Category: Going Green
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Ten ways to turn your home Eco-friendly
Eco friendly furnishings have become so popular nowadays that it is ostensibly considered to be classic, elegant and absolutely admirable. You can now conserve the natural resources by just sitting in the comforts of your home. From little floor rugs to expensive and plush appliances, everything has reached for an Eco-friendly touch. Organic and natural…
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The Holiday Homework Mantra
In the myriad of articles on green living, science and its boon and bane, waste management, oh wait wait wait! What did I say, waste management? Ohh! Waste management seems interesting for the mantra edition today. But yes, we will go out of the way, our green way in managing waste and not the conventional…
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Green ways to reuse waste plastic bottles
Plastic containers or bottles are often discarded as waste by most of us and usually sold to the recyclers. Though recycling is a good thing, plastic PET bottles can actually be used as recreational engineering materials to build several green structures that have far better strength than regular building materials and can serve a number…
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Organic cleaners
In a previous article, I had listed out some of the harmful effects of using chemical cleaners in our homes. I had also specified an alternate called organic cleaning in order to overcome the disadvantages of chemical cleaning methods. In this one, I shall give a few more technical and rather terrifying points on why…
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Green recreation – Turn your urban space green
Most of us live in urban areas where gardens are no larger than three sorry little pots containing mostly weed plants stacked in the corner of a balcony. But we are not to blame, as urban conglomerations are getting bigger and bigger and the living space proportionately smaller. But that doesn’t mean a person who…
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Environment friendly plastics
What material causes most harm to the environment? What material is such that nothing short of a blanket ban on it is sufficient for ensuring environmental safety? What material clogs up huge portions of the underside of the Earth’s surface and can lie there for millions of years, literally, forever? Well, if a survey was…
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The Need for Change !
Have you been reading about environmental problems and are concerned about the climatic change? Do the decreasing monsoon in India and the uneven temperature affect you? Do you want to contribute to the environmental conservation but do not get time to do so? Does your fast and materialistic lifestyle have taken up your space with…
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Eco Friendly Fiber – Bamboo
As a follow up to my previous article on an overview on eco-friendly fibers, this one would give an insight into how exactly the natural fibers are useful and how beneficial they to a person. Many of these effects are dismissed as superficial, but in actuality, they have verifiable proof. Though natural fabrics are generally…
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The Monsoon Mantra 2k14: Catch water drops
The Mantra Edition is again here. Let’s talk about the kid’s favorite season, the tip top season, Monsoon. Ah! Monsoon reminds me of the “chapak dance” and for those who don’t know, “the water splashing dance”, hot pakodas or French fries, a cup of coffee and you are set for the most heavenly trip. But…
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The Vacation Mantra: Cob Building
Oh yes! The “Mantra Edition” is here. Today we have the mantra concerning the hot topic Vacations. Vacations, a boon for the kiddies group while a tough time for the parents and THE EARTH as well. C’mon lets accept the fact, vacations get with them the real time fun, the time for some trips and…