Street Art about Sustainability in Smart City Pune

[TusharSuradkar]

Yesterday, while walking from the bus stop to the Old Mumbai Ice Cream Parlor

I passed a street lined with walls with art and graffiti about Sustainability.
This was the time I remember about the Street Art Challenge by @MathanVibranarayan.

The photo below is of one of the walls near Balewadi.

This street was about a mile long and had only walls on both sides, no shops, no gates, no businesses, or anything.

One of the most captivating series of art was that from sea life, which illustrated how throwing plastic bottles, cups, and straws in the ocean affects sea life.

An interesting series of artwork that spanned 4 walls was the complete life cycle of reusable waste.

This series of wall art showed how reusable waste was taken to a factory using an electric vehicle, then reprocessed, and then sent to the market, and again used by the consumer. How cool is that…

The street arts that I liked the most are these timeless 4Rs

All along the street, the message was loud and clear:

This set of street art and its messaging was simply superb, worth framing these in gold as I have done here:

All the street art about sustainability was simple, yet impressive.
I could not take my eyes off as I walked along, taking pictures.

The artist had made use of simple pastel color palettes to drive the message home.

Here are the final goals of Smart City Pune:

1. SDG by 2030.
2. Zero Waste.
3. Green Earth for all.

This post is in response to the challenges by:

1. Dr. @K.K.Sharma - Celebrating the #Sustainability Tag on Connect.
2. @Rahul001 - Celebrate International Plastic Free Day.
3. @MathanVibranarayan -Street Art Challenge.

[SayliWalve]

The colorful streets with art looks much better than the blank ones
Thanks for sharing @TusharSuradkar

[TusharSuradkar]

Yes, agree @SayliWalve
Especially when there is long walking involved, this colorful street art is a respite.

[Annaelisa]

Beeindruckend und fantastisch @TusharSuradkar
Den Künstler kann man für die Werke nur loben, eine eindrucksvolle Mahnung an alle.

[Kumaarsantosh]

Perfect message driven street art. This is one of the best examples of portraying deep message to the society.

Thank you @TusharSuradkar for capturing and sharing here.

Are they referring to ‘Recover’ as 4^th R?

[TusharSuradkar]

Thank you @Kumaarsantosh

Referring to this photo

Recycle, Reduce, refuse and reuse.

[TusharSuradkar]

Thank you @Annaelisa
Yes, I greatly appreciate the artist for the choice of colors and simple presentations

[Kumaarsantosh]

Well thought off. Thanks @TusharSuradkar.

[Supriyadevkar]

That’s great.variety of massages were share by our municipal corporation but we can’t observe it or neglect it.Every picture gives us message.yesterday I captured some pictures.

[TusharSuradkar]

Nice pictures @Supriyadevkar

Funnily, I also found many "Swachh Bharat’ street art below which garbage was thrown by people

[NandKK]

Wow, this is truly inspiring. @TusharSuradkar

Loved how each artwork tells a story and reinforces the message of sustainability in such a creative way. Kudos to the artists and to you for highlighting this amazing initiative in Pune.

[AjitThite]

This is good, कला आणि प्रबोधन एकत्र.
I remember seeing something similar at Katraj Zoo. We need to promote such things for awareness.

Thanks for sharing, @TusharSuradkar .

Cheers!

[curatorofmemory]

@TusharSuradkar . Wonderful capture. If only people followed these!!

[Gouri.PS]

Thank you for sharing @TusharSuradkar sir these pictures really hold a deep meaning

[MathanVibranarayan]

@TusharSuradkar sir, very powerful messages conveyed like a kid’s art. What a sensible post! I truly appreciate the minds behind this. Thank you so much for your time and efforts to showcase this to us.

[Gurukrishnapriya]

Beautiful art and good messages to the society. Thanks for capturing and for this post @TusharSuradkar . Three challenges in one post taken. Superb.

[K.K.Sharma]

Wow Tushar ji!
This is not just a visual treat but a powerful storytelling canvas on sustainability. The way you’ve documented the life cycle of reusable waste and sea-life awareness through street art is truly commendable.

The message of 4Rs – Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle stands tall, and connects so well with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, especially SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities), SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption), and SDG 13 (Climate Action).

Glad to see how your post also responds to community challenges by @Rahul001, @MathanVibranarayan and myself – a perfect example of Connect collaboration!
Pune’s Smart City initiative is certainly smart in its awareness efforts too.

Thanks for inspiring us through both art and action!

[Madankumarj]

Nice captures

[TusharSuradkar]

Thank you for the appreciation @Gurukrishnapriya @Madankumarj @Gouri.PS @MathanVibranarayan

@curatorofmemory
Funnily, and as I have mentioned already, there were heaps of garbage just below those paintings

[TusharSuradkar]

Thank you for the generous appreciation @K.K.Sharma ji

As mentioned several times, this and other posts and sustainability - all originate and derive inspiration from your shared knowledge and subsequent awareness through various posts.

I am happy that I am able to follow your guidelines properly