Greenubuntu To Organize Plantation Drive in Collaboration with AIIMS
In association with Greenubuntu, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), will organize a tree plantation drive, which has been scheduled on 21 June 2021 at 11 am. The drive is to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of Independent India. “The drive is aimed at...
Agra Fort: How Mughals Kept It Cool with no AC
Written By: Priyanka Hattiangadi In the current times, sustainable use of energy is one of the challenges the world population faces today. Natural resources, particularly of energy, are depleting and resources seem inadequate to fulfill the needs of humans in the...
World Environment Day: 10 Steps to Save the Earth
It is no more time to make light of climate change. The UN green panel gives us only 12 years to prevent heat conditions, droughts, floods and poverty. This World Environment Day 2021, let us look at 10 simple ways to contribute your bit to the planet. You do not need...
Adidas Is creating shoes out of recycled ocean plastic
Pollution is a big threat to mankind. According to estimates by 2030, the oceans would have more plastic debris than the fish in it; such is the scale of its pervasion. Moreover, they are toxic substances that stay in the ecosystem and do not degrade. They choke...
Let’s Make Banana Leaves a Part of Our Lifestyle
The long tradition of using banana leaves for culinary uses has been found across cultures of the world. Therefore, it is time to revive the banana leaf tradition in our lifestyle. The leaf which has umpteen benefits for human beings are particularly a hit in Southern...
What is Community-based Tourism and How It Can Preserve Local Culture
There is an interesting trend catching up among tourists worldwide and it is called community-based tourism. This is actually a kind of sustainable tourism or ecotourism, through which local residents invite travellers to visit or rather to stay in their own...
Sunderlal Bahuguna, Noted Indian Environmentalist, Dies from Corona Virus
Environmental activist Sundarlal Bahuguna, a pioneer of the Chipko Movement against deforestation in the 1970s, died in Uttarakhand this afternoon. He was 94 years old. The noted activist died in his native state of Uttarakhand due to Covid-19 related health...
Indian Innovator converts harmful plastic for useful purposes
Who wouldn’t want to get rid of plastics. It is an integral part of human lives and clogs drains and causes pollution as it is nonbiodegradable, with enormous implications for the environment. A Kolkata-based startup converts waste plastic into fuel oil! Whereas the...
Use Banana Stems for Organic Farming: Innovations in Agriculture
Organic farming is gaining ground every day. People have come up with an innovative idea in rural agriculture development that can help for attaining both the objectives of organic food as well as provide irrigation for farmers: Using banana tree trunks for the...
Interview: We Must Empower Women for Sustainability, Says Entrepreneur Ajat Shatru
Women empowerment is critical to a sustainable and just world. Ushi Fatma, Associate Editor, greenubuntu.com caught up with Ajat Shatru, who has founded two women-oriented business ventures that have been having a deep impact on the society, especially the women in...
Recycle, Rethink, Reduce and Refuse to Get Rid of Plastics
By Francisco Medina, Environmentalist: When it comes to environmental issues which we are facing today recycling has to be one of the biggest ones. I would like to explain why and it all has to with “PRODUCTION”. In almost any industry you can think of plastics are...
How to Foster Love for the Environment in Kids
Kids are quite moldable and we can very well make them understand the role of trees and ecosystem around us. Our future can be either bold and beautiful or dark and dreary. A child is always ready to learn, ready to bask in the nature. All we need to do is to just...