Ganesh Mahadevan

Plastic – The New God

by Ganesh Mahadevan 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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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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Hyderabad Public School – Committed to the Green Cause

by Ganesh Mahadevan October 21, 2010

What would anyone do with a hundred and eighty five acres of land in Begumpet, the heart of Hyderabad? Considering the malls that have come up around it – Shoppers Stop, Pantaloons, Lifestyle and the like, one would not really point fingers if real estate developers got their hands on to at least some of [...]

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US National Parks– Lessons to Learn on Management

by Ganesh Mahadevan June 16, 2010

I have been on an average visiting at least one national park or wildlife sanctuary in India every year for the past two decades. This summer we had the opportunity to visit four different National Parks in the USA, each one differing from the other in terrain, climate, flora and fauna.

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Rainforest Retreat – The real face of Eco Tourism

by Ganesh Mahadevan July 2, 2009
Road to the RainForest Retreat

This summer, we took our family vacation in the southern part of Karnataka, a region famed for the biodiversity of the western ghats and of course the world renowned national parks at Bandipur and Nagarhole.

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Summer : A Tale of two trees

by Ganesh Mahadevan June 11, 2009
derelict_neem_tree

Yesterday the first pre-monsoon showers hit us. The temperature dropped a whopping 10 deg C in a single day. We had the air cooler on till the previous night. Yesterday night, we had to reduce the speed of our ceiling fan. What a contrast!. As the hottest summer in the past 5 years came to an end, I felt the need to pen my observations and thoughts.

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Diary of a Tree

by Ganesh Mahadevan August 26, 2008
Diary of a tree

Good evening my friends, enemies and other most dangerous creatures that includes the indifferent people of the Living Planet. Before I am carried into the dusk on the bed of my yellow and green painted coffin, I wanted to reach out to you all and share my life’s experiences and wisdoms. My autobiography so to speak.

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