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...
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...
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...
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...
Earth Day 2021 Says “Restore our Earth”
Earth Day 2021: We all know that Aprill 22 is celebrated as the Earth Day across the globe. Internationally, people as well as the major stakeholders take part in the various civic activities and work on raising awareness about several critical issues that our Earth...
Google Doodle on Earth Day: Plant Seed for Brighter Future
The Google Doodle this year has highlighted ''how everyone can plant the seed to a brighter future - one sapling at a time.'' On the occasion of the Earth Day, Google Doodle wished a Happy Earth Day 2021! Every year, the Earth Day is celebrated on April 22. Google...
World’s largest Floating Solar Power Plant Is in China
Asia's superpower China is making inroads into reducing in emissions and fulfilling renewable energy targets. It has put up the biggest floating solar power plant of the world. This has been set up in Huainan city, Eastern China. The 40 MW solar plant is on a used...
How A Home Composting Organization Uses Whatsapp for Waste Management
Urban communities in India (and the world) are detonating, as is the waste they make. An Indian family of four creates 2.2 kg of waste every day. In a city, that indicates a great deal of refuse! What a great many people don't know is that 60 percent of that waste is...