The 9 day green journey

    With all the green we make and do, there is a force to reckon with. The Green People of India is teaching us and giving us all the options to practice what we and they preach! Thus was The Green People of India Festival 2.0 which we were a happy part of for 9 whole days. From 25th Oct 2013 to 2nd Nov 2013. It sought out small and big companies from all across India to bring under one roof/premises at the Birla Bungalow in Juhu. Providing all things green, organic and safe for the environment we live in and to safeguard it for all our generations to come. Needless to say it was a grand success with an even grander finale (For those who missed it, there is always one around the corner). 

An array of products on display included our infamous terrariums and kokedamas!

Among other things, we had organically dyed clothes, products of bamboo (this really cool bamboo pen we acquired), Pure cotton clothing lines, Solar Powered lights, Red Rice Dosas (the best!), Disposable plates made of dried leaves, etc. So all you green people out there stay tuned ;)

Amidst all the hustble bustle of the festivities, there are few people who we are glad, we got to know. So, we met some striking figures who took us on this 9 day green journey, not only by supporting us but also sojourning with us. Speculations and crunchy time schedules did not constrain Copper Brains when the lady behind the festival Mrs.Nidhi Singh welcomed us warmly, well John Abraham and other celebrities did their convincing too :P .

 So lets start with the pillars of the show. 

Glad to meet Mrs.Nidhi Singh (alongside her very own brand Indigreen)

The most photogenic Mr.Ashish and the ever helpful Mr.Venkat

And the man who captured it all Mr.Manoj Singh (though we captured him the best! ;))

                                                   


   
      So a rally of known faces, some enthusiastic about the festival and some elated. We had an array of celebrities who enriched this 9 day journey. A few names that we were glad to see were:

Maria Goretti

                        

VJ Gaelyn

                                       

Pooja Ruparel (Chutki of DDLJ)

         Among these famous faces there were also the ones that weren't very star clad and we were glad to make friends with these amazing people.Some of them we captured the rest are included anyways. Sai and Tejas you guys were really adorable..            
                                                                                        


           We wouldn't want to leave out the super fab entertainment (courtesy of Alia Curmally) that enlightened the atmosphere of the festival. Some crazy guitars, harps and some soothing soulful vocals. To mention the artists, we had Dwayne Leroy Gamree, Kunal Naik, Alisha Pais and Nikhil Dsouza taking the mike.A big thank you to them all for entertaining us for the 9 days! 

                                                                                                   

For all the people who missed the Copper Brains' stall, here is a quick slide show...
                        
                     

                                              

         

           We were glad to have had such a wonderful time. And a big hug to all of you who dropped by to say hi!

Our event digital media partners put some show on. We were happy to see the founder Mr. Xavier Periera pose for us.

                                  

             We've missed out a lot more interesting personalities unfortunately here on this blog but we would like to thank all these amazing people for a wonderful 9 day green journey. We are proud to be a part and all you guys who haven't made it this time, make sure to stay tuned for the next venue..

why PONDER?

 Why PONDER?

    Routine, schedule, appointments and meetings. A part of our daily lives, give or take, we are left with a couple hours, out of the entire day. Now what do we do with this time???

   Obviously, eat, watch T.V.,go facebooking and worry about the next day to come. Well we aren't incapable of doing anything else apart from the aforementioned, we just do not have the will.. At Copper Brains we sought a different life, a beautiful and classy but economic and easy on pocket and lately it is spelled as DIY.

    Numerous Do It Yourself projects are being highlighted everywhere, mostly on the world wide web but all we common people do is either criticize them or plainly be awestruck, then the most we do is press "SHARE"
 
    It reads DIY, meaning 'DO IT YOURSELF' and that for a reason. A lot of common ideas if put to use can beautify your living space and also save some money and we at Copper Brains have put it to the test. Guess what! it does really work. A few hours spent and a little efforts taken, much can be achieved, all you need is the basic tools and the 'WILL' to do it.

    Let me bring to you one such DIY which emerged out of need.

   Space crunch and a lot of stuff to keep. All settled, where is the space for a wardrobe. The shirts were lying wrinkled. We PONDERED and finally came up with this idea >>>>

Well, It doesn't seem a lot of work, does it now?? We rummaged through some left over wood from the storage. Found few branches curved upwards and then came the tools. Let me show how the whole installation actually looks and works.

:) It works, definitely works. the purpose is served and the money saved and it does look appreciably good too. So every day life is as easy as you make of it. All you need to do is ponder and make your mind up. Let us show how we went about this DIY project and see if you guys want to try it too.

We cut the branch into desired sizes, minding the required length, shape and direction. 

 That done we cleaned them followed by a little sand papering for some loose shards.

Then we sought the base to assemble the cut branches and polished it clean.

Then we measured the sides and the distance we needed the branches apart from each other and drilled the holes for screwing.

And finally we are done with the installation.

            Hope you guys find this useful and fun to do. Do Ponder!!!