Tiny Ideas to kill time:
1. Teaching basic computer skills to old people, maids, housewives, thirunangaigal (third gender) and to your loved ones for a fee? (Am I doing it, should never ask I hate that question btw)
2. Creating theme based story books for kids, with the collection of best indian authors and foreign authors, there are loads of websites to give a heads up on the books collection for a particular age. For example goodreads.com, wccls.org, storytimeathome.blogspot.in etc, or simply type "books for so and so age" you will get n number of websites to select books.
3. Story time for kids, 2 and 3 is important in India as the public library is scarce and kids are intelligent and curious to the core :) For the option 2 and 3 once it is created find your targeted audience, moms and dads ofcourse are the first choice, and then schools. Any other you could think of? add it in the comment might be useful to someone. Already littlereadersnook and my little chatter box is doing a good job on the same. If you want to be their competitor provide the best than them..Quality matters right?
4. Making paper bags out of newspaper and selling it for a fee to medical shops, book shops and for return gifts or teaching kids/women/men who are begging on the street these kind of few craft works will help them lead an independent life. And this would be another way to reduce plastic usage.
5. If you know how to stitch, making cloth bags and distribute it in grocery and veg shops for a fee will again reduce plastic usage, if people forget to bring bags from home, they can buy these bags.
Any product from pencil to giant machines creating it with good quality will definitely reach the customer no matter what. I feel in India quality of product is poor for poor/middle class people. Upper/Rich has no problem, they could get the quality they want from anywhere around the world.
I missed the magnetic boards available in US and tried to make one and succeeded in doing it.
Instead of using/wasting white paper everyday,
One can make it in a cheaper way by just putting the slate (small version of blackboard :p) and stick it with cellotape. And you are set to write your grocery list, to do list etc with chalk. This is cheap and can be reused. Slate cost around Rs. 6 - 10/- Cellotape may be 5/-
Doodle pad can be fit with a magnet and can be used to do the same thing...I just reused the magnet from my fridge magnet. I am sure one could find magnet in normal shops.
1. Teaching basic computer skills to old people, maids, housewives, thirunangaigal (third gender) and to your loved ones for a fee? (Am I doing it, should never ask I hate that question btw)
2. Creating theme based story books for kids, with the collection of best indian authors and foreign authors, there are loads of websites to give a heads up on the books collection for a particular age. For example goodreads.com, wccls.org, storytimeathome.blogspot.in etc, or simply type "books for so and so age" you will get n number of websites to select books.
3. Story time for kids, 2 and 3 is important in India as the public library is scarce and kids are intelligent and curious to the core :) For the option 2 and 3 once it is created find your targeted audience, moms and dads ofcourse are the first choice, and then schools. Any other you could think of? add it in the comment might be useful to someone. Already littlereadersnook and my little chatter box is doing a good job on the same. If you want to be their competitor provide the best than them..Quality matters right?
4. Making paper bags out of newspaper and selling it for a fee to medical shops, book shops and for return gifts or teaching kids/women/men who are begging on the street these kind of few craft works will help them lead an independent life. And this would be another way to reduce plastic usage.
5. If you know how to stitch, making cloth bags and distribute it in grocery and veg shops for a fee will again reduce plastic usage, if people forget to bring bags from home, they can buy these bags.
Any product from pencil to giant machines creating it with good quality will definitely reach the customer no matter what. I feel in India quality of product is poor for poor/middle class people. Upper/Rich has no problem, they could get the quality they want from anywhere around the world.
I missed the magnetic boards available in US and tried to make one and succeeded in doing it.
Instead of using/wasting white paper everyday,
One can make it in a cheaper way by just putting the slate (small version of blackboard :p) and stick it with cellotape. And you are set to write your grocery list, to do list etc with chalk. This is cheap and can be reused. Slate cost around Rs. 6 - 10/- Cellotape may be 5/-
Doodle pad can be fit with a magnet and can be used to do the same thing...I just reused the magnet from my fridge magnet. I am sure one could find magnet in normal shops.
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