Tag: water
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Characteristics of an eco-friendly hotel
The green revolution is taking the world by storm and we are all getting swathed in it. Most of us are now getting conscious of the environment and shifting to an eco-friendly lifestyle. While we may practise eco-friendly manners in our home or in our office, we forget all about it once we go out…
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Top 10 indoor plants!
Now as we know, indoor plants are a big contributory factor to our health not only in terms of providing fresh air but also soothing us and distressing us. Not only in our houses, we can have one of them in our office space or car too. So here’s a list of the top 10…
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Steps to build a greener home-
Most of you are proud owners of impressive, luxurious and comfortable homes that have cost you a lot of money to build. You take great care to make your house stand out from the rest. Beautiful home décor, sprawling garden and expensive fittings make your home worth living. But is that all you think when…
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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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Acid Rain: Causes, Effects and Solutions
The term ‘acid rain’ can refer to any form of wet or dry precipitation that contains unusually high and thus dangerous amounts of acids such as sulfuric and nitric acids. It is generally formed because the large amounts of such substances present in the atmosphere – a little due to natural sources like volcanoes but…
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Organic Foods – Way to a better future?
‘Is our future safe?’, ‘What kind of planet are we going to leave for our progeny?’ Or in some extreme cases ‘Do we even have a future?’ These are some of the concerns that have been given voice to with increasingly alarming frequency in the recent past. One cannot help but wonder if our planet…
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Over Fishing- A Resource diminishing
The term over fishing means, exploitation in which fishes are depleted to higher levels, regardless of the size of the water bodies. The result of over fishing is lower biological rates, resource depletion, and low bio mass level. One of the examples is that, over fishing of sharks alone have led to a change in…
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Water: The eternal quencher
Since time immemorial, man has been dependent on water for most major aspects of his life. If we take a peek into history to an era about five-six thousand years into our past, we can see that all major civilizations that developed in a manner that was worthy of mention, did so on the banks…
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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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Mind-boggling Environment secrets
Everything towards which we turn our eyes is our beautiful Environment. It constitutes the vast and shining water bodies which teem with infinite variety of aquatic flora and fauna; the countless species of flora as well as fauna; the tall and majestic mountain ranges; the flowering and fruitful trees and shrubs; the fertile plains, the…