Did you know that bottled water is not just bad for the environment but also for your health? Take a look at this presentation to find out more about why you shouldn’t drink bottled water…
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Tags: healthy living, Save Earth, Stop Wasting, Sustainable Living, Water Conservation, why save water
A team at Australia’s Queensland University has invented a waste treatment plant to treat household waste and waste water. The plan works on waste to produce methane, which is a clean, renewable source of energy and class A+ standard recycled water.
Though this recycled water is not good enough for drinking, yet it can be used for toilet flushing, gardening. Not a bad idea. Could help conserve a whole lot of water. It would be interesting to see when it is launched commercially. We sooooo badly need to save water! Apartment complexes which generate gallons of waste water would do very well to install a waste treatment plant like this. Could perhaps help save them plenty of dough in their energy bills too.
Tags: environment conservation, green living, Save Earth, science & technology, Stop Wasting, Sustainable Living, Water Conservation, why save water
Earth Hour is a good way to raise awareness of the issue of global warming and how our collective effort can save our beautiful planet. However, while a whole lot of people participated in the earth hour on 28th of March and switched off all non-essential lights for an hour from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm, it was weird to see the same people switch on a galaxy of lights immediately after and go about their business as usual. Well, is that what earth hour is all about? All hype and little substance? Do people participate just to sound ‘cool’ and ‘with it’ or do they really understand the meaning behind the campaign?
If negating global warming and saving the planet really mean the earth to us, then why don’t we make “consuming less” a way of life? Why do we need to switch on a sea of lights on the Vegas strip? Why do office building have most lights on even long after all staff has left? Why do hotels and restaurants have a sea of lights on all the time? Why do we keep our windows covered with blinds? Why don’t we use natural light? Why do we keep the AC on in our cars when the weather outside is pleasant enough? Why do we first stay all the time in air conditioned environs and then go for sauna and visit spas and gyms to sweat and get rid of toxins?
Tags: environment conservation, Global Warming, green living, Stop Wasting, Sustainable Living
Will we take a break and ask ourselves why aren’t we doing something about the environment while we can? We shake our head, shrug and feel how one person’s (read my) consuming less will help while the rest of the world is hogging resources. Lets remember little drops of water make up the ocean…
Tags: "the age of stupid", environment conservation, Global Warming, green living, Save Earth, Stop Wasting, Sustainable Living
Last night on my way to Gurgaon for an outing, I noticed all these beautifully lit up office complexes on the highway. They looked attractive from a distance, orderly lit and their interiors shining through the glass walls. It was all calm inside, not a soul could be sighted and one felt compelled to imagine the frenetic pace of activity therein during the day. And then it struck – why were all offices in these buildings so well lit up when there wasn’t a soul working at that time? Who pays for their electricity bills? What a sheer waste at a time when all companies are looking to cut costs!
And think of its repercussions on the environment. It is a colossal loss of energy. We all know there isn’t surplus energy in the country. Why keep thousands of lights switched on at night in offices where people work during the day or atleast not after 11pm? Can’t that energy be used to light up villages in the state that are often plunged in darkness?
Tags: Global Warming, green living, Save Earth, Stop Wasting, Sustainable Living
At a time when everyone is trying to tighten one’s purse strings, at a time when we need to sit up and take notice of global warming and reduce unnecessary consumption and hence wastage, there is a lot one can save by following these very simple tips in the kitchen.
Tags: environment conservation, Global Warming, green living, Save Earth, Stop Wasting, Sustainable Living
The strike by oil refinery employees some time back has thrown up a few questions. Infact these questions have been around for quite some time now but we have been ignoring them. Concerns have been raised that oil stocks won’t last beyond a few years and authorities have been asking us to use it wisely.
What became really evident was that we are moved only when we are subjected to discomfort. It is human nature to get used to the comforts of life and in that comfort zone we are not giving due attention to the issue. A few days of strike threw life out of gear across the country. there were queues on almost all petrol pumps and most ran out of stock in the first couple of days. While we waited for our turn at the petrol pump, we cursed the oil sector employees (for being so indifferent to our sufferings) and the government (for its failure in resolving the matter quickly). However, it was time for some deep thinking also. We have to understand that oil supply is limited and the only way to make it last longer is to use it wisely.
Also, each one of us has to take the initiative. We can’t shirk our responsibility by thinking that if others don’t use wisely, how will I alone solve the problem.
Imagine life without oil/gas/fuel. Difficult!!
Now think about life without water. Nigh impossible.
Let’s respect nature for what it has given us and not take it for granted.
Tags: Save Earth, save oil, Stop Wasting, Sustainable Living
The Delhi Government on January 9, 2009 effected the ban on use, sale and storage of plastic bags in Delhi. Green campaigners have welcomed the move, terming it as long-overdue. Earlier the Government had banned the sale and use of plastic bags less than 40 microns in thickness and those that did not use eco-friendly dyes. The problem with plastic bags is that they end up in landfills or sewage and worse get consumed by stray animals, including cows with their food, often causing death of the animal in the process.
The ban on plastic bags is applicable to:
Excellent piece of news and will be great if the Government can actually impose the ban. Remember the maximum penalty for using a banned plastic bag is a monetary fine of Rs. 100,000 or a 5 year prison term.
What are the alternatives available?
Pros and cons of paper bags
Other options
Jute and simple cloth bags are sturdy and you have plenty of very nice designs available in the market now. Most jute and cloth bags come from the small scale organizations, often NGOs that support and help keep alive local handicrafts like jute making, embroidery, sewing, patch work craft etc.
Of all the above, paper bags, though being largely touted as the next alternative, have the shortest life and are the least eco-friendly as compared with other options. Agreed, non-woven bags aren’t bio-degradable but then they hardly snap or break and can be easily washed to be used again. They have a pretty long life and the issue in their case is more of proper use – if people adapt the use-and-throw instead of use-keep/wash-use policy, then non-woven bags will pose a huge disposal problem.
Tags: alternatives to plastic bags, green living, Save Earth, say no to plastic, Stop Wasting, Sustainable Living
Not just global warming but also higher costs for corporations. A recent report by McKinsey & Co. suggests that data centers are grossly under used leading to tremendous wastage of energy on a global scale and causing major cost inefficiencies at the corporation level. With one of the companies which they studied, they observed that a third of their 500 servers had utilization rates below 3%; and about 2/3rds had utilization rate below 10%. Wow, what a waste of power. If not for global warming, then atleast to pare their costs, companies need to work out processes to better manage their data center capacities.
McKinsey’s research brings up interesting findings like, almost every company can double its data center energy efficiency through better, cohesive data center management, better planning, and increased accountability. And this will lead to more efficient energy usage, cutting down in terms of both capital investments for setting up or expanding a datacenter (including expensive real estate) and recurring costs, and, a good level of reduction in CO2 emissions! Plenty of incentives to do what is necessary. And indeed I can’t help saying that common sense isn’t so common after all. While it would seem to be common sense to expand capacity only when the current set up is fully utilized, it appears that companies end up spending billions more than necessary because of poor management.
Several researches in the present times have focused on Global Warming. A recent report of such a research published in Science suggests that at least half of world’s population could face serious food shortages.
Does paint a scary picture, this report! However, while I am sure the scientific community will be doing its bit to ensure crop yields are not affected this much by rising temperatures, let this be a reminder to all of us to do our bit to preserve our beautiful planet.
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