Many people undergo the difficult task of deciding what they can do in order to save the environment. Our world is one that is heavily burdened under the pressure of a civilization that is always wanting more and is ready to go to any lengths to acquire what it wants. Luckily, there are a great many people who understand that this unrestrained activity is one that cannot go unchecked. Often people are under the impression that making positive changes to the environment are those that will employ a lot of hard work and finance on the doer’s part. Hence, there are a great many simples steps that people can start doing so that the environment is helped at the level it needs to. Here are some of them: Do not buy new articles- One of the biggest shortcomings, although it is not by choice,  [...]

Who would have ever thought that the term “piss-off” would connote an opportunity for the creation of fuel and energy? Well, these researchers did- researchers working on alternative sources of energy who have discovered the key to the use of fuels cells that will depend upon urine as a source of energy. Chemistry postdocs Shanwen Tao and Rong Lan from Heriot-Watt University's School of Engineering and Physical Sciences in Edinburgh, are the first to have managed to create a clean source of energy that would depend upon urine, a system that would lead to the creation of electricity and clean water. However, the system that they have created, at best can be termed as a prototype device, and has the potential to be a leading generator of electricity in the future. In most other cases  [...]

To tell someone the use of plastic in everyday life today, would be like having to be reminded that breathing is necessary in order to stay alive. The use of plastic is seen in all aspects of human life, and seldom does one across situations where plastic has no purpose. Being a material that is used so heavily in construction, production, manufacturing and so many different avenues of human activity, it is a commodity that has been produced in enormous quantities in the last few decades. Obviously, with this kind of production of any commodity, it would be imperative to think to what end this plastic is being reused, or even recycled. From the advent of the 1990s, more and more technologies are being developed that look towards the recycling of waste and excess plastic. Here are some  [...]

Imagine every reflecting surface of your house being turned into a platform for the production of solar energy, which would have potential to run your entire house and more…well, the day is probably not too far when we will actually be able to see such a thing turn to reality, as research work conducted by scientists in Britain has proved to be sufficiently successful at carrying out such a function. A possibility that would shape up to its optimum in the next five years, here is a technology that would potentially mean the end of endless power supply bills at exorbitant rates. In addition to this, it would also mean that better, cleaner technology is being used for the creation and use of electricity and energy on a whole. The team that has been working towards this endeavor is the EnSol  [...]

Who does not want to eat smart, stay healthy, and be their active selves? The world today is one that is constantly at war with itself, with a thin line separating the healthy from the unhealthy, the fab from the flab. Being spoilt with options when it comes to something as important and everyday as eating and drinking, it is important to do whatever we can to keep ourselves in the best of shape. Another war that is going on the world over is that between those caring for the health of the planet and those whose choose to ignore it. The health of our planet is of utmost importance, because, simply put, no-good health of the planet means no good health of the creatures on it. Here are three health tips that are not only beneficial to the people who follow it but also to those who wish to  [...]

Everyone knows that having a swimming pool is more of a luxury than something that would be dubbed as being friendly towards the environment. With all the space, energy, and water that is taken up by a swimming pool, it is difficult to believe but a concept does exist of having a pool that is more environment friendly than the rest. This kind of swimming pool makes the least use of techniques that would be at the least partially helpful to the environment.  It is not always simple to put away all of our luxuries, especially when we have been associated with them for extended periods. Helping the environment is something that everyone has to do and must do. Hence, here are ten ways to make your swimming pool a lot more eco-friendly. 1.     Make  [...]

Gee… that title itself seems to be telling all there is to green gifting. It is no secret that we give gifts and presents for almost every occasion that is celebratory in nature. In addition, we give gifts to people out of charity, and out of goodwill. There is no boundary that separates people from gifting each other-people gifts each other, no matter where they know them from, whether they are from our very homes, from our workplaces and offices, or even when we are at parties, social gatherings and at a get together. These may be the costliest of articles or the cheapest depending on the importance of the people in our lives. However, the one thing that we do not keep in check is where our gifts come from. Most of the items that we give away as gifts are synthetic articles, which are  [...]

The world today is a greedy one, with people looking for benefits in the most uncanny of places. There is a mad rush wherever people are able to get more out of a single object or one move. This unfortunately, over an elongated period, has led to disastrous ends, with the world, today being little more than a shadow of what it used to be about two hundred years ago. One such disaster man seemed hell bent on imposing upon himself was to let vehicles become such an integral part of his life, that today, he is dying because of the toxic fumes that it leaks out. Another disaster that could have been averted was that of unchecked industry. There is almost no necessity to spell out how industries around the world, impact our lives today, However, this picture does not need to remain this bland,  [...]

There is talk all over the world about the effect of man’s destructive ways on nature in the last one hundred years, especially in the latter fifty years or so. The environment has undergone major changes in the last five decades or so, with the introduction of more and more toxic substances by the day. Moreover, these toxic substances take hundreds of years to disintegrate, and as such lead to the addition of more waste and clutter. The amount of greenhouse gases that are let out into the world today is a scary statistic, with more and more vehicles and industries growing by the day. There is however, no option, but to find the positive in this negative: Planet Earth is the only planet capable enough of sustaining life of any kind, be it simple or complex. If we do not take up steps to help  [...]

We all have an idea of what must have happened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. We also have memories of what happened in Chernobyl. These keep us quite reluctant to the thought of nuclear energy being used instead of solar energy would be unacceptable. Nuclear energy however is much cleaner than most other sources of energy being used today. The working of a nuclear power plant has a very simple principle. The nuclear fission heats water which generates steam and this steak turns turbines which later produce electricity The splitting of atoms is what nuclear fission is. While this fission takes place, there is a massive amount of heat that is produces.  The things that complicate this entire procedure are when the resources needed to control these fissions get out of control. This is when  [...]