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The Dusty Bee!

The Dusty Bee!

40 per cent insect species are declining, a third are endangered. 

Environmental Cost of Fashion

Environmental Cost of Fashion

The clothing industry puts a huge strain on the environment. How? Let us take a look at the life of a common garment: t-shirt.

When Farmlands Become Wastelands

When Farmlands Become Wastelands

In the guise of development, what allows us to be callous with earth's resources? A study conducted by Indian Institute of Soil Science shows that majority of the soil in India is deficient in secondary nutrients, such as sulphur, and micronutrients, such as zinc, boron, iron, copper and manganese. The question then is how nutritious can our food be if it is grown on malnourished land? Many other villages are suffering, like Jaduguda and Kolaghat, because the polluter does not take the responsibility of the waste, burdening locals with unseen consequences...

Ireland Moves Closer to Clean Energy

Ireland Moves Closer to Clean Energy

The movement towards a cleaner environment got a huge push recently when the Irish Parliament passed a bill that would make Ireland world's first country to fully divest public money from fossil fuels.

The View Outside My Window

The View Outside My Window

As usual, I woke up in the morning thinking about what I would do that day. It wasn't a special day, my routine was all planned-up like other days. It was a holiday, I didn’t have to go to school. I was determined to do something new, see something different. I was thinking about going with my family to watch a movie or something like that. I don’t watch movies often but my exams had just ended the day before. Many ideas came to my mind, but that day I don’t know why...

The Question of Energy For All

The Question of Energy For All

Why do we need to conserve energy?

False food

False food

This is the age of hard sell: everything that is or can be on sale, is being sold aggressively through promotions, advertisements, media campaigns, claims of how good the product is, what health benefits it supposedly has, etc... and that also goes for the food that we eat. 

The Modified Ones
Why Talk About Bottles?
Why Talk About Packaging?

Why Talk About Packaging?

Remember the last time you packed a gift on your best friend’s birthday? Well, wrapping up or ‘packaging’ comes naturally to human beings. Not only to make the things inside it look pretty but also to protect them from breaking, tearing or getting dirty. In ancient times, leaves and cloth were the common packaging stuff. But now we have a vast range of ‘packaging materials’. What are they? Also, what happens to the package once we have used what was inside it? It is of no use to us. What happens to the large amount of packaging material generated by huge populations around the world?