Year: 2014

  • Wildlife Smuggling: Why Do They Do It?

    Wildlife Smuggling: Why Do They Do It?

    All over the world, wildlife smuggling generates billions of dollars every year. There is a huge demand for animal parts and even though you might not be directly involved in it, you could end up as a possible customer by virtue of the items you use, hence contributing to the ever-growing demand. The abundance of…

  • Urban Heat Island: What Are They?

    Urban Heat Island: What Are They?

    Firstly, to begin with let us define what urban heat islands are. Urban heat islands are metropolitan areas of land that are warmer or higher in temperature than their surrounding rural areas due to human activities. According to the US environmental protection agency “The annual mean air temperature of a city with 1 million people…

  • SOLAR ENERGY: The Birth of a New Source

    SOLAR ENERGY: The Birth of a New Source

    We often hear the words: the resources of our nation, rather, of the entire world are depleting. What is meant by this? It means that resources are being exhausted at a rate faster than they can be replenished. Resources are classified into two types: 1) Renewable resources: As the name suggests, these are resources which…

  • GO GREEN ! Wait, it’s a little difficult.

    GO GREEN ! Wait, it’s a little difficult.

    ‘It’s not the same ! ’ , cried a very agitated Sophie, on the billing counter at the local supermarket. ‘Ma’am , it’s fine quality plastic, I assure you. It IS eco-friendly’, assured the woman across the counter. ‘If it’s not above 20 microns thick, the plastic is NOT eco-friendly ! ,’ asserted Sophie. This…

  • PEAT – A POSSIBLE ALTERNATE FUEL?

    PEAT – A POSSIBLE ALTERNATE FUEL?

    PEAT: Is a carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water, So which can be used as an fuel when dried. INTRODUCTION: Peat can also be said as turf. Soils that contain mostly peat are known as a histosol. It is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter that is unique to natural areas called…

  • Green Kitchens: The Modern Amenity

    Green Kitchens: The Modern Amenity

    The kitchen is one site we use the most- after all, we eat three scrumplicious meals in a day! It is also the place which inevitably ends up being the most expensive to handle and maintain, not to mention using up a lot of precious energy and it is pretty hard on the environment, considering…

  • Green House Gases and it’s Effects

    Green House Gases and it’s Effects

    Have you ever been inside a greenhouse on a cold winter day? It might be cold outside, but inside the greenhouse lush green plants flourish in the warmth and sunshine. Greenhouses are made of glass and are designed to hold heat inside. Our planet’s atmosphere traps energy just like a greenhouse. Energy from the Sun…

  • Coca Cola Vs Crops: Luxury Vs Necessity

    Coca Cola Vs Crops: Luxury Vs Necessity

    Till date, we have heard of innumerable conflicts over water exploited by two countries, two states, two districts and by two villages, but here we get to know about environment degradation by two varied economic activities. As envisaged by environmentalists the third world war would be unveiled by water. However, a hundred years ago there…

  • Green Gadgets for your Daily use

    Green Gadgets for your Daily use

    As far as the definition of green gadgets is concerned, there isn’t a clear one. Different labels have chose to term their gadgets ‘green’ on the basis of various criteria for which there is no acceptable standard. Some gadgets which use lesser energy to operate than most other gadgets in the market have sometimes been…

  • From Global to Local.

    From Global to Local.

    The last few decades have been characterized by economic globalization resulting in an ever greater expansion of worldwide trade. But lately we have witnessed world’s biggest economies tackling recessionary trends and debt crisis. We have seen rising fuel price and the ever increasing dependence on imported resources thanks to more choice from abroad- of food,…