http://treesouls.com Mon, 18 Jul 2011 19:19:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://treesouls.com/civic-sense/plastic-the-new-god/ http://treesouls.com/civic-sense/plastic-the-new-god/#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:09:06 +0000 Ganesh Mahadevan http://treesouls.com/?p=571 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 [...]]]> http://treesouls.com/civic-sense/plastic-the-new-god/feed/ 4 http://treesouls.com/eco-conservation/plastic-bottle-a-premonition-or-a-prophecy/ http://treesouls.com/eco-conservation/plastic-bottle-a-premonition-or-a-prophecy/#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 08:04:08 +0000 Ansul Nooreen http://treesouls.com/?p=549 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 [...]]]> http://treesouls.com/eco-conservation/plastic-bottle-a-premonition-or-a-prophecy/feed/ 0 http://treesouls.com/eco-conservation/energy-waste-%e2%80%93-burning-up-our-future/ http://treesouls.com/eco-conservation/energy-waste-%e2%80%93-burning-up-our-future/#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:34:32 +0000 Ganesh Mahadevan http://treesouls.com/?p=532 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 [...]]]> http://treesouls.com/eco-conservation/energy-waste-%e2%80%93-burning-up-our-future/feed/ 2 http://treesouls.com/eco-conservation/everyday-is-earth-day/ http://treesouls.com/eco-conservation/everyday-is-earth-day/#comments Mon, 21 Mar 2011 09:17:15 +0000 Prakash Rangarajan http://treesouls.com/?p=511 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 [...]]]> http://treesouls.com/eco-conservation/everyday-is-earth-day/feed/ 1 http://treesouls.com/wildlife-conservation/fight-wildlife-poaching-in-sumatra-time-to-vote-for-trevor-frost/ http://treesouls.com/wildlife-conservation/fight-wildlife-poaching-in-sumatra-time-to-vote-for-trevor-frost/#comments Sat, 19 Mar 2011 08:47:02 +0000 Prakash Rangarajan http://treesouls.com/?p=489 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 [...]]]> http://treesouls.com/wildlife-conservation/fight-wildlife-poaching-in-sumatra-time-to-vote-for-trevor-frost/feed/ 2