Our Journey
Green Yatra
began in early 2008 with the Go Green Ganesha campaign, in response to witnessing the usage of excessive amounts of PoP
plastic to make Ganesha statues during the Ganpathi festival. Pradeep and Durgesh (Founders of Green Yatra) believed that this is not
the ideal way to celebrate because it is harmful to the environment and our health, and as ecofriendly alternatives already exist. And so,
they initiated the Go Green Ganesha project within their locality, targeting schools, colleges and housing communities. Following the
huge success and positive response towards this program, they began Go Green Kids. It was an innovative education initiative to
sensitize and educate children towards environmental protection and improvement-with the motive that kids will teach their parents
to go green in their everyday lives and be responsible towards nature. In 2010, Green Yatra registered as an NGO and expanded to
thousands of schools, colleges and housing societies, after which Zaroorat, Green Youth Green India and many more environmental
projects began.
The passion to reduce pollution and support farmers through planting trees continued to drive Green Yatra towards
mega projects in rural areas and mass tree plantations. With the realization that innovation is needed in the plantation field to respond
to the need for nature in our urbanizing cities, the Miyawaki Dense Forestation method was adopted. Green Yatra started with few trees
and today continues to plant lakhs of trees every year. Our work aims to connect people with nature in urban spaces through tree
plantations and rejuvenating the ecosystem. Our focus is to fight the climate crisis and therefore we are working to provide sustainable
solutions for a greener world through our projects Ecosystem Rejuvenation (Air, Water, Soil) and Sustainable Solutions. We continue to
involve communities, raise awareness, and encourage implementation on the ground, ultimately working together to create a healthy
and pollution-free India.
Our Vision
A well-balanced ecosystem, efficient natural resource use and green pollution-free earth for our present and future generations and all creatures living in it.
Our Mission
To sensitize people about the value and importance of the environment, environmental issues and its adverse impact on our lives and empower them to contribute to a sustainable and GREEN world.
Media Coverage
Awards
40 under 40 Awards
Dna Eco Ganesha Awards
Mumbai Police Appreciation
Rex karmaveer Awards
ESDA Green Leadership Award
Get To Know Us
Green Yatra team consists of qualified and passionate professional with Graduation, Masters and PhD in Social work, Environment , Agroforestry, Taxonomy, Botany, Horticulture, Water Conservation, Rural Development, Natural resource management, Psychology and Doctors, CA, CFA, MBA, LLM etc. from reputed institutes like, New York University, IIM, TISS, KVK, MU, DU etc.
Our team is expertise's in project planning, implementation, execution and management-giving the best possible experience to our corporate partners and volunteers and harnessing innovative ideas to sustain planet earth.
Our Core Team
Honorary Advisors and Experts
Bharat Kushare
Agronomy scientist
- Msc. Agriculture (Agronomy). He is a senior scientist in KVK Dahanu, Palghar, with over 15 years of experience and expertise in soil, organic farming, vermicomposting and integrated nutrient management, cultivation of cereals, pulses, oilseed and field crops. He has also headed a gronomy department of an agricultural college in Nashik for many years.
Prashant Agale
Community mobilization expert
- Master in Social Work, Pursuing PhD in Social Work. A dimensional social worker from the heart with 20+ years of working experience in the rural and urban area. He has worked with UNICEF and TISS. He is an executor, project implementation expert and got a valuable network of mobilizing communities and resources.
Ashish Tripathi
Financial and legal consultant
- Since inception of Green Yatra he has provided his expertise. He is a tax advisor by profession, a Chartered Accountant by qualification. He has advised various Indian CSR, social development and sports related projects to realize its full potential to benefit from robust compliance with tax and regulatory framework. He is currently working with Ernst & Young in the United Kingdom.
Mukesh S. Jangid
Tax and audit consultant
- He is B.Com, FCA, ACS holder with 7 years of experience in all fields of Professional Practices which include Income Tax, Trust Audit, Corporate Finance, Company Law Matters, Corporate Audit, Bank Branch Statutory Audit.