Category: Environment
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Soil ecology : The essential nutrients and horizons
In point of view of the agriculture or cultivation, soil plays a very important role. It has to be nourished and treated well in order to obtain the best produce. Soil ecology is basically a study which involves any interactions between the living organisms and also deals with the biotic and non biotic aspects of…
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Endangered Species – Humans are the culprits
When we think about the humans as a whole in the fabric of the cosmos, and introspect on how important we are in God’s scheme of things, if there is such a Supreme Being, we would probably find that no matter which way we think of it, humans are no more than ants that scurry…
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Forests- Reason for our Survival!
Alex said to his father, “Dad by cutting forest we are destroying and devastating homes of animals and birds!” his dad smiles and very prudently explains, “Yeah, its truth that we are destroying their shelter but more than that we are destroying our home! Our planet! Where we too live along with them…we won’t survive…
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Harmful effects of dust
While pollution remains to be one of the most pertinent concerns of our generation, most of us tend to live in the illusion that it doesn’t affect us directly or that we are still away from the ultimate harms of it. This leads to us not only ignoring the presence of dust and pollution around…
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Raise your voice against the rising sea level
This year’s world environment day’s theme of United Nation’s Environment Program (UNEP) focuses on raising our voice against the rising sea level. However, is it not funny how throughout the year we tend to ignore all the environmental issues and take the environment for granted. But then on 5th of June, our conscience is suddenly…
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What is GOING GREEN (Part 1)
What is meant by going green? Going green means, not only recycling but it includes much more. Basically go green means, live the life as an individual, in a way that is eco friendly and is sustainable for the earth. It also means to contributing towards maintaining the ecological balance in the environment and preserving…
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Sustainable practices in agriculture
Agriculture which has the various principles of ecology interspersed within it is called sustainable agriculture. Ecology is nothing but a study pertaining to a relationship of organisms with the surrounding environment. The various goals of sustainable agriculture are: * To augment the quality of the environmental natural resources and thus provide a boost to the…
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Leather-making: The horrifying facts and green solutions
Modern or retro. Plain or gaudy. Whatever the combination may be, leather always goes un-missed. It’s always been a fashion statement over the years. Who doesn’t own leather bags, belts, shoes or even watches? There is not a single fashionable product where you wouldn’t find them. People in a trance buy leather goodies and become…
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Impact of human activities
The earth is a place where we live in. There is lot of issues which is prevailing in our home (earth). Some of the issues are caused naturally but most of the issues are caused due to man’s activity. We have to protect our environment from its natural and manmade dangers, and use our earth…
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Narmada Bachao Andolan- The Ongoing Protests and Plans
In the recent years, there has been a lot of buzz about Narmada Bachao Andolan. This article will try to make some points clears about the project, and on the same time, will try to focus on the different aspects of building a dam across a river. Is it really important to build a dam…