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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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World Enviroment Day – Whats the big deal about it?

by Ishrath June 5, 2008

Read on the comments and laments of so many people we have come across on the WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY. While some have been lip-servicing, some have made us to sit up, think, and do something about it.

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What Santa Claus will not tell you this Christmas

by Prakash Rangarajan December 13, 2007

Its jingle bells time, Christmas season awash with glad tidings, decked trees, gaiety, mirth and the customary Santa visits. Well not just Christmas, all festivals brings in its wake not just good times but also an indelibe amount of waste and an inherent impact on the environment and the surroundings. Lets take a starry look at some commonsense ways wherein we can usher in the Christmas season in a more responsible manner.

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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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Flickering truths on Compact Fluorescent Bulbs

by Prakash Rangarajan November 21, 2007
Compact Fluorescent bulb

There is a saying that goes like this – Never fear shadows since it just means there is light shining nearby. Well, for those who live literally in the shadow of incandescent (standard) bulbs here are a few bright facts that will throw some light on making a switch to compact fluorescent bulbs. It will simply change the way you live..

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The Birth of Love

by Ishrath November 13, 2007
Green Canopy

Like most of us, I also had the usual image of the forest as picturized by the media in those days – as a dark, scary place that is dangerous for human beings. As a lover of flora, I could never comprehend how trees and wild growth could be so formidable to the general human sensibilities. Added to this sub-conscious intrigue was element of ‘danger’ that added that necessary fuel to my vivid imagination.

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