Google Doodle on Earth Day 2019 Celebrates Diversity of Life on Earth
The Google Doodle for 2019 has been dedicated to the Earth Day 2019. The event is celebrated every year on April 22. It represents the uniqueness and diversity of the planet earth. While the world is celebrating the Earth Day 2019, Google marked the global day with an...
Earth Day 2019: A Look at Its History and Founding Days
Every year, the Earth Day is celebrated across the world. It is held on April 22nd to mark the birth anniversary of the modern environmental movement in the 1970s. The idea for the first Earth Day took shape due to the indefatigable efforts of founder Gaylord Nelson....
Automobile Companies Make Huge Investments in Electric Vehicles
Automakers are going ahead with billions of dollars of investments in the electric vehicles sector. This is despite the fact that the demand for electric vehicles or EVs remains down in the USA. In fact, according to experts in the field, automobile companies are...
TISS: Leading The Way Towards Inclusion and Sustainability
When I close my eyes and think of a an ideal world – one where I would truly like to live; one where I would find true happiness – I imagine it to be one where all beings – humans, animals, plants, insects - live in perfect harmony with one another and with...
Environment Protection Act, 1986: Policy Matters for Social Change
Environment Protection Act, 1986 was established by an Act of Parliament after the Bhopal Tragedy. The Government of India’s Environment Protection Act 1986 came into existence under the Indian Constitution. The objective is to protect and improve the environment. Let...
100% Solar Powered Village in India Sets Example for Green Energy Use
A Solar Powered Village in India is a model for the use of renewable energy due to total dependence on solar power for its various needs. It is therefore completely independent of any fossil fuel sources of energy. Though it has no electricity poles, the Solar Powered...
Manual Scavenging: Delhi Govt Introduces Sewer Cleaning Machines
Manual scavenging is still practiced. It is a scourge in India. It is shameful that it continues to exist in this day and age. Politicians and government pay lip service to it without doing anything. This is despite the fact that we have so many innovations and...
You Are a Reflection of Your Food! Thoughts on Diet and Nutrition
Flirt with your Food! The Body will take the Cue! Cooking is Therapeutic! I love to pick my food ingredients and cook my own food. I need to see the ingredients that go into my cooking and my system! There is a spiritual energy around beautifully displayed fresh...
India’s First Foldable Electric Bike: Innovations in E-Mobility
A total of 6 engineering students have devised an innovative electric bike design which is the latest innovation in E-Mobility in India. Users now have a solution to parking problems which are faced by all cities of the country. The engineers from Chandigarh...
Climate Change: A Place for Individual Actions?
Climate change has become a big blaming game. Activists in the UK are blaming Barclays Bank, investigative journalists are blaming a fantastically costly and successful fossil fuel industry disinformation campaign, and environmentalists blame ourselves for flying and...
NCAP: What are the Features of National Clean Air Programme?
The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has launched the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP). It has three important features: a) Mitigation Actions: NCAP gives special attention to details of various mitigation actions. Web-based three-tier...
South Africa Plastic Bag Ban Reduces Plastic Use by 90%
Plastic pollution is the gravest environmental threat because it affects human life, marine life, and the entire food chain. Several retailers have accepted the South Africa Plastic Bag Ban and are planning a ban on single use plastics and replacing it with shopping...