Tag: India

  • Earth’s temperature rising at rate of four Hiroshima bombs of heat every second.

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      India’s Zeenews reports an alarming new statistic: Melbourne: Earth’s temperature has been rising at the rate of four Hiroshima bombs of heat every second, says climate scientists. John Cook, Climate Communication Fellow from the Global Change Institute at the University of Queensland , said that humans are emitting more carbon dioxide than ever into…

  • The Scam of Growth

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    Vandana Shiva | 19th Jun 2013 Bhutan: I am working with the government of Bhutan to help the country become the world’s first wholly organic country. I am also working to redefine the economic paradigm to focus on the happiness (gross national happiness) and well being of its people and the health of its environment, instead of…

  • India to Criminalize Opposition to GMO’s

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    The campaign to promote and, in this case, force  GM products into the Indian market is depressing.  These companies have far too much power and they will only gain more as they continue to expand their hold on food production globally. India’s environmental and food security activists who have so far succeeded in stalling attempts…

  • Photo of the Day – Fishing in Kerala

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    National Geographic Photo Gallery

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    Originally posted on Viewfound: For more of   Biswajit Dihidar’s beautiful photography visit viewfound.wordpress.com. Viewfound View original post

  • Khadi – An Art That Gives Life

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    Khadi means handspun and handwoven cloth. In 1918 Mahatma Gandhi started his movement for Khadi as a relief program for the poor masses living in India’s villages. Spinning and weaving was elevated to an ideology for self-reliance and self-government. “Every village shall plant and harvest its own raw-materials for yarn, every woman and man shall…

  • Indian man single-handedly plants a 1,360-acre forest

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    Jadav Payeng turned a barren sandbar in northern India into a lush new forest ecosystem. By Stephen Messenger Fri, Dec 21 2012 at 1:20 PM Forests & Trees, TreeHugger The forest, called the Molai woods, is a safe haven for numerous birds, deer, rhinos, tigers and elephants — species increasingly at risk from habitat loss. (Photo:…

  • The Root Bridges of Cherrapunji

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    By: Atlas Obscura In northeastern India, in one of the wettest places on earth, bridges aren’t built—they’re grown. The southern Khasi and Jaintia hills are humid and warm, crisscrossed by swift-flowing rivers and mountain streams. On the slopes of these hills, a species of Indian rubber tree with an incredibly strong root system thrives and…