IIT Scholar Invents Eco-Friendly Paper Battery Using Sewage Water
An Indian research scholar and scientist has developed a disposable as well as a flexible battery made from paper that can be used to generate power from the bacteria that is present in sewage water. IIT Kharagpur research scholar Ramya Veerubhotla’s battery has been...
World’s 1st solar eToilet creates power & fertilizer from waste in India
The world’s first electronic solar public eToilet has been put up in Thiruvananthapuram, in Kerala. It generates power as well as fertilizer from the waste. The toilets have been set up in Pulluvila, a village in the Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala....
India’s air pollution plan (NCAP) is a disappointment: Joydeep Gupta
Over the past few years, reporting on India’s air pollution crisis dominated the news. The state of capital city Delhi and health costs of living in it has been declared a ‘national crisis.’ Not only that, scientists report the air pollution is now set to affect...
Woman social entrepreneur invents waste management tool: TrashCon
India faces a chronic problem of waste management since a long time. With urbanization, the problem of waste management is getting worse. It is creating pollution and harming the environment. India produces 42 million tons of waste every day, most of it is...
Solar energy trends in India: Sustainable development
India, a developing country with 1,210,193,422 number of people (according to census in 2011) is critically facing energy crisis with greater reliance on coal and crude oil. Over 300 million people still have no access to electricity. India needs to move towards...
How dams in Australia cause floods and destroy environment
Dams in Australia causing havoc Probe into the operation of Queensland dam following the April 2017 floods Another instance of dam floods in Australia. This time Kinchant Dam in Queensland, and it is accused of allowing water level to rise to 103 per cent before...
How Oil Pollution Is A Grave Danger to Marine Life and Biodiversity
Authors: Shubham Varshney, Prerna Dobriyal*, and Shubra Singh ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai 400061 Corresponding author: *[Email-shubham.fbtma704@cife.edu.in] Crude oil is a complex mixture of hydrocarbons with 4-26 or more carbon atoms in the...
BioGreen Bags: A sustainable alternative to plastics? Innovation
The ban on plastic bags has naturally led to inconvenience for many consumers due to the unavailability of alternative materials which are as effective as a plastic bag in their functions. However, it is now time to switch over to bags that have been made...
9 steps on how to grow your own organic potatoes at home
Generally, entertaining the thought of home grown food is given a pass due to the space crunch in modern urban lifestyle. Here is a great way to grow your own organic potatoes, no matter whether you have a small balcony, roof top, patio or terrace. Let’s...
Rescuing pygmy hog from brink of extinction: Wildlife Conservation
The smallest member of pig family (pygmy hog or porcula salvania) is an endangered species. It was once found in a thin strip of wet grassland plains in the Himalayan foothills: from Uttar Pradesh to Assam and through Nepal’s terai areas and Bengal’s duars. It was...
World’s 1st 100% solar power train launched with zero emissions: Australia
Solar power trains are closer to realization as the technology evolves and matures. The world's first solar power train has been launched in Byron Bay, a northern New South Wales coastal town of Australia. Leaving the platform with around 100 passengers on...
Pollution neutralizing curtains can save homes and health from pollutants
A team of in-home experts, looking into how technological advances could impact interiors of the future, have devised an innovative solution to pollution through household curtains. Pollution affects the health of many city dwellers and it’s thought that creating the...