Tag: why
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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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Chlorophyll : A disguised elixir!
It’s a well known fact that the green colour of the plants is due to the presence of a green pigment called as chlorophyll. It is this chemoprotein that mainly stands responsible for the process of photosynthesis. This is generally found in chloroplasts of green leafy vegetables like lettuces , spinach,broccoli,Chard,Kuka leaves, Taro leaves,Sprouts etc…
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Cloud-seeding: The artificial rain !
Science and technology has advanced so much that there is nothing left undone or unexplored. People have reached the skies, literally. Famines and droughts are strategically given several appropriate solutions that could drive these hindrances away. One of them being cloud seeding. During acute weather conditions where there is a grave scarcity of water, there…
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Natural green medicines : Prolong your life span!
With our never-ending ailments and weaknesses, we are very prone to fall ill every now and then. No matter which doctor we visit or what medication we take, it’s the potential concealed within the medicine that eventually cures us. Medicinal plants have an incredible power of healing. They are used around the globe since they…
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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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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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Endangered Species – Can be Seen ONLY in Text Books in future
The Endangered species are organisms which are on the verge of extinction. There are about 3079 animals and 2655 plants worldwide, which are on the endangered list. This count is on the higher side when comparing with the level of 1102 and 1197 respectively in the year 1998. A lot of species have already become…
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Blood Ivory
A few of you will probably draw the link between the title and the term ‘blood diamonds’ and realize what this article is going to be about. You guessed right. However, there may be some unfamiliar with the term. By the end of this article, you too will know what it refers to. Ivory is…
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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…