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Monthly Bouddhik Evening (2nd in the series)

Posted by hinduyuva on Apr 02 2011 | Past Events


The talk was given by Santhosh Narayana on “Corruption Modern India: A political or Cultural Phenomenon”. The response was really good with about 25 people attending the talk with full enthusiasm.






We are sharing the talk here (download link). If you would like to use these slides and require access to editing them, please email us.


We started the concept of Bouddhik evenings to initiate a forum where people can share their knowledge with others. The basic idea is that someone who has been reading about certain topic or is an expert at something gives a talk to the audience followed by a Q-A session (total of one hour). The idea is to hold it once every month. If you would also like to present something, please contact us at hyuva@uw.edu.


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Hindu Yuva SEWA Project: Yesler Creek Restoration

Posted by hinduyuva on Mar 29 2011 | HY Sewa, Past Events

 




Project Goals: The Yesler Creek ravine headwaters is a small creek that runs along the Burke Gilman bicycle trail in Seattle. Even in such an urban environment, it serves as a thriving habitat of native plants and animals. However, the ecological balance had been disturbed by unchecked growth of the Himalayan berry plant, that took over the entire creek. This project is part of a multi-year effort to remove invasive species like the Himalayan berry and to install a diverse suite of native plants, one section of the ravine at a time.

What we did: We worked with the UW Restoration Ecology Network team, that has a group of volunteers who work on this project every month. The volunteers first taught us about how to take a potted plant and plant it to grow in the wild. We spent about 2 hours doing this, having a lot of fun with gardening tools. The next part of the project was to use bioengineering techniques to prevent soil erosion on another side of the ravine, where there were not a lot of plants to bind the soil. This was fairly hard work: We had to move heavy logs of wood to create a check so that rainwater flowing down the slope flows around the check rather than straight down. We then planted fast-growing trees around the check so that their roots would go in and bind the soil well, preventing further erosion in the longer term (even after the check we build decayed/was destroyed). Overall, everyone had a lot of fun working with our hands in the mud, and we learned a lot about gardening techniques.

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Bouddhik Evening – February 2011

Posted by hinduyuva on Mar 11 2011 | Activities, Past Events, Uncategorized


The inaugural talk was given by Ankit Gupta on “India: Its Journey from Independence to Republic”. The response was really good with about 30 people attending the talk with full enthusiasm.






We are sharing the talk here. If you would like to use these slides and require access to editing them, please email us.


We started the concept of Bouddhik evenings to initiate a forum where people can share their knowledge with others. The basic idea is that someone who has been reading about certain topic or is an expert at something gives a talk to the audience followed by a Q-A session (total of one hour). The idea is to hold it once every month. If you would also like to present something, please contact us at hyuva@uw.edu.


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Ice Skating – Monthly Social (February 2011)

Posted by hinduyuva on Feb 18 2011 | HY Socials, Past Events, Uncategorized

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Surya Namaskar Marathon 2011

Posted by hinduyuva on Jan 29 2011 | Past Events, Photos

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Dandiya Nite 2010

Posted by hinduyuva on Nov 09 2010 | Past Events

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Volunteering at Concord International School

Posted by hinduyuva on Oct 29 2010 | HY Sewa, Past Events, Photos

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Volunteering at Annual WACAP’s Kids Day

Posted by hinduyuva on Aug 29 2010 | HY Sewa, Past Events, Photos

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Northern Cascades National Park

Posted by hinduyuva on May 20 2010 | HY Socials, Past Events, Photos, Uncategorized

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Palouse Falls – Desert Hike

Posted by hinduyuva on May 20 2010 | HY Socials, Past Events, Photos

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