Aim Foundation Association works year
round to solve climate change, to end plastic pollution,
to protect endangered species, to maintain bio-diversity and to broaden,
educate, and activate the environmental movement.
We Believe in Climate Justice
Climate change isn't a distant,
abstract problem — it's here now. People all over the world are feeling the
impacts, from island nations that are going underwater, to indigenous land
being exploited for fossil fuel extraction. The fight against climate change is
a fight for justice.
Green India
Initiative Programme of Aim Foundation Association is designed to
"develop without destruction".
We thrive for Plastic free world
Have you heard of the giant
islands of plastic forming in our oceans? Did you know that plastic kills
thousands of marine animals every year? Are you aware of the fact that plastic
can contaminate the food we eat and the water we drink? All these are facts and
are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to plastic pollution. As a
society, we have come to rely heavily on plastic for everything that we do and
use. From our car and home to our food and personal hygiene, we use plastic all
the time, and this is causing the planet to suffer.
YOUTH AMBASSADOR PROGRAM
Every young person should be
inspired to make a difference in their own way. By completing a series of tasks
ranging from calling out sidewalk litter on social media to writing letters to
government officials to composing original pieces of music, students can shape
their own participation while earning rewards for accomplishing their goals.
The program’s structure allows students to move up in rank, potentially
becoming an Aim India Youth Advisor.
WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS
Aim Foundation Association delivers environment education to elementary, middle and high school students. We teach about the sources and impact of climate change, plastic pollution, protection of endangered species, maintaining bio-diversity and empower the next generation to reduce plastic waste in their schools and communities.
Be
it compensatory forestation by engineering, cement, pharma and other sectors
with a large carbon footprint, or commitment of Central and state governments
to increase the green cover, tree planting is here to stay. Creating,
recreating or protecting forest lands where new trees are constantly growing in
place of old ones, creates a "sink" of carbon, thus sequestering the
carbon footprint to a large extent. Consider this, for instance; the mangrove
forests of Sundarbans, West Bengal, store around 4.15 crore tones of carbon
dioxide in an area of about 2,118 sq km. Research also shows that with the
mangroves under threat, this carbon sequestering is fast decreasing.
Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) trap the sun's heat and keep the Earth warm. When GHGs in the atmosphere (mainly carbon dioxide), increase to levels that upset the natural equilibrium, the atmosphere absorbs and holds more heat. The resultant rise in the Earth's temperatures causes extreme weather conditions directly affecting economies, biosecurity and health. By century's end, global temperatures will rise an additional 3-10 degree F (1.6-5.5 degree C). There has been an increase of 35-60% in CO2 emissions over the last 150 years. The main reasons are: The burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil, gas) & The conversion of forestlands to other uses (80% of the original forest cover on Earth has been cleared, fragmented or degraded).