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Vertical Farming is the Answer

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By the year 2050, nearly 80% of the earth’s population will reside in urban centers. Applying the most conservative estimates to current demographic trends, the human population will increase by about 3 billion people during the interim.

An estimated [...] 

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Eco-Friendly Ways to Clean the House

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If you want to contribute to the environment as an individual, then you must start from home. There are a lot of things that we can change while doing our daily chores by choosing green alternatives.

Once of the most prominent changes that you could [...] 

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2012 – Green Up Your Life

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As we head into 2012, many of us will be resolving to lose those few extra pounds, save more money, or spend a few more hours with our families and friends. But there are also some resolutions we can make to make our lives a little greener. Each of [...] 

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World Population Explodes

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Around 2,000 years ago, the world’s population was around 300 million. Around 1800, it reached a billion. The second billion was notched up in 1927. The three billion mark was swiftly reached in 1959, rose to four billion in 1974, then accelerated [...] 

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Green Halloween

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Although Halloween doesn’t pose a gift problem, it does have its own billion dollar consumption issues, as families spend big on costumes and candy. Aside from the stomachaches and headaches resulting from all that sugar, Halloween results in a huge [...] 

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Graphene – The next big wonder material for generating energy

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Graphene is an allotrope of carbon, whose structure is one-atom-thick .

Graphene has “the highest current density (a million times that of copper) at room temperature; the highest intrinsic mobility (100 times more than in silicon); and conducts [...] 

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Was Gandhi Green?

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2 October is celebrated every year as Gandhi Jayanti – the birthday of the Mahatma.

The question comes to my mind. Was Gandhiji Green?

The answer is a resounding, YES. Here’s why.

1. Gandhi prophesised that an economy built on material [...] 

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10 Good Reasons to Plant A Tree

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Why plant a tree?

Simple. Planting trees will help to clean the air and cool the globe.

Here are 10 good reasons:

1.Trees Save Energy and Money. Trees properly placed around buildings can reduce air conditioning needs by 30 percent and save 20-50 [...] 

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Plastic soda bottles can now be a source of light!

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It is said that ‘Necessity is the mother of invention’.

This is one such invention and it’s about to bring thousands of people out of their darkness and help them to see the light.

No, we are not talking about metaphysical stuff [...] 

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