Tag: eco-friendly
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Passive daylighting : A green-building strategy
Exhilarating sunny mornings. Cold milkshakes. Heavy sun-tan. A scintillating walk under the sun. If you say that the sun gets you lively, active and going, I couldn’t agree more!! The sunlight does have its own health benefits. But, do you know how the sun also serves as an abundant and generous provider of natural light…
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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…
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Green vehicles: Driving into a new era!
With an increase in the number of vehicles and the harmful release of gases, our green environment claims are sure to go up in fumes. That is when the idea of a ‘green vehicle’ comes into the scenario. What is a green vehicle? It can also be termed as an environmentally- friendly vehicle that doesn’t…
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Green furniture: Elegance redefined !
Everyone longs to have fine intricate furniture endowed with some of the most fascinating details and looks. But, in a world where the environment is readily getting damaged by the numerous techniques of urbanization, don’t you think that buying ‘green’ furniture with the details of your choice, should play the trick and fortunately, drive you…
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The Green Revolution
The origination of the term Green Revolution is attributed to an American scientist, Norman Borlaug . He was indulged in a research in the 1940’s to produce high-yield varieties of wheat that could provide resistance to diseases. In the year 1960, Mexico became an exporter of wheat. Consequently, the green revolution technologies were encouraged in…
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The Sacred Ganges
It’s another auspicious day, you have accompanied your family to take a dip in the holy river. It was a long journey, but the sky is blue, the birds are chirping, there is a temple bell chiming softly in the distance. You step onto the banks, your toes teasing the water. You are about to…
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Is Green Living actually Implemented?
So there is this one question which makes me curious . How many people know what is green living and are they aware of what are they doing to help improve it. Having the knowledge and implementing it are two different things. From my observation, I can tell that most of us have the knowledge…
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Energy Conservation Techniques
With the electricity bill skyrocketing above your financial horizons, you’re left miserable with nothing but a decision that now seems altogether like a cliché – Save Electricity!!! Before it’s too late and your bank balance turns into a wrecking mediocre empty pot, you need to act. Yes, definitely. Sardonically, it might be for your personal…
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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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The Rise of Environmentalists
“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed”, Mahatma Gandhi once said. It’s this environmental awareness that’s inexplicably procured a growing hype and has given birth to several environmentalists over the years. You might be frivolous towards the various environmental issues that reign now, but wouldn’t it be wise to…