environment awareness

World Environment Day – Many Species. One Planet. One Future

by Prakash Rangarajan June 5, 2010
World Environment Day

Today is the World Environment Day, a wakeup call for all human stakeholders to not just pledge their support but also do their wee bit in their own little ways to pave the way for a greener planet. It is also a stark reminder of the fact that each passing minute is another chance to [...]

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Suicidal Society? – Sure it is

by Paul Thiyagarajan December 1, 2007

Stagnant water that facilitate breeding of mosquitoes and bacterial threats. Uncouth men and women who spit on public roads and property. Effluents from factories that totally pollute ground water. Gases, smoke and carbon emissions from manufacturing units. Minute cotton fluffs in cotton mills that can pose hazards. Each issue with grave repercussions for mankind. both directly or indirectly

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Global Warming – A pressing reality – Part 1

by Ganesh Mahadevan November 25, 2007
Flooding due to Global Warming

Melting glaciers in Greenland. Heat wave in Europe. Hurricane Katrina destroys New Orleans. Wildfire in California. Ice shelf breaks in Antartica. Somebody else’s problems we think, a passing glance at the news and then we concentrate on more important things

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Global Warming Impact Report on Asia released

by Prakash Rangarajan November 21, 2007

Its time the Asian disporia woke up to the Global Warming phenomenon. Stark reality of economic slowdown, development meltdown, production paucity stares the contintent which accounts for more than 60 percent of the world population as a recent report prepared by The Working Group on Climate Change and Development tellingly postulates.

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