Month: May 2014
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Glaciers are melting and we should be concerned about it!
Antarctica is the southernmost continent in the world and the only one which is uninhabited. It’s a frozen landmass which is covered by 98% of ice that is on an average 2kms thick. It’s the coldest, driest, windiest place in the world with very low annual precipitation.…
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Recycling : The codes and basics
Converting waste materials that are potentially useful into new products ,in order to reduce the energy usage , to prevent pollution ,to curb the release of greenhouse gases and also to prevent the waste disposal is called as recycling. The mantra ‘ Reduce, Reuse and Recycle’ is indeed something that has acquired acute preponderance nowadays.…
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Composting-The Green Way
What is Composting? Composting can be defined as the biological decomposition and stabilization of organic substrates, under conditions which allow development of thermophilic temperatures as a result of biologically produced heat, leading to a final product which is stable for storage and provides nutrition to land without causing any adverse environmental effects. Simply putting, it…
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Bio-Fuels : Our Last Hope
Almost every single person on this planet will know that one of the most persistent problems that has never been satisfactorily quelled is that of the depletion of fossil fuels. Naturally I am not including in this list anyone who has been spending the last fifty years in hiding in a bunker deep under the…
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Saving the Earth One Hour at a Time
When someone talks about saving the Earth, it seems like a huge responsibility. The conversation tends to consist of some technical terms and definitions that may be out of grasp for most laymen. This only makes the achievement of such a noble and yet necessary initiative, seem even more impossible. It appears to be a…
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How Companies Can Contribute to Climate Control
There was a time that the most common occupation for people was farming. Every other occupation was related to its allied activities. With time, farming became a relatively less popular profession of choice. Modernization of equipments was another trend. With the advent of industrialization, a few decades back, industries were being set up at a…
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FOOD WASTAGE – A HONEST INSIGHT
An average person on today’s world does not pause to think of food as a commodity for which he has to be thankful for. Even in third world countries, those with a reasonable income do not think or care for a second that what they have for a meal is more than what some can…
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Passive daylighting : A green-building strategy
Exhilarating sunny mornings. Cold milkshakes. Heavy sun-tan. A scintillating walk under the sun. If you say that the sun gets you lively, active and going, I couldn’t agree more!! The sunlight does have its own health benefits. But, do you know how the sun also serves as an abundant and generous provider of natural light…
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Air conditioners: a blessing or a curse?
Just as the summer in north India touches the 40 degree margin, the use of air conditioners go exponentially up. No matter whether someone lives in a janta flat or a bunglow, absence of an AC at her house is unlikely. The heavy electricity bill becomes a no bar when it comes to buying one.…
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Organic Foods – Way to a better future?
‘Is our future safe?’, ‘What kind of planet are we going to leave for our progeny?’ Or in some extreme cases ‘Do we even have a future?’ These are some of the concerns that have been given voice to with increasingly alarming frequency in the recent past. One cannot help but wonder if our planet…