Environment

Xerox managed print services (MPS) customers will have the opportunity to contribute to the reforestation of global forests through Xerox’s new partnership with PrintReleaf. Based on a theme of “you print one, we’ll plant one,” PrintReleaf leverages paper usage reporting and equates the number of trees needed to reforest that usage on an equivalent basis...

India is one of the world’s largest food producers. This makes the sustainability of the country’s agriculture system of global importance. Groundwater irrigation has been respite to India’s agriculture sector, especially for places with low, or uneven rainfall. However, this has led to overexploitation of groundwater. According to the World Bank data, since 1980, groundwater...

A cup of coffee is what it takes to be able to wake up and start the day for many of us. But what is the cost of that one cup of our beloved bitter concoction? Coffee is world’s second largest tradable commodity after oil. It is a multimillion dollar global industry and is constantly...

There will be no resources left at the way humans are consuming energy. The Indian government is aiming to develop cost effective and efficient solar power stove systems. The intention is to touch the lives of poor by providing them safe and low cost alternatives for clean household cooking. Recently, ONGC held a Solar Chulha...

To conserve water on an individual level, a team of passionate bikers have started Express Bike Works (EBW) a two-wheeler service center. Conventionally bike wash and service centers in India use more than 50 liters of water per bike and let the water run out on the streets adding to the sludge. This water is also hazardous, both...

मुख्यमंत्री देवेंद्र फड़नवीस ने हाल ही में प्रेस कॉन्फ्रेंस द्वारा यह दावा किया है कि महाराष्ट्र को अब खुले में शौच से मुक्त कर दिया गया है। इसके पहले बीएमसी ने भी मुंबई को खुले शौच से मुक्त किया था लेकिन आज भी मुंबई में लोगों को खुले में शौच करते देखा जा सकता है। मुंबई में...

Few decades ago, a lean man with a stick took the country up by a storm by boycotting all the foreign fabric to initiate a revolution and encourage people to adapt local fabric. This action was aimed towards saving and rescuing the country from the plunges of Britishers. The world needs to follow his...

On April 22, over one billion people in 192 countries will celebrate Earth Day. Established in 1970 to raise awareness about the need to conserve our planet's natural resources, today the torch is carried by thousands of schools, non-governmental organisations and local and global institutions, starting with the United Nations. The United Colors of Benetton is joining in...

Recently, the E-waste Management Rule was amended. The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) have simplified targets for electronics makers to collect e-waste depending on their yearly sales. As per the government rules notified late last March but effective October 2017, the life of a smartphone has been determined as five years, while that of a...

Global warming and climate change has taken up the world by the storm. Floods, droughts and hurricanes have increased in different parts of India in last few years. Droughts in particular have been significantly high in many states, causing extreme water scarcity. This has also resulted in may farmer suicides. According to a study,...

A bird’s eye view of 2017 paints an interesting picture, despite the initial darkness of the year’s low points. Without doubt, there were global shocks from Trump, overall climate change, and multiple cases of Human Rights violations. However, it has also been a year where the control of sustainable practices has shifted from the...

इस बात से बिलकुल इंकार नहीं किया जा सकता कि सलमान खान अपने करियर के शुरवाती दौर में सुपरस्टार तो बन गए लेकिन वो ये स्टारडम पचा नहीं पाए, सलमान का मतलब ही कॉन्ट्रोवर्सी हो गया था।काले हिरण का शिकार हो या फिर हिट एंड रन मामला, हीरोइनों के साथ मारपीट या फिर फ़िल्म...