Month: April 2014
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Urban Heat Islands. What are they?
Globalization facilitates many social and economic process, one of the major being migration. Rural population migrates to urban areas in search for employment. About half the world’s population lives in these urban areas. With the ever increasing cluster of the masses, it is no surprise of how it is affecting the environment, making it more…
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Field Sketching: Everything you need to know
Many of us might have indulged in field sketching in our lives but may not be exactly familiar with this term. It was new to me at least and so I would like to define it first. A field sketch is a free-hand drawing of a map or a picture of a landscape, a house,…
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The Greenest Countries of the World
Towards ‘Following Green Living’, a lot of countries have started to bring in various methods and technologies which can protect the environment. The basic idea is to ensure decrease in the emission of carbon, more and more use of renewable energy and promoting the use of green products. Every year, Environmental Performative Index (EPI) takes…
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GENETIC ENGINEERING: Green Signal or Not?
Genetic Engineering may be defined as the mixing of different types of genetic material so as to generate a new type of DNA sequence. It can be defined technically as “Genetic engineering alters the genetic make-up of an organism using techniques that remove heritable material or that introduces DNA prepared outside the organism either directly into the…
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Do it yourself : Make litter bags and avoid plastic
One thing that is seriously harming our environment is the waste generated by humans . A majority of this waste is composed of plastics . Plastic is a polymer which is used in most of our day to day usable items , whether in home , office or outside . Plastic does not decompose easily…
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Mining is Money but Mining is Death
Mining is a continuous and ongoing process that has been happening since centuries. It involves the excavation of naturally occurring minerals and other materials, mainly non-renewable like gold, coal, limestone, petroleum (to name a few) from the depths of the earth. It is a vast industry that employs hundreds of people and is a major…
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Green Technology to Charge your Gadgets
It’s no surprise that as new and newer phones, tablets, notebooks, i-pads, i-pods and various other technological assets shoot up in the market, there’s one raging question that crosses everyone’s minds. It’s not about how much memory a phone can hold or whether the i-pod comes with inbuilt speakers, no even if the price of…
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Lead the Way to Greener World
“Hey! That’s not my job now, is it?” Our most common response when someone lectures us about the importance of how the planet is coming to an end or how life is in even more danger than anticipated before and the certain measures that must be undertaken at its earliest. But my dear readers, how…
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Are we killing ourselves by using too much wood?
Green symbolizes well-being and is the colour of nature, fertility, harmony, peace, health and life. If you are not willing to go into such mundane definition of its essence just think about the importance of plants as taught to you in your initial days of introduction to Science. The emphasis put on the necessity of…
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Summer Fruit Bonanza
It is really not a debatable issue that in India the best things about summer include only a handful of things, our vacations and summer fruits being the race winners for favourite positions. Right from big, juicy watermelons (the colour itself calls out to you!) to oranges and grapes and cherries, plums, mangoes, lemon and…