Category: Environment
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Eliminating the Concept of Waste- Germany’s First Waste-free Market
While talking about the issues of environment, management of resources, the concept of waste appears as one of the most important ones. A large part of our resources goes into waste, and these products become completely useless. Many of these waste produces harm the environment, because they are non-biodegradable. Even if they are bio-degradable, their…
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ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES OF HYDROPOWER.
The issues of climatic change on account of the energy sector, we can say that they are responsible for GHG emissions and global warming. But there is always one question arises, that “how do various energy production technologies and energy consumption patterns are affecting the environment. So, the use of renewable energy resources is not…
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Cloud-seeding: The artificial rain !
Science and technology has advanced so much that there is nothing left undone or unexplored. People have reached the skies, literally. Famines and droughts are strategically given several appropriate solutions that could drive these hindrances away. One of them being cloud seeding. During acute weather conditions where there is a grave scarcity of water, there…
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The Fukushima Disaster- Are there more to Follow?
The nuclear disaster in Japan on 11th March 2011 is considered to be one of the most harmful nuclear disasters ever. The disaster was a failure in three out of the six nuclear reactors at Okuma, Fukushima in Japan. The cause of the failure was a powerful tsunami which hit the site and resulted in…
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Soul of the Forest- Jadav Payeng
While there are many famous personalities in India and around the world, who have achieved success and fame throughout the world with their global ideas, here is a man who has contributed his entire life to forests. With ‘Forester’ as his occupation, Mr. Jadav Payeng is known as the Forest Man of India for being…
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Green Mantra 2014: Infect the ‘Go Green Fever’
This is a thought that stroke my nervous bags while I was sitting in the metro, hearing a couple of ladies, talking about the daily water consumption at their respective homes and was I then shocked and disheartened at their ideology of “why to go green? How is it going to affect us if we…
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Forests and Tribes
It has been reiterated ample of times now, how cutting down of trees, timber extraction, mining, dams affect us but the less discussed subject of the effect it has on forests and tribes is so broad that it alone could form a separate topic of discussion. Several…
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wildlife : boon to environment.
Wildlife traditionally refers to non domestic animals but has come to include all plants herbs shrubs and other which grow or live wild in an area .Wildlife is a part of every eco system . Deserts, forests, rain forests, plains, grasslands, and other areas all have distinct forms of wildlife. wildlife comprises of both fauna…
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Nuclear energy a boon!
We have been well acquainted with various eco friendly sources of energy for instances, solar energy, wind energy, geothermal, etc we are have certain kind of perception for them. And likewise we have also a perception for Nuclear Energy; there are a number of alternative sources of energy and environmentally friendly fuels available to combat…
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Cars beneficial to the environment or not?
Many people these days have decided to buy cars as it is convenient for them. But have people realized that buying cars can cause pollution? Well, from my opinion I feel that some are aware and prefer to ignore. Today as good citizens of the environment, we should spread awareness about the different kinds of…