These gardens can be created in any space like residential flats, individual houses,
commercial establishments , godowns and factories that have space on the
rooftop. This allows for space utilization where land costs are sky-high. A roof
that holds a special place in several households, can be converted into a
greener and cooler location inviting friendly birds and creating space for
recreation.
Siruthuli’s campaign to generate wealth out of waste was born to ensure
segregation at the source and utilization of compostable material to generate
manure. Apart from home composting, Siruthuli took the initiative to
encourage the use of rooftops for gardening to utilize space and lower the
temperature.
Siruthuli’s initiative educates people on using compost which is
the black gold from home composting to use as manure for the plants on the
rooftop without the use of any harmful chemicals or fertilizers. The terrace
garden set up at Situhuli’s Noyyal Life Centre is an example of the practice in-
house where several fruits and vegetables bearing plants are grown and
available for display during awareness sessions.
Siruthuli’s campaigns for the terrace garden initiatives aim to increase the
awareness of the advantages of creating terrace gardens such as reduction in
indoor temperature, reduction in air conditioning cost, reduction in overall heat
absorption of buildings, insulation of the buildings against extreme weather,
increase in the amount of oxygen , reduction of sound pollution and acting as
good habitat for birds.
Siruthuli encourages the use of terrace gardens to generate wealth out of
waste, especially in urban areas where space is a constraint and spreads this
awareness through various programs conducted for schools, colleges and
corporates. Apart from awareness sessions, in-house workshops are
conducted for first-time users to get started on the do’s and don’ts of
composting and how it is being done. Siruthuli has reached several
communities, schools, colleges and individuals through these workshops and
created a mindset change.
