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Who We Are
Gurugram is one of the fastest-growing cities in north India. Fast-paced development has led to several issues concerning sustainability and governance.
Gurgaon First is an initiative for positive change focused on issues relating to sustainability, good governance women safety and empowerment in Gurugram. Launched in 2012, the initiative aims to highlight issues, suggest solutions, and showcase progress in an effort to improve both the living and working experiences of citizens in the city of Gurugram through conferences/conclaves/ workshops as well as research/publishing. Specifically, some issues that we focus on are smart and sustainable city, sustainable transportation, water and waste management, electricity management, solar energy, green buildings, eco-green initiatives, improving city governance, women’s safety and youth empowerment.
What We Do
Engagement
We engage with stakeholder bodies, CSO and agencies to being about Social Awareness
Shubhra Puri
Founder, Gurgaon First
Impact Stories
Building water security
Let’s be water wise for a secure future A couple of months back when Virat Kohli, the Indian cricked captain was fined by Municipal Corporation, Gurugram for washing his cars with running water from a pipe, one of my friends could not believe that this was an offence liable for penalty. Her reaction was obviously
Let’s switch to simple living, high thinking/World Environment Day
Last week, as the World Environment Day was approaching, I asked a group of ten-year olds to write a short essay on the topic “less is more”. They were clueless and confused and nonchalantly asked me how could less be more. I took them to my childhood days when sharing of clothes and books were
Stop Air Pollution
Pollution becoming Gurugram’s underbelly Last week, the news that Gurugram was the world’s most polluted city in 2018, as per data released by IQAir Visual and Greenpeace hit the headlines. (Ghaziabad stood at number two, Faridabad at number four; seven Indian cities were among the world’s top ten polluted cities). Clearly, as a country, we