

2

Set up community composting + dry-waste segregation in 100 Panchayats.

3

Restore 50 village ponds for fish, drinking water and groundwater recharge.

Together

How can you & I solve this?

Sponsor a tree on every birthday, anniversary or job promotion (₹200 a sapling).

Switch your home and office to segregated waste — SKNM picks up dry waste for recycling.

Join a monthly clean-up drive at a local lake, ghat or roadside.

Our Stand

"We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors — we borrow it from our grandchildren. Bengal's mangroves are our first line of defence."

— SKNM Trust Programme Council

Be the Change

Volunteering Opportunities

Plantation Volunteer

1 Sun/month

Plants & geo-tags 100 saplings.

Apply

Waste Audit Volunteer

Weekend

Greens 1 housing society.

Apply

Climate Educator

Flexible

Reaches 500 students/year.

Apply
Lead Locally

Open an SKNM Branch in your Panchayat

Start a Green Branch in your block — SKNM provides saplings, you provide land, water and 50 volunteers.

Contribute

Projects ready for your support

₹2,00,000

Plant 1,000 Native Trees

Geo-tagged, 3-year survival care.

Fund this project
₹4,50,000

Pond Restoration

1 village pond, 500 beneficiaries.

Fund this project
₹10,00,000

Mangrove Drive Sundarbans

10 ha of sundari restored.

Fund this project