Month: July 2014
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9 Eco-friendly fabrics that define sustainable fashion
Sustainable fashion has become really popular ever since the Eco-friendly products began to gain prominence across the globe. Sustainable fashion is all about using Eco-friendly materials in fabrics and also implementing environmental- friendly techniques. Cheap toxic fabrics can impact really much on the environment which might result in pollution and also increase the landfills. This…
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The risk of extinction
The much talked about global warming which has its source in multiple processes operating simultaneously is only one of the implications of the high level of pollution. In fact if a certain quote by Biologist Jonas Salk is to be taken into consideration, it states, “If all human beings disappeared from the Earth, within 50…
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Technology vs Environment- What is the solution?
Today, the entire mankind has been trapped in a web of technology and science. With innovation in technologies, we are coming up with gadgets and machines which make our life easier. Even, some places are preferring machines over human labour. So, are we striving towards a machine world? We are passing through an era of…
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The Mining effects and green solutions
Mining has several environmental impacts that people around the globe are surprisingly ignorant about. Erosion, groundwater depletion and also loss of biodiversity is caused by the mining effect. Moreover, there are several chemicals that blend with the surface water during this process. Some of these mining processes do have some grave impacts on human health…
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Greenest cities in the world
Sustainable lifestyle is attracting many people of this generation. People are getting aware of the importance of sustainability. In some cities sustainability has become a trend and those cities have become one of the greenest cities in the world. While reading this article, you will find that some of the names are very well known…
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Houseplants : The natural air-fresheners !
Whether it is about decorating the indoors of your home with beautiful plants that lift up your spirits or about maintaining a scintillating composure in your home, houseplants are said to bring in just about the decorum you fancy, in its greenest attire. Houseplants have always said to enrich the ambiance of your home and…
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6 ways to teach your kids to ‘Go-green’
Today’s children are said to be the citizens of tomorrow. So, it is necessary that these children be taught sufficient environmental education without which the future of our planet would unfortunately be at stake. It is necessary for the kids to know the ways to practice green living and also inculcate this in their lives…
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Today’s WASTAGE is tomorrow’s SHORTAGE
Take a look around and see how much of resources is being wasted every minute. Take your own house for an example- lights are left on unwanted or there may be a tap leak in some corner of the house, ACs or fans may be left unattended, phone chargers, television sets and other electronic gadgets…
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METRO: A MULTI PURPOSE GREEN PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Cutting down the individual pollution of vehicles can do wonders for the environment. Thus using public transport can be helpful to a great extent. Metro rail has completely changed the definition of public transport. It has come out to be comfortable, faster and environment friendly. Metro has the potential to pull people towards itself unlike…
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Produce green energy from biogas plants!
Bio-gas is one such energy which is environmentally clean, renewable and also an extremely Eco-friendly fuel. The main content of bio gas is methane. It is produced in the process of breaking down of food wastes, manure, crops of agriculture by the micro organisms present in waste water treatment plants. The greenhouse gases being not…