Category: Environment
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Simple Tips to Save Electricity
Are you depressed because you’re making Anil Ambani rich? Does your electricity bill worry you more than your appraisal? Are you considering living in a village so that you can escape this hassle? If so, then this might be of some interest to you. A thinner bill is every man’s dream. I like the idea…
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Save Your Money By Saving Resources!
Saving the environment might not be our primary concern – but saving the cash in our pockets might be. In this age, where one stingers over paying even the smallest amounts, can eco-friendly technology actually be of any help to save our bank accounts? Here are 6 ways that might help you reconsider. Save Water!…
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Wildlife Smuggling: Why Do They Do It?
All over the world, wildlife smuggling generates billions of dollars every year. There is a huge demand for animal parts and even though you might not be directly involved in it, you could end up as a possible customer by virtue of the items you use, hence contributing to the ever-growing demand. The abundance of…
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Urban Heat Island: What Are They?
Firstly, to begin with let us define what urban heat islands are. Urban heat islands are metropolitan areas of land that are warmer or higher in temperature than their surrounding rural areas due to human activities. According to the US environmental protection agency “The annual mean air temperature of a city with 1 million people…
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SOLAR ENERGY: The Birth of a New Source
We often hear the words: the resources of our nation, rather, of the entire world are depleting. What is meant by this? It means that resources are being exhausted at a rate faster than they can be replenished. Resources are classified into two types: 1) Renewable resources: As the name suggests, these are resources which…
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GO GREEN ! Wait, it’s a little difficult.
‘It’s not the same ! ’ , cried a very agitated Sophie, on the billing counter at the local supermarket. ‘Ma’am , it’s fine quality plastic, I assure you. It IS eco-friendly’, assured the woman across the counter. ‘If it’s not above 20 microns thick, the plastic is NOT eco-friendly ! ,’ asserted Sophie. This…
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PEAT – A POSSIBLE ALTERNATE FUEL?
PEAT: Is a carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water, So which can be used as an fuel when dried. INTRODUCTION: Peat can also be said as turf. Soils that contain mostly peat are known as a histosol. It is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter that is unique to natural areas called…
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Green House Gases and it’s Effects
Have you ever been inside a greenhouse on a cold winter day? It might be cold outside, but inside the greenhouse lush green plants flourish in the warmth and sunshine. Greenhouses are made of glass and are designed to hold heat inside. Our planet’s atmosphere traps energy just like a greenhouse. Energy from the Sun…
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Coca Cola Vs Crops: Luxury Vs Necessity
Till date, we have heard of innumerable conflicts over water exploited by two countries, two states, two districts and by two villages, but here we get to know about environment degradation by two varied economic activities. As envisaged by environmentalists the third world war would be unveiled by water. However, a hundred years ago there…
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The Benefits Of Cycling for Health and Environment
Mumbai is a motorist’s city. I’ve been living here 20 years, but it took me only my first 3 to realize this fact. Petrol is cool, Diesel is smart, and CNG is the bare minimum. No-fuel is for the no-brainers, and the fashionably-challenged. Much better a crisp shirt than neon tights, right? Wrong. “Wrong, you…