Anupam Mishra’s TED Talk on the Ancient Ingenuity of Water Harvesting

by Ishrath December 11, 2009
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Freshwater is the fast disappearing resource for which future wars will happen. Here is TED talk by Anupam Mishra, taking you back in time to see how water was harvested, conserved, and used with reverence and respect.

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Gift a Green Plant – DIY Ecofriendly Party Favors and Gifts for Kids

by Ishrath August 15, 2009
Green Gifts - Money Plant Gift Wrapped in Corrugated Paper

Go organic this party season and spread the cheer of green. Add personal touch and warmth to your gifts and give-aways by gift wrapping plants and trees with recycled paper.

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Revival of Traditional and Eco-Friendly Hand Block Printing in Bagru, Rajasthan

by Ishrath July 4, 2009
The Beautiful Hand Block Design Motif of Bagru

Bagru’s hand block printing technique is rare craft that is now getting popular for being high on eco-sense, use of natural materials and for its eco-friendly textile printing practices.

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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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Tiger Alert – Panna Tiger Reserve has no tigers

by Prakash Rangarajan June 27, 2009
Pix Credits - Avanindra Reddy

Three years back, the Panna Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh had close to 40 tigers. Today, one two tigers exist, not the original striped denziens of the forest, but two tigresses translocated from Kanha and Badhavgarh.

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Fight Global Warming with Green… Oops White Roofs

by Ishrath June 13, 2009
Combat Global Warming with White Roofs

The latest green idea rocking the White house, tropical nations, Internet, and the eco-activists to combat global warming is to paint your roofs white. Here is our green tinge on white roofs.

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Summer : A Tale of two trees

by Ganesh Mahadevan June 11, 2009
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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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