Protect Earth Foundation

Protect Earth Foundation is based in Thane, way up on the 19th floor of the Amantra Housing Complex. We are in Building E, Flat 196. It’s right near Ranjnoli Village in Bhiwandi. Being up that high, you can see a lot of the surrounding land, which actually makes you think about the environment quite a bit. It’s a big complex, so sometimes people get a little lost trying to find our specific tower. We are just a small group of people who care about what’s happening to the land around us. Our office is basically a living room that we turned into a workspace. We have a lot of plants on the balcony, which seems right for what we do. We don't have any fancy corporate offices in the city center. We like being out here in Bhiwandi. Most of our day is spent talking about how to keep things green and clean. We don't use a lot of big words or have long meetings that go nowhere. We just talk about real things like trash and trees. People from the building sometimes stop by to ask what we are up to. We try to explain it without sounding like we are preaching. It’s just about doing a little better for the earth while we are here. It can be a bit windy up on the 19th floor, but it’s a quiet place to get things done when the elevators are working fine.