When we called South Asian Forum for Environment (SAFE) to conduct a workshop at the Apeejay House, Kolkata in 2010, employees were not ready for the "Letter from 2070"– a preview of the future where water has dried up from the earth and the next generation is suffering from premature ageing, skin ailments, kidney stones and other fallouts due to this environmental disaster. Environmentalist, Dr. Dipayan Dey, Chairperson, SAFE, and Times of India´s ´Lead India´ campaign finalist, whom we had invited to conduct this shock therapy of a workshop then explained how Rain Water Harvesting can help salvage the crisis and how conservation through lifestyle corrections could create a better future.

A short, but thought–provoking video on promoting rainwater conservation was also presented. At the end of the workshop, there was a Group activity with 3 teams researching and brainstorming on probable solutions in Case Study formats.

While our commercial buildings are compliant and Rainwater Harvesting is being taken up in phases in our Tea Estates in Assam the purpose of this workshop of teaching employees to do it in their homes, as a mark of their Individual Social Responsibility™, was well and truly achieved.