Month: May 2014
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Rain Water – From Sink to Drink
It is the monsoon season in the South East Asia. Again, there will be rains, after the intensifying heat. Again, there will be the smell of rain drops falling on the soil. Again, there will be merry children dancing in the streets. Again, there will be the smile on the face of the farmer, when…
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How Water Footprint Is the new Big Concern
To the average consumer, being “environment conscious” or “eco-friendly” may seem a fairly simple concept to understand. Being “eco-friendly” at the individual or household level can range from judicious use of resources like water and electricity and recycling waste, to a reduced use of environmentally harmful material like plastic bags in day-to-day activities. If one…
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Illegal Sand Mining: The Slow Death of Our Rivers
At this point in the history of human civilization, mankind has reached heights previously thought insurmountable, even in the most literal sense. Skyscrapers are being built every day, with each day bringing taller and taller buildings with advancements in design and construction. While looking at a building like the Burj Khalifa one cannot help but…
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Moving towards a Sustainable Energy: The Future
As, we would agree that in order to progress towards energy sustainability, we need to carry out certain changes in the existing way of our energy production and consumption. But before focusing onto anything serious, its great to recall the profound changes that have been already occurred in our energy use and energy systems during…
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Global Warming vs Greenhouse Effect
Global Warming and greenhouse effect are two words which we hear often related to the environment or green living. When we research about these two terminologies we often find that there is some interlink between them and often confuse ourselves by thinking that they are similar to each other or almost the same. But the…
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Keep your environment clean!
We are sometimes so caught up in our busy lives that we don’t bother about getting stranded in the middle of good-for-nothing junk. Awful litter seems to be strewn everywhere around our homes. Half-eaten edibles, waste paper and all other futile things move in and around our house with a prototypical rhythm. Yet, we neglect…
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Nuclear power and its Environmental impact
The human race grows day by day,in terms of power,technological advancement and is leading to a far more technologically sophisticated and safer world.As the world develops,there is a constant look out for more and more energy sources.As the fossil fuels are on the verge of getting over,the nuclear energy seems to be the only viable…
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The Poisoning of Indian Rivers
In the Indian sub-continent, the river system is classified broadly into four categories-the Himalayas, the rivers in the plains, the coastal rivers and those in the drainage basins. One of the largest basin of India is the Ganga or the Ganges which is originated from the Himalayas and considered to be abode of gods. Mythologically…
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15 Foods that Your Heart Loves!
When was the last time you had given a thought about how brilliantly your heart does what it does: pump blood to all the gazillion cells present in your body? Well, now would be a good time to think about it and thank it as well. The heart is one amazing organ not because it…
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Amusement parks going green!!
Its’ hot summer you are about to die in this scorching heat! But you got a solution to ease it by spending leisure and adventurous time in the amusement park!! Imagine if you go in the park and see no water in the pool! Or deserted amusement park won’t amuse you for sure. Amusement parks…