Category: Resources
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Landslides and man as the agent of change!
Landslides are among the major hydro geological hazards that affect large parts of India, especially the Himalayas, the North-eastern hill ranges, the western Ghats, the Nilgiris, the Eastern Ghats and the Vindhyas. In the Himalayas alone, one could find landslides of very fame, name and description-big and small, long and short, quick and creeping, ancient…
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Waste Management – Solutions and Its Importance
It seems the more we create the more we throw away. Early humans did not produce as much garbage as modern humans. During the pre-modern era, most of the waste produced was either ashes or human biodegradable waste which could be released back into the land without causing much harm to the environment. In the…
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Applications of solar energy
The light and heat from the sun is harnessed strategically using solar thermal electricity, solar photovoltaics , solar architecture and this energy harnessed is called as the solar energy. There are two kinds of solar energy that can be harnessed. One is passive solar energy and the other is active solar energy. Active solar energy…
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Protect the Oxygen Emitters – The Trees
Humans have been evolving right from the pre- historic times. Not only the humans but also the way they think and do, everything has evolved. Development has been the major keyword since then. Development in every phase has been very significant for what we have become now. New buildings were built and infrastructure was developed.…
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Save the Elixir of Life: Save Water
The hot topic of today is water conservation. As we all know that 75% of the world is filled with water one may think that there would be no water scarcity. But, technically only 2% of the water available is fresh water. Unfortunately, only 0.036% is available for our consumption while the rest are lodged…
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Global Warning- A threat to our future
The industrial revolution brought the greatest change of the century. People shifted more towards their own comfort rather than thinking about the future consequences. Many new things were invented which proved to be a blessing, but hardly did they know that it was a blessing in disguise. The level of pollution increased and people did…
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Reasons to espouse GREEN LIVING
We would have probably observed in News papers and on the television about going green and would have wondered that Why is so important to adopt green living?. People ask us to espouse green methods, we see green everywhere these days- in fashion, politics, food and even in technology. Whenever we browse our needy, an…
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Wind energy : The greener power
Wind power is obtained by the conversion of wind energy into several useful forms of energy using implements like wind turbines, windmills and wind pumps. The wind turbines are mainly to produce electrical power, wind pumps are for water pumping and windmills are to produce mechanical power. The wind energy has been harnessed for several…
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The Mining effects and green solutions
Mining has several environmental impacts that people around the globe are surprisingly ignorant about. Erosion, groundwater depletion and also loss of biodiversity is caused by the mining effect. Moreover, there are several chemicals that blend with the surface water during this process. Some of these mining processes do have some grave impacts on human health…
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Today’s WASTAGE is tomorrow’s SHORTAGE
Take a look around and see how much of resources is being wasted every minute. Take your own house for an example- lights are left on unwanted or there may be a tap leak in some corner of the house, ACs or fans may be left unattended, phone chargers, television sets and other electronic gadgets…