Wow!!! Never in our wildest dreams could we have hoped for such an incredible start to our Journey!! Our day begun at dawn at Maussa Kele Saman Devalaya, a beautiful nearby temple, where we were put under the watchful eyes of local buddhist gods. It was uplifting to see the Buddhist principles of equality and peace in action!The Yathrees were ...
The Kelani Nadee Yathra (Kelani River Journey) has begun!Today we welcomed our 'Yathrees' (youth leaders) over lunch at the headquarters of Sarvodaya, Sri Lanka's leading social not-for-profit organisation. With the well wishes of Major General Raja Guru we departed on our Journey for Climate Justice, with a long trip through the jungle into the foothills of Sri Pada (Adam's Peak).
The ECO-V team have spent the day running around like headless chickens getting everything ready for the Kelani River Journey…which starts tommorow!!! We just wanted to share some of our excitement with you!We are pleased to announce that all of our ‘Yathrees’ (youth ambassadors) and supporters have confirmed that they will be coming, and we ...
I can't hold back my excitement for the Kelani River Journey, which begins in just 2 days! You can follow ECO-V's Kelani Nadee Yathra blog at: http://kelaninadeeyathra.wordpress.com/Many years ago I came up with the concept for a journey to transition Sri Lanka to a clean, green and eco-friendly society, and finally it has been made a reality. Thank you so ...
Meeting at YatiyantotaECO-V members had a another visit on the 25th of June to Sri pada mountain ( Adam's Peak) to check the route of Kelani Nadee Yatra. This is also a Thiresi charika where ECO-V members get to gether to watch nature. With the preparation for Kelani Nadee Yathra, our members have become more ...
Mrs. Neetha Ariyaratne, head of Sarvodaya Suwasetha handing over items I am very happy to say that our fund raising effort with Westgarth Mothers had a great positive impact. We were able to help 20 distitute te
The world’s Environmental Day in 2011 for ECO-V was very special in a different way. Some founder and active members of ECO-V came to our office (Thanks to uncle Sugathadasa who brought a plant as a gift) for a meeting to discuss about our future plans. It was a very nice meeting and we all felt happy to meet ...
Kelani River just before KithulgalaAt Kosgama Lots of ground work has been done by now thanks to Sujeewa Thalangama who helped me earlier for Sri Pada Cleaning campaign and Pelican Awareness campaign at Beire Lake. Its
We celebrated the most important religious festival for Buddhists in Sri Lanka on 15th and 16th of May. Vesak which is for Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and death is the most colorful festival that celebrated by Sri Lankan Buddhists. We
Thiresi Lama Hamuwa is the newly formed group for kids under age of 15 by ECO-V. This was a dream coming true for me as I have been planning to start an educational session for kids who were associated with ECO-V. I designed a separate environmental educational package for them with my new experience ...
My family and Jim at Camp EurekaBoingology, Warbuton,Melbourne.In January 2011, we were able to see the way Melbourne celebrated the New Year. Fire works, greetings, laughs, smiles and happy faces of people wish
Journeys for Climate Justice (JCJ) is a new way for everybody to offset their carbon foot prints. My stay in Melbourne for a year was very productive as I have a strong bond/link with them even I came back to Sri Lanka. Last year I met many interesting people, who love and care about Mother Earth.
