Year: 2015
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Appliance Repair – Saves You Money and Preserves the Environment
We grow attached to our home appliances, and most families will try to preserve their stove, fridge or washer / dryer combo so as to save money and not give up the trusty old machines. There comes a time, however, in every appliance’s life, when the homeowner is facing the question that may have been…
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Cycling in the City – the Future of Ecological Living
This is a topic that has been debated and described all over the world and by so many people that I can’t even begin to estimate the amount of articles I’d read myself. To me, it means two things: There is a lot to say on the subject, and We are nowhere near finished discussing…
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Agricultural Waste Management
Agricultural wastes are the excesses and the residues generated from diverse agricultural activities such as farm operation, planting and harvesting of field crops, food processing, dairy and animal husbandry. The wastes are available in the form of wheat straw, paddy animals waste. Intensive cropping, use of high analysis fertilisers and improved management practices have not…
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Stench that Breeds Danger!
“The Earth does not belong to man; man belongs to Earth. Man did not weave the web of life; he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.” -Chief Seattle, Dwamish Tribe Garbage, the sound of it is nauseating and unpleasant. It causes us to image all somewhat…
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Symbols that Talk Green!
The case for recycling is strong. The bottom line is clear. Recycling requires a trivial amount of our time. Recycling saves money and reduces pollution. Recycling creates more jobs than landfilling or incineration. And a largely ignored but very important consideration, recycling reduces our need to dump our garbage in someone else’s backyard. – David…
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Surviving the West, Something to Learn
For a place where summer temperatures have always averaged to a good 49 Celsius degrees and winters dropped below zero, a regular flat roofed, brick wall house wasn’t going to do the trick. In the Rann of Kutch, to live was not their aim. Aim was to survive. And how did they do that? No,…