Author: Green Blogger
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Let us make summers healthy
Summer is the warmest of the four temperature seasons, falling between spring and autumn. when earth revolves around sun the part of earth that is facing sun experiences summer when there is summer in northern hemisphere, southern hemisphere experiences winters and vice versa. According to meteorologists, summer extends for the whole months of June, July,…
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Being Green is an Attitude
You know the thing about common sense? It is not common. Yup, as Calvin (from the Calvin and Hobbes comic strip by Bill Waterson) very aptly put it: “I have PLENTY of common sense! I just choose to ignore it”. And don’t we all? Common sense can be such a nuisance. Why bother with it…
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Rain-water harvesting
Rain water needs to be rightly used to keep water scarcity problems at bay. Rain water harvesting is one of the ways of doing it and in continents like Asia and Africa, this technique is commonly approached. Moreover, this is being done since 2000 years in Thailand. This water can be used for a number…
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Bio Fuels – Are they really an alternative for fossil fuels?
In present times, when everyone is concerned over depleting reserves of much valued “petrol” and “diesel”, or simply to say over fossil fuels, a lot of attention is being paid to a category of alternative fuels called biofuel. Everywhere biofuels are being discussed as an alternative to the other fossil fuels like coal, natural gas…
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Acid Rain: Causes, Effects and Solutions
The term ‘acid rain’ can refer to any form of wet or dry precipitation that contains unusually high and thus dangerous amounts of acids such as sulfuric and nitric acids. It is generally formed because the large amounts of such substances present in the atmosphere – a little due to natural sources like volcanoes but…
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Community Knowledge
Community knowledge refers to the knowledge possessed by the different communities and societies all over the world that is utilized to carry out the day to day activities. Community knowledge includes scientific knowledge associated with occupations and life styles influenced by industrialization, also knowledge associated with traditional occupations, especially in developing countries. Both the kinds…
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Rain Water – From Sink to Drink
It is the monsoon season in the South East Asia. Again, there will be rains, after the intensifying heat. Again, there will be the smell of rain drops falling on the soil. Again, there will be merry children dancing in the streets. Again, there will be the smile on the face of the farmer, when…
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How Water Footprint Is the new Big Concern
To the average consumer, being “environment conscious” or “eco-friendly” may seem a fairly simple concept to understand. Being “eco-friendly” at the individual or household level can range from judicious use of resources like water and electricity and recycling waste, to a reduced use of environmentally harmful material like plastic bags in day-to-day activities. If one…
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Illegal Sand Mining: The Slow Death of Our Rivers
At this point in the history of human civilization, mankind has reached heights previously thought insurmountable, even in the most literal sense. Skyscrapers are being built every day, with each day bringing taller and taller buildings with advancements in design and construction. While looking at a building like the Burj Khalifa one cannot help but…
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Moving towards a Sustainable Energy: The Future
As, we would agree that in order to progress towards energy sustainability, we need to carry out certain changes in the existing way of our energy production and consumption. But before focusing onto anything serious, its great to recall the profound changes that have been already occurred in our energy use and energy systems during…