On 22nd of October, we started a small social experiment at SOIL - School of Inspired Leadership.
The project was simple. A set of books on a table, with a collection box next to them. You pick up a book, pay what you think is fair for that book, and take it. No one mans the counter - night or day. The piggy bank is not locked, its in the college canteen. its a small earthern gullak, the kind that cannot be locked, can only be broken.
All proceeds were to be donated to Esha, but I really wasn't thinking of the money in this project.
How was this project to be sustained? When people want to donate books, they leave them there. That simple. Two other volunteers have already donated books.
Why did I do this?
Sometime in mid December, we broke open that gullak - and were pleasantly surprised. More than the money, it restored one's faith in the inherent goodness around one..
A few days later, Rosemary shared the video. Am sharing it with you. The opening of that gullak was such a celebration!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED6nQkssBjs&feature=youtu.be
Meanwhile, the project continues in the SOIL canteen at Gurgaon. If you are ever there, do look up our book stall and see if you like a book, or if you want to donate some..
The project was simple. A set of books on a table, with a collection box next to them. You pick up a book, pay what you think is fair for that book, and take it. No one mans the counter - night or day. The piggy bank is not locked, its in the college canteen. its a small earthern gullak, the kind that cannot be locked, can only be broken.
All proceeds were to be donated to Esha, but I really wasn't thinking of the money in this project.
How was this project to be sustained? When people want to donate books, they leave them there. That simple. Two other volunteers have already donated books.
Why did I do this?
1. Because,
inherently, I love books. And I want them to reach more people while we do
fundraising.
2. Because
this is a world that shares very little and wastes much. I want us to share. To
reuse. And to waste less. Especially, books.
3. Because
I want to believe in the inherent goodness of people. Because I do believe that
an experiment like this needs no policing. Sure you can pick up a book and pay
nothing. But will you ? Sure, you can run away with the collection box. But
will you? I wanted to find out.
Sometime in mid December, we broke open that gullak - and were pleasantly surprised. More than the money, it restored one's faith in the inherent goodness around one..
A few days later, Rosemary shared the video. Am sharing it with you. The opening of that gullak was such a celebration!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED6nQkssBjs&feature=youtu.be
Meanwhile, the project continues in the SOIL canteen at Gurgaon. If you are ever there, do look up our book stall and see if you like a book, or if you want to donate some..
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