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...
Earth Day: Let’s pledge to end plastic pollution and use
People around the globe are coming together to celebrate the Earth Day 2018. They are organizing marches, signing petitions, meeting officials, planting trees, cleaning up towns and roads across the world. This day is meant to emphasize the need to protect planet...
Welcome to Meenangadi, India’s first carbon-neutral town: Go Green
Meenangadi is a small town in the Indian state of Kerala. It has accomplished and is doing what the entire world has not been able to. The small town is well on its way towards a green future. Its march is for a noble cause: the aim to achieve...
Welcome to Diu, India’s first completely solar-powered city
As the chorus for green and renewable energy increases world-wide, countries need to go for clean energy. And one Indian city is getting it right. The Indian Union Territory of Diu now runs 100 per cent on solar energy. In a span of just three years, Diu, also a...
Leaf Republic Advocates for Sustainable Solutions
Leaf plates have always been a part of Indian tradition. They are frequently used even today. Curiously, it has been picked up by a few people in Germany. They got inspired by the Indian trend and have started manufacturing plates as well as bowls made of...
Use solar-powered data centers and cloud computing for sustainability
Cloud computing is booming and consequently there is a massive surge in the data center business as this forms the backbone of cloud services. The data center boom is particularly visible in Asia Pacific. Companies like Facebook, Microsoft, Apple and Google are...