Month: August 2014

  • 10 reasons why living green is awesome

    10 reasons why living green is awesome

    Let’s face it, at the end of the day nothing gives us more happiness than saving money and happiness and believe me when I say if you follow green living, you are going to get rich and the quality of your lifestyle will improve by leaps and bounds. Below are 10 reasons how by following…

  • Social Control Of Energy

    Social Control Of Energy

    What kind of efforts, initiatives and involvements are needed, at an individual and societal level to improve energy efficiency and effect energy savings? For understanding this, let us discuss the role of individuals and society in effecting energy savings and developing energy infrastructure. Here are some of the need of energy efficiency improvement and their…

  • Man and Earth-Unearthed!!

    Man and Earth-Unearthed!!

    We have had a desiccated June this year. The catastrophic threats of global warming and ecological imbalance are known to all!!! We never miss a chance of complaining against the pollution and other civic issues in our city but often tend to recognize the roots and the source of all this—we ourselves!!! Yes, we can…

  • NOVEL WAYS OF CREATING ENERGY

    NOVEL WAYS OF CREATING ENERGY

    Novel ways of creating energy that could help your bank balances as well as the planet. HUMAN DYNAMOS Smart ways of generating clean energy don’t have to be jaw-droppingly high-tech. Let’s start by remembering that a great source of energy, one that’s immediately on tap, comes from ourselves: specifically our legs. Get pumping! Every day…

  • Festivals Go Green!

    Festivals Go Green!

    Shweta with all zest to 15 years old Ridhhi, “Ridhhi do you know that Ganpati baapa arriving at our home! It will be so fun! Lights, decorations, sweets and we would see magnificent idols of lord Ganesha!” On this replies to her friend Shweta, “No! it is not at all good! For the environment in…

  • World after oil- Pongamia oil could be the alternative then

    World after oil- Pongamia oil could be the alternative then

    What will happen after the biggest and the most important commodity of the entire mankind will vanish? How would be the world look like after the depletion of this incredibly useful resource for us? Yes, I am talking about oil. Oil is the most used resource on the Earth. Oils are used in million number…

  • Sustainable Agriculture: Nation’s Economy Mantra

    Sustainable Agriculture: Nation’s Economy Mantra

    Using modern cultivation methods and the high yielding varieties of certain staple crops to produce more food per acre of cropland is well known as the Green Revolution. The two most important problems associated with higher crop production are the high energy costs (which goes against the “save energy” mantra) built into this form of…

  • BIOMASS RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGIES

    BIOMASS RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGIES

    Biomass is an abundant renewable resource in developing countries. As we know, biomass is nothing but solar energy stored in a chemical form in plant and animal materials. It is a truly rich energy resource endowed with a significant potential to meet the energy end-use requirements of millions of people worldwide. It provides not only…

  • SOIL AND AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION

    SOIL AND AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION

    Soil Pollution is the contamination of soil caused by the addition of chemical substances resulting in the reduction of soil productivity and adversely affecting yield of the crops grown on it. The toxic substances percolate through the soil layers underneath to contaminate the ground water. The agricultural waste primarily due to farmland drainage contains washings…

  • SOLAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES

    SOLAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES

    The sun is a bountiful source of energy providing us both heat and light. The earth receives nearly 4000 trillion units (kWh) of energy from the sun on a daily basis. As you all know, solar energy not only sustains life on the Earth, but is also the source of almost all forms of energy…