Tag: benefits
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Greenest Countries in the World
We hear a lot about global warming and carbon emissions and how un-green we are. How as a people we all have failed. That is not entirely true, because we have seen support for eco-friendliness, and some people are doing quite a good job of being green. In fact, not just people, but a few…
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Do-It-Yourself: Live Greener
Everyone wants to live safe and clean, but nobody wants to achieve that by natural means. We are living in a selfish world, where everyone keeps their house and the space within the compound clean, but making the street and other places untidy. Our earth is facing a lot of problems by our acts and…
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Bonzai trees : Seek the ultimate tranquility!
Miniature, chic and traditionally elegant. That’s what bonsai trees are all about! ‘Bon’ is the name for the low sided pot and ‘sai’ means the planting/plant. The earlier Chinese term for bonsai was penzai. The traditional Chinese practice of growing bonsais is basically a cultivation that could be long term and also includes the shaping…
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Honda Growing Green
The alarmingly high rate of global warming and declining earth sustainability has certainly left the so called “sane” humans scratching their heads for developing such a piece of creativity that might save their lives from going into the approaching black hole What we as citizens believe is that are leaders- the societal political, and economic…
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Green appliances: A new technology for the old planet
With the Eco-friendly demands creeping into our societies, we are all alerted about why and how we need to change our technology to fulfill the needs of Mother Nature. With this, we strive to basically entwine all our daily activities with the green-living strategies. The Eco friendly awareness has attained so much hype that we…
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Being Green is an Attitude
You know the thing about common sense? It is not common. Yup, as Calvin (from the Calvin and Hobbes comic strip by Bill Waterson) very aptly put it: “I have PLENTY of common sense! I just choose to ignore it”. And don’t we all? Common sense can be such a nuisance. Why bother with it…
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Rain-water harvesting
Rain water needs to be rightly used to keep water scarcity problems at bay. Rain water harvesting is one of the ways of doing it and in continents like Asia and Africa, this technique is commonly approached. Moreover, this is being done since 2000 years in Thailand. This water can be used for a number…
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The Perfect Makeover
TAKE SOMETHING THAT ISNT USEFUL ANYMORE AND CONVERT IT INTO SOMETHING NEW INSTEAD OF JUST THROWING IT AWAY. The process of changing waste materials into new products to prevent wastage of potentially useful materials, reduce consumption of fresh materials, save energy, reduce pollution of all forms ( air pollution, water pollution) and lower greenhouse emission…
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Recycling : The codes and basics
Converting waste materials that are potentially useful into new products ,in order to reduce the energy usage , to prevent pollution ,to curb the release of greenhouse gases and also to prevent the waste disposal is called as recycling. The mantra ‘ Reduce, Reuse and Recycle’ is indeed something that has acquired acute preponderance nowadays.…
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The Ozone Layer – Your Invisible Protection
Are you the kind of person who likes a nice, quiet walk? Or the kind who likes to be out of the house every evening? Do you believe in an invisible protector? Believe it or not, you do have one. The only reason you can go out anywhere without erupting into boils and rashes is…