Plastic – The New God

by Ganesh Mahadevan on July 18, 2011

Plastic the new God

The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has suddenly woken up from its long hibernation and announced a BLANKET ban on plastic carry bags last month. Keeping in tune with our 21st century pragmatism, this initiative was promptly attacked citing the no doubt valid excuse that the livelihood of 5 lakh people employed in the various ...

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Plastic Bottle (a premonition or a prophecy?)

by Ansul Nooreen July 14, 2011
Dream River

It was amazing. The adrenalin rush, the hypnotic lull, all at once! I was riding the passionate rivers, meandering through cities, towns and forests. It was the race of a lifetime. While I was swimming, others were on hover boats, rafts…anything that could brave the unknown surprise of these dangerous yet beckoning waters. We all [...]

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Energy Waste – Burning up our future!

by Ganesh Mahadevan June 6, 2011
foundry energy waste

Yesterday was World Environment Day. Another one goes by. Are we better off than last year? Has the awareness translated into positive action and the action into tangible gains? Even small success stories should be celebrated and publicized to motivate people and gain momentum. For this tunnel is dark and very long, but if we [...]

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Everyday is Earth Day

by Prakash Rangarajan March 21, 2011

Come April 22nd and it would be four decades since Earth day took genesis in the United States.  Since then it has gone international through the Earth Day network comprising of NGOs, quasi-governmental agencies, local governments, activists and nature lovers. 2010 Earth Day celebrations In India saw lots of activity ranging from tree plantings, nature [...]

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Fight Wildlife Poaching in Sumatra – Time to vote for Trevor Frost

by Prakash Rangarajan March 19, 2011

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. Aristotle Brew all of them together, add an insatiable urge to make a real difference to wildlife conservation and you have a noble cause – Helping park rangers protect endangered species from poaching in Sumatra, Indonesia. A [...]

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Asian Green City Index – How Indian cities fared

by Prakash Rangarajan March 8, 2011

The Asian Green City Index report, a unique research on environmental sustainability of 22 major cities in Asia, conducted by the Economic Intelligence Unit and commissioned by Siemens has lots of food for thought for the Indian cities that went under the hammer. Eight parameters formed the crux of the study framework namely energy and [...]

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Union Budget India 2011-12 – What’s in store for the environment?

by Prakash Rangarajan March 3, 2011

The Union Budget for 2011-12, announced by India’s Union Finance Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, in Parliament on February 28, 2011 does seem to take a hard look at environmental concerns with some concrete plans on the anvil. Down below are the salient features. 4% increase in the budget allocation for the ministry of environments and [...]

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