Have a look at the attached to see what Mountain Cleaners actually do.Volunteers always required, come for a day or a year, the choice is yours!

1. Mountain Cleaners
Current Projects
Triund
The Mountain Cleaners initial project, the Triund Waste Collection
Program has been running continuously since March 2010.
Volunteers are recruited to go up to the mountain camp (a four
hour hike from Mcleod Ganj) every Monday to segregate and sort
the trash at the tea shops and guest houses en route to and at
Triund. On Tuesdays the volunteers scale the slopes as they clear
the back log from previous years.
Guna Devi Temple
Every Saturday Mountain Cleaners and their volunteers hike 3
hours to the sacred Gaddi temple cleaning the trail as they go.
Hundreds of pilgrims visit the temple every week leaving behind
huge amounts of garbage. The temple area is cleaned and the
waste is segregated and sorted ready to be bought down by the
mules.
Kareri Village and Lake
A road to Kareri village has been under construction for several
years and its completion will transform this idyllic location into a
tourist hotspot. Thousands of people visit the campsite each
year with all the waste being burnt or thrown into the forest.
The hike up to the lake is becoming increasingly littered.
Mountain Cleaners have done 3 clean up hikes to clear the trash
and are planning to set up a waste management system and an
environmental education program in the local school.
Interactive Education
We do Children’s Days on the last Sunday of every month. We
teach the kids about the environment through activities, games,
artwork and ‘garbage crafts’ using discarded items. These
events are a great way for us to teach children about civic pride
and the importance of taking care of nature.

2.
Campaigning and Publicity
Mountain Cleaners know that the key to change lies with
education and by enlisting the support of Bollywood stars and
cricket players to convey the message that our communities
should be clean like our homes. Players from Kings XI Punjah
recently attended a painting competition held by Mountain
Cleaners. The group are also planning to campaign for recycling
facilities in Himchal Pradesh. Jodie recently met Anurag Singh
Thakur (the president of Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association to
discuss this.
Recyclables Collection and Dustbins
We have just purchased and painted 10 dustbins that have been
distributed around Bhagsu. They are emptied by Mountain
Cleaners on a daily basis. A waste station has been set up at Galu
with further recycling drop off stations planned for Bhagsu.
Approval for improvements to the towns’ waste container area is
being sought from the municipality. We are also collecting
recyclables from 40 businesses in Upper Bhagsu.
Manimahesh Yatra
We conducted a 6 week clean up and recycling campaign at the
popular Hindu pilgrimage last year and will be there for 2 months
this year. We are running a waste management program and aim
to bring back as much waste as we can to maximize recycling
and minimize dumping and burning. We will continue to work
with the local schools and Panchayat to introduce a waste
disposal system in Bharmour.
Special Events
We organise special activities, mass clean­ups and events in the
community and schools to celebrate occasions such as World
Environment Day, Earth Day, etc. We’ve undertaken several art
projects to improve unsightly areas and to convey a Clean ‘n’
Green message while raising awareness about the importance of
‘Reduce, Reuse and Recycle’.
For further information please see www.mountaincleaners.org
or email Jodie@mountaincleaners.org