A Sustainable World –The Lie about Growth
Growth is the promise of every political party worldwide at every election and yet it is a myth. The drive towards perpetual economic growth has not delivered any form of sustainability for any country at any time. It has only delivered dilution of human values,...
Maharashtra Farmer Vaibhav Tidke Develops Innovative Solar Dryer
A Solar Dryer has been developed by the son of a farmer, who hails from the rural parts of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is now being used in about eight countries. Hailing from an entire family of farmers, Vaibhav Tidke has always been quite well-versed with...
Hybrid Solar Energy and Wind Power Setups May Cut Capital Costs By 5%
Hybridization of solar energy and wind power installations has the potential to decrease capital costs by about 5 to 7 per cent as compared to costs of standalone solar and wind power assets. This will result in improvement of returns for the renewable energy project...
Rain in the Sahara: Can Solar and Wind Installations Change Environment?
Renewable energy installations such as the solar farms and wind turbines can not only prevent changes to the environment but they can also cause positive environmental change on their own, a new research has found. According to a study that has been published in the...
Efficient and Accessible Education Must for Sustainable Development
With the upcoming rise of technology and the ever increasing rise of the world's population (expecting to hit 11.2 billion people by the year 2100) education has to become accessible, efficient and practical to explore the boundaries and capacities of human thinking...
6 Ways to Celebrate Green Ganesh Chaturthi and Cut Environmental Impact
Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated with great passion and emotion in many parts of the country and people participate in it with gusto. The festival generally falls on the fourth day of the second fortnight in the month of bhaadrapada in the hindu calender and generally...
India’s Gets Its First Biofuel-Powered Flight by SpiceJet: Green Transport
Airline SpiceJet has operated the first flight in India which is powered by biojet fuel. The test flight marks a new beginning in the domestic aviation sector. The 45-minute flight, from the city of Dehradun to the national capital Delhi has been carried out on a...
Fight plastics: Indian Regeno makes eco-friendly biodegradable bags
Indian innovator finds novel solution to plastic bags Young Sibi Chelvan from Coimbatore finished his graduation in the USA and worked there for a few years. When he wanted to quit his high paying job and start some business of his own, his target was not money, he...
Lazy Person’s Guide to Save the Environment: 5 Steps at Home (Infographic)
Living your life in a sustainable manner would mean that you need to put efforts in place since it will take a somewhat long commitment, because there are a lot to explore, learn, experiment, dedicate your life to sustainable practices, etc. but, most importantly,...
How Brazil Uses Ethanol as Biofuel for Transport: Learnings for India
Introduction Brazil, being the second largest producer of Ethanol and a pioneer to successfully introduce this into vehicles is the best example to highlight the efforts undertaken by the government to decarbonise the transport sector using ethanol as fuel. Cane...
World Elephant Day: Stop Human-Animal Conflict, Habitat Loss, Poaching
Killing an elephant is very easy, ivory poachers and hunters have shown that time and again. But it’s a different story altogether to create one. The World Elephant Day was launched on 12 August 2012 globally to draw attention and support for conservation of Asian and...
Floods in India and Farmer Suicides due to Climate Change, Global Warming
In recent times, climate change has become an acute threat to human existence and livelihood. Increasing incidences of climate change impacts such as floods, heat waves, droughts, natural calamities are not only fatal to human and animal lives but they are also...