Thousands of Students Join National Green Cover Initiative Pledge to fight climate change

 A group of 3000 students from DPS Public School came together on Monday to do their bit to fight climate change. They pledged to increase the green cover in their city and neighborhood, planted plant saplings. They also collected nearly 5000 plant saplings and promised to spread the message of green cover amongst their friends and families. Sadhguru the champion of Project Green Hands and winner of Indira Gandhi...

“Vishwa educates students on the environment at Malhar through the Photojournalism Workshop”

 Vishwa, the organization that is an exponent of environment-friendly practices, will be a part Malhar at The St. Xavier’s College’s this year. Vishwa’s panel speaker, Mr. Rushikesh Chavan is the speaker for the photojournalism workshop called “Life in a Flash”. Vishwa has collaborated with Malhar as they both agree that the preservation of the environment is the key to our secure...

Hai sa facem curatenie in toata tara. Intr-o singura zi! Let’s Do It, Romania!

“Let’s Do It, Romania!” este cel mai mare proiect de voluntariat din tara, care presupune curatarea intregii tari de gunoaiele din afara oraselor, intr-o singura zi. Ziua de Curatenie Nationala este 25 septembrie. Proiectul a fost initiat in Estonia in 2008, preluat de Letonia si Lituania (2008, 2009 si 2010), Portugalia si Slovenia (2010). Poti vedea aici un video foarte interesant despre...

BP Oil Spill Live Feed – Record Loss Expected

 As the fallout from the BP oil spill continues, and people in the Gulf states start to look towards the massive cleanup operation that will now be required, BP look set to announce that the leak has caused the company a massive financial loss, the record for a single year. This video feed has live underwater pictures directly from the site, which has some good news at least in that the leak repair is currently...

Gati partners AP Govt for ‘One Million’ tree plantation drive

Gati, the leader in express distribution and supply chain solutions has associated with the AP Government to drive the “Harith Andhra Pradesh” initiative. Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, July 16, 2010 / Gati, the leader in express distribution and supply chain solutions has associated with the AP Government to drive the “Harith Andhra Pradesh” initiative. This initiative is a reflection of Gati...

Flood extensively damages crops in Haryana, Punjab

Freshly sown paddy crop in thousands of acres of fertile agricultural land has been destroyed in nearly four days of flood fury in some districts of Haryana and Punjab – the states that are the biggest food grain contributors to the national kitty. Eleven deaths have been reported so far –six in Punjab and five in Haryana — with 4-5 people missing after being washed away in both states. Heavy...

Photos: New Species, “Living Fossils” Found in Atlantic

A rare basket star, seen riding on its intricate network of arms, is among a haul of strange and previously unknown deep-sea creatures recently found in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, scientists announced Tuesday. Ten potentially new species—including “mountaineering” sea cucumbers and possible “missing links” between invertebrates and backboned animals—were discovered during the...

Dead cub found in Pench Tiger Reserve

A dead cub has been found burnt after its paws were chopped off for some tantric ritual at the Pench Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh. It is found that the killing was done by forest caretakers along with a member of the village eco-development committee. The news of the cub comes after a tiger was run over by a speeding vehicle in Bandhavgarh in the state. Some suspect the accidents to be a cover up for...

Tackle pollution Guj way, Jairam tells Maha govt

“Maharashtra can learn a thing or two from Gujarat in fighting pollution,” said Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday during his visit to Dandi to announce the Rs 25 crore Green Action for National Dandi Heritage Initiative (Gandhi) project. The Congress is sure to frown at the praise of Narendra Modi’s Gujarat by a Jairam who has just survived a major gaffe in China where he said...

No new pvt helipads in city: Centre

It’s final. There will be no new helipad in the city. Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday minced no words while shooting down the four proposals to construct private helipads in the island city and suburbs. Ramesh told a team led by CM Ashok Chavan that the huge noise pollution the choppers would create was simply not in consonance with the central noise pollution norms. Central rules have...