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Well the blog is run my my beautiful girlfriend and me. I quit my Job on 24th October 2007 to become a full time blogger and im loving every bit of it :)
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Recent Posts Tagged With 'environment'
The Bicycle Culture Around the World
Remember those childhood days when your dad bought you a cycle, and you learnt to ride without falling. After several attempts you got it right, and rode with your friends to school and back home, wasn't that feeling overwhelming? As we grow up we t...
Does the Ban on Plastic Work in India?
Plastic thought to be a major toxic pollutant and non-biodegradable substance, has been banned from use, sale or storage by the Delhi government. The penalty if anyone is caught using polythene of any kind or thickness will face a fine up to Rs 10...
India to get a New National Animal?
The tiger the national animal of India, is suppose to evoke patriotic feelings is now bringing in nothing but agony. According to a census in February 2008 the number has fallen to 1,411, down from 3,642 in the last major survey in 2002. Bhavika had ...
Gharats, Cheap Sustainable Energy in India
When we were travelling from Joshimath to Gobindghat in Uttaranchal we passed by the construction of the Tehri Dam by the Vishnu Prayag Power Project. We were awe struck by the size of it, its the tallest dam in Asia and the fourth tallest rock-fille...
Jellyfish Population Rapidly Exploding
We always read about species getting extinct or endangered due to global warming. But climate change can also have a different effect on certain species, like jellyfish, whose population is rapidly exploding. Human activities like overfishing, pollu...
Solar Panels on Graves in Spanish Town
Santa Coloma de Gramenet, a Spanish town outside Barcelona, is generating solar energy in a bizarre fashion. They have installed hundreds of solar panels above coffins at its cemetery. Why a cemetery out of all places? There are very few open and su...
Striped Icebergs and the Meltdown
Icebergs, most of us have not yet seen one, but when we think of an iceberg its this white mass of ice, small above the service of the water and a huge chunk invisible under the water. Its a pleasant realization, nature is never boring and there is n...
The Effect of Nature on the Human Mind
Have you wondered how caught up we get in our daily lives that we hardly make the time to bond with nature. In our spare time, we either watch TV, play games, sit on the computer or meet friends. That has a negative impact on our health.There is a t...
Dark Toxic Clouds Spells Trouble for Asia
This came as no surprise, another report highlighting the bad condition of our planet. Dark black clouds, which is more than 3 km thick, are hovering over Asia from Beijing to New Delhi, and the western Pacific Ocean, which are making the cities dark...
Super Fast Electric Vehicles
Electric cars, the future to a greener and cooler planet, but did you know? Electric cars are actually a blast from the past. Electric cars made way for the petrol cars, the reason according to sceptics why electric cars failed, is the oil industry. ...
Compelling Ads on Environment Issues
Our environment is in peril, a fact which we all know about, but when asked what are we doing about it, a question mark looms over what steps we are taking as individuals to solve this. I came across some beautiful messages highlighting the environm...
'Hippie' Bonobos Found Eating Monkeys
Bonobos, the Hippie Apes, considered more gentle and loving than chimps and the closest genetic relatives of humans, aren't all about peace and love after all. Bonobos, who generally hunt for rodents, squirrels and small antelopes, have been observe...
Kenya Elephants Text Message to Help Rangers
Kenya wildlife service are using a unique method to not only save elephants from being killed but also prevent them from straying into nearby villages and destroy the season's harvest. Elephants have a mobile phone card inserted in their collar that...
Are We Not Nature?
We are part of nature, although it sounds like an easy answer, we do not understand the significance of this sentence. As we continue with our progress and developments we are destroying the natural habit of a wide range of species in turn affecting ...
Acidic Oceans Spells Disaster for Mammals
Marine Mammals rely on sounds to communicate and explore the environment around them, of course, since light is of very little use in the dark oceanic depths. Sound is important for the survival of marine mammals, like for instance calls of blue wha...
Craig Calfee's Bamboo Bicycle
I want to ride this bicycle, I want to ride this bike! Both Bhavika and I have been considering purchasing cycles, for the exercise, sustainable energy and of course a massive boon to the environment, since it will wipe out the short trips that we ma...
Religious Places Go Green
Religious entities around the world are leading the way towards a green environment. Spirituality and sustainability goes hand in hand, so its not surprising to see that temples, churches, mosques are resorting to eco-friendly ways to have spirituall...
Iran Sinking Due to Disappearing Groundwater
Economic development doesn't always spell success, combined with population growth means a cause of concern. As in the case of Iran, which according to a geological study is sinking because its groundwater resources are slowly disappearing. Much of ...
Maharashtra and California Rock Together?
I know its late to talk about the Earthquake I would have blogged it while I was sitting on the floor chatting on my phone when i started to feel the tremor, if only my lousy Internet service provider was not so bad. I hung up as my glass windows sta...
