Meeting Date	25 Jan 2024
Meeting Time	07:00:00
Location	Poona Club
Meeting Type	Regular
Meeting Topic	Let’s Make the World a Better Place to Live in-Rtn. Keshav Tamhankar, District Director Green Society Project RY 2023-24
Meeting Agenda	1. Fellowship 2. Meeting called to order 3. National Anthem 4. Greetings 5. Announcements 6. Guest Speaker
Chief Guest
Joint Meeting With
Club Members Present	23
Minutes of Meeting	Rtn. Keshav Tamhankar, District Director Green Society Project RY 2023-24 was the guest speaker at the weekly meeting of RC Poona Downtown on Thursday 25 th Jan. The meeting started with a short celebration commemorating the upcoming 75th Republic Day of our great nation. Members came dressed in national colours and sang the ever-popular patriotic song ‘Sare Jahaan Se Accha Hindustan Hamara……” setting the mood. The speaker was then introduced by Rtn. Navya. Rtn. Keshav is a member of RC of Pune Gandhi Bhavan and has been an active and passionate promoter of the Green Society Initiatives started by his club and further taken up at the district level. He began by reminding the audience that July 2023 was the hottest recorded and reiterated that a rise in temperature even to the tune of 1.5 degrees C could trigger a change in monsoon patterns which would spell disaster! He emphasized the need to go back to our roots and have a minimalistic lifestyle which is needed for environmental sustainability. Rtn. Keshav listed the efforts made by Rotary in the area of environment (which is also the 7 th area of focus of RI). The thrust is on Awareness, Facilitation, Assessment and Appreciation to encourage housing societies and MSMEs to work towards creating sustainable green areas with a reduced carbon footprint. He also emphasized that this is not a one time, one year project but is a continuous programme which will continue for the next two years, at least, under the forthcoming District Governors. Processes for the same are already in place.

Meeting Date	25 Jan 2024
Meeting Time	07:00:00
Location	Poona Club
Meeting Type	Meeting With DRT
Meeting Topic	District Director Green Society Project RY 2023-24- Lets make the world a Better Place to Live in-Director Rtn. Keshav Tamhankar,
Meeting Agenda	7pm-7,30 pm - Frllowship 7.30- Meeting called to order National Anthem Greetings Secretary s announcements Important announcements Guest Speaker
Chief Guest	Rtn. Keshav Tamhankar, District Director Green Society Project RY 2023-24
Joint Meeting With
Club Members Present	23
Minutes of Meeting	Rtn. Keshav Tamhankar, District Director Green Society Project RY 2023-24 was the guest speaker at the weekly meeting of RC Poona Downtown on Thursday 25 th Jan. The meeting started with a short celebration commemorating the upcoming 75th Republic Day of our great nation. Members came dressed in national colours and sang the ever-popular patriotic song ‘Sare Jahaan Se Accha Hindustan Hamara……” setting the mood. The speaker was then introduced by Rtn. Navya. Rtn. Keshav is a member of RC of Pune Gandhi Bhavan and has been an active and passionate promoter of the Green Society Initiatives started by his club and further taken up at the district level. He began by reminding the audience that July 2023 was the hottest recorded and reiterated that a rise in temperature even to the tune of 1.5 degrees C could trigger a change in monsoon patterns which would spell disaster! He emphasized the need to go back to our roots and have a minimalistic lifestyle which is needed for environmental sustainability. Rtn. Keshav listed the efforts made by Rotary in the area of environment (which is also the 7 th area of focus of RI). The thrust is on Awareness, Facilitation, Assessment and Appreciation to encourage housing societies and MSMEs to work towards creating sustainable green areas with a reduced carbon footprint. He also emphasized that this is not a one time, one year project but is a continuous programme which will continue for the next two years, at least, under the forthcoming District Governors. Processes for the same are already in place.