Tag: environment
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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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Overpopulation: The impact on our environment
With the accelerated rate of increase of the population in the world, our Mother Earth herself is undergoing a massive crisis by the various threats of ‘Overpopulation’ .The word alone spills the intended message. Every 12 years, there are one billion people added to our globe. The main problem due to this is overcrowding and…
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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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Tips to grow your own organic garden
Vegetables and fruits should be an integral part of one’s diet. It gives the much needed vitamins and minerals that keeps our body fit and strong. But what if they become our killers? The alarmingly increased amount of insecticides and pesticides sprayed on fruits and vegetables proves this too. This is not only fatal to…
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“Sustainable-Development”, Can these two words really go along?
“Sustainable Development” ever since class VI, children are forced to study a chapter on sustainable development every other year either in their science books or geography books, to such an extent that all of them can parrot the exact definition of sustainable development in almost a second! Many students and scholars have won great many…
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Global warming: A rising fear
Rising sea levels .Growing wild fires. Unfortunate droughts .Radiating heat waves. All these are the horrifying results of a planet that suffers a quiet turbulence. When the temperature of the earth’s climate system accelerates above a certain average temperature , it results in a critical situation called the ‘global warming’. It mainly pertains to the…
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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…