Category: Going Green
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Marine Life at Stake!!
Marine pollution is the direct or indirect introduction of substances or energy to the marine environment resulting in disadvantageous effect such as hazards to human health, hindrance of marine activities (including fishing), and impairment of the quality of sea water. The ocean is the ultimate sink for most of the waste we produce. It is…
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Renewable Energy-The Future is Here
If you are sitting and looking at a green living site I’m sure you’ve heard all the rantings that go like, “fossil fuels are BAD!! Renewable energy FTW !!” You know what, the Ranters have it absolutely right. Since the age of industrialization, we have been using the combustion of fossil fuels as a source…
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Flora and Fauna decline: Pollinator Decline
We have read quite a lot about different methods of pollen grain transfer from flower to flower (cross pollination) or in the same plant (self pollination) in lower classes while we learnt about the whole process of reproduction in plants called pollination. Pollen is a powder made of pollen grains, which produce sperm cells (male…
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Environmental impacts of Meat Consumption
Being a vegetarian will help prevent animal cruelty for obvious reasons but are you aware of the environmental consequences of a meat-eating diet? If not, then you should be aware of the startling fact that meat-eating is considered to be the second-biggest environmental hazard facing the Earth! The production of meat consumes large amounts of…
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Plastics Harming the Environment? We try to find out
These days plastics have been used for various items such as bottles, bags etc. But what most of the people don’t know is that what are the harmful chemicals present in it. Most of the people who buy water bottles happen to dispose them instead of reusing them. As calculations taken from a report around…
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The Carbon Crisis, Carbon Credits & Its Market
The massively beneficial developments that have occurred in various sectors of our existence since the Industrial Revolution, while vastly improving the quality of life, have all brought with them one very dangerous by product – carbon, in multiple harmful forms. From the air conditioners, refrigerators, and televisions that we are so accustomed to making use…
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Proper Waste Management today for a better tomorrow
India is the second most populous country, which has about 16% of the world population and 2.4% of the land area. Rapid industrialization in the last few decades had led to the depletion of precious natural resources in India continuously. Furthermore, the rapid industrial developments have, also, led to the generation of huge quantities…
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Plastic – The Deadly Weapon to Kill Earth
Plastic pollution involves the presence of plastic products in the environment that will affect human being, wildlife and its habitat. Plastic can pollute the environment in many ways. Plastic pollution can affect the lands, oceans, water bodies. Plastic have been banned in some places and efforts are taken for plastic recycling. The Plastic pollution can…
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What impact does Recycling have on the environment?
Most are eager to contribute to the environment by recycling and they might be more willing after knowing some recycling facts. Recycling is very essential for the sake of our Earth`s resources and thereby striving towards green living. Recycling is the process of collecting and processing materials that would otherwise be thrown away as trash…
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Indian heritage vs. Pollution FD
The Indian heritage, the nation’s pride, the monuments are the cultural threads on the beautiful fabric representing India. Taj Mahal, one of WONDERS of the modern world, the seventh wonder known to be the fame of our country takes its physical base in northern India. The pride of our nation is being pale, gloomy and…