Author: Green Blogger
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NOVEL WAYS OF CREATING ENERGY
Novel ways of creating energy that could help your bank balances as well as the planet. HUMAN DYNAMOS Smart ways of generating clean energy don’t have to be jaw-droppingly high-tech. Let’s start by remembering that a great source of energy, one that’s immediately on tap, comes from ourselves: specifically our legs. Get pumping! Every day…
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Festivals Go Green!
Shweta with all zest to 15 years old Ridhhi, “Ridhhi do you know that Ganpati baapa arriving at our home! It will be so fun! Lights, decorations, sweets and we would see magnificent idols of lord Ganesha!” On this replies to her friend Shweta, “No! it is not at all good! For the environment in…
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World after oil- Pongamia oil could be the alternative then
What will happen after the biggest and the most important commodity of the entire mankind will vanish? How would be the world look like after the depletion of this incredibly useful resource for us? Yes, I am talking about oil. Oil is the most used resource on the Earth. Oils are used in million number…
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Sustainable Agriculture: Nation’s Economy Mantra
Using modern cultivation methods and the high yielding varieties of certain staple crops to produce more food per acre of cropland is well known as the Green Revolution. The two most important problems associated with higher crop production are the high energy costs (which goes against the “save energy” mantra) built into this form of…
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BIOMASS RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGIES
Biomass is an abundant renewable resource in developing countries. As we know, biomass is nothing but solar energy stored in a chemical form in plant and animal materials. It is a truly rich energy resource endowed with a significant potential to meet the energy end-use requirements of millions of people worldwide. It provides not only…
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SOIL AND AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION
Soil Pollution is the contamination of soil caused by the addition of chemical substances resulting in the reduction of soil productivity and adversely affecting yield of the crops grown on it. The toxic substances percolate through the soil layers underneath to contaminate the ground water. The agricultural waste primarily due to farmland drainage contains washings…
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SOLAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES
The sun is a bountiful source of energy providing us both heat and light. The earth receives nearly 4000 trillion units (kWh) of energy from the sun on a daily basis. As you all know, solar energy not only sustains life on the Earth, but is also the source of almost all forms of energy…
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Techniques to be implemented in New Homes
We talk a lot about green ways and green living. We read a lot of green living blog, newspapers and hear a lot about the effects on our planet. We read, listen and give ideas alone, but, have we ever tried to reduce the rate of impact on our planet. If you think that, you…
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Soil Erosion- Causes and Prevention.
Soil erosion is defined as the process of removal of soil from one surface, due to factors like rain, wind or others, and its disposition in some other areas. Soil erosion is harmful and useful at the same time. On a good note, it is responsible to bring the minerals from the hilly areas to…
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Action Plan: Project Citizen
Environmental education, Awareness and training plays a significant role in encouraging and enhancing people’s participation in activities aimed at conservation, protection and management of the environment, essential for achieving sustainable development. The Ministry, therefore, accords priority for the promotion of non-formal environmental education and creation of awareness among all sections of the society through diverse…