Author: Green Blogger
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sports ! A need
Just lying on the couch and watching, watching Television seems to be cool! But it is not. Playing video games might be interesting but does not as energetic as sports. Playing outdoors games are much happening then indoor games.It was man’s desire for a healthy pastime and a method of self evaluation and competition that…
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When human activities lead to landslides
Overpopulation is not a term unknown to us, and so is deforestation and over-development. But what happens when all of this comes together? The result is often disastrous. One such result of human development is landslide. Landslide can be defined as disintegration or sliding down of debris, a chunk of mountain, cliff or any other…
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Time to conserve wild life !
Do you think we are only living being suffering from global warming? our country is home to a diverse array of wildlife ranging from the highest peaks, to the driest deserts, to freshwater and marine environments and to all the places in between. The abundant and diverse wildlife resources, which are so important to…
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ENVIRONMENT POLLUTION
ENVIRONMENT POLLUTION As we all know that environmental degradation caused by over exploitation of natural resources and decline in the quality and/or quantity of environment may result from the alteration of the entire structure of the resources as in land degradation, deforestation, etc. So, our main objectives of this article is to describe the cause…
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Sustainable Palm Oil – a possibility?
I was recently part of a Greenpeace India action in Delhi, asking Procter & Gamble (owner of brands like Olay, Pantene, Head & Shoulders and many more) to commit to no deforestation and usage of only sustainable palm oil. It was a global campaign as volunteers worldwide urged P&G to save the endangered Sumatran tigers…
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Chemical Fertilizers or Poison ?
Five years ago, the crop yield was splendid. That was in stark contrast to this year as the yield had been poor. The farmers did not know what went wrong but something somewhere certainly did. The reason is: Chemical fertilizers. Chemical fertilizers are chemical compounds that provide essential nutrients required by plants for rapid growth…
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They too have the RIGHT to LIVE- Ban on the use of animals for drug development or medical research!!
“He prayeth well who loveth well, Both man and bird and beast” said Collridge, throwing light on the importance of showing benevolence and compassion to animals, as we do for human beings. Animals like us, experience pain and suffering. They too are as much as God’s creation as man himself. They too have all the…
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Tell your ACs to take a chill pill!
Come on, it’s just April, The Earth month. So, the tip of the Earth month is: “This summer tell your air conditioners to take a chill pill and hibernate as long as they can.” The Air conditioners are operating ironical to their name, and heating our planet Earth. Just for the sake of cooling our…
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Green Chemistry: No longer a Mystery
“Green chemistry represents the pillars that hold up our sustainable future. It is imperative to teach the value of green chemistry to tomorrow’s chemists.” very rightly quoted by Daryle Busch, explains the need of the hour, the need of the planet. Green technology is the solution to it, to end it all, to end the…
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Green business is the good business!
The fact would really amaze us that not only concerned citizens, politicians and Non profit organisations are making their drive green, but also some big name companies have realized their hand in the “Go Green” campaign. Companies have realized the motive, benefits and profitable gains with the green gains. Reports say that the environmentalists no…