A Step Towards Environment Awareness
Fourteen months after the catastrophic glacier lake outburst flood (GLOF) in Sikkim that washed away the Teesta-3 dam, the largest hydropower project in the state, the Environment Ministry’s expert committee…
Over 23,500 people across Noida took part in the mega “Clean Noida Run” to celebrate World Cleanup Day 2022. Clean Noida Volunteer Club, along with the HCL Foundation and Noida…
Bitcoin is a process that requires a higher amount of energy as it gets more valuable. The more value it holds, the more complex mining of the puzzle gets, turning…
Over the last decade, food waste has become a more widely recognised environmental issue around the world. Not only has the issue of wasted food become an ethical one in…
As milk demand grows, the dairy cattle industry's greenhouse gas emissions increased by 18% between 2005 and 2015. Food accounts for one-quarter of global emissions. According to the Food and…
Farmers in India's northern plains are forced to engage in an extremely harmful activity every year: they burn leftover paddy stubble to clear their farms of farm trash and get…
Maihar forest sub-division in Madhya Pradesh held its annual drive for planting 4.7 lakh tree saplings in June and July 2021. Soon after the drive, Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer…
Every day, the United Kingdom consumes 95 million cups of coffee, resulting in hundreds of thousands of tonnes of discarded coffee grounds. Many of these abandoned resources wind up in…
Paper cups may appear to be a better option, but paper cannot hold liquid on its own, so baristas pour coffee into cups lined with polyethylene, a plastic that acts…
Electronic waste, or e-waste, is the term used to describe discarded electronic devices and products that are unwanted, not working, or are at the end of their ‘useful life. Laptops,…
River Tawi, also known as Surya Putri, is an important supply of drinking water for the city of Jammu's 700,000 residents. It has been in ruins for many years and…
Shri Naidu, in particular, urged the youth to take the lead in environmental movements and inspire others to adopt sustainable practises. They should instil in people that "if we take…
Millions of tonnes of plastic reach the oceans each year, with most it spilling out of rivers. Some of this plastic ends up in ocean garbage patches, where it becomes…
We produce 220 million plastic bottles every day 80% of which end up in landfills. It takes around approximately 500 years for basic plastic products to decompose and many such…
The law implemented by Argentina covers an area of 175,000 inhabitants, which includes the maritime jurisdictions and lakes of Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and the South Atlantic Islands.