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How rural India can be made to switch to eco-friendly electric stoves

Leave a Comment / CSR, Eco-Friendly, Environment, research / By / May 23, 2019

Upgrading the supply chains and price rebates were found to double purchases of cleaner cooking stoves according to the study People in rural India are more likely to switch to improved cookstoves — intended to lower firewood demands and air pollution — if common business practices, such as upgrading the supply chain and offering price rebates, are …

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We need to deep clean the oceans. Here’s how to pay for it

Leave a Comment / Environment, Pollution, research, Save Earth / By / May 21, 2019

The world’s oceans are running out of breath. In the past 50 years, we have lost nearly half our coral reefs and mangrove forests and the size of marine populations has halved. A third of global fish stocks are already depleted. If these trends continue, it is estimated that there will be no stocks left for …

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Initiatives for Protection and Propagation of Halophytes

Leave a Comment / CSR, Environment, Information, research / By / May 17, 2019

With extensive use of chemical fertilisers, there is a significant increase in the salinity of soil as well as water making it difficult for plants and other living organisms to survive. Halophytes are salt-tolerant plants that grow in waters with high salinity, such as in mangrove swamps, marshes, seashores and saline semi-deserts. Only two% of the plant …

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How a more integrated approach could help to end energy poverty

Leave a Comment / CSR, Environment, Information / By / May 16, 2019

With almost four years completed since the United Nations adopted the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), we face a narrowing window of opportunity to mobilize the disruptive solutions and ambitious partnerships needed to bend the curve and improve the lives of billions within that timeframe, or indeed sooner. Nowhere is a sense of urgency greater …

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This teacher-turned-farmer helps villagers embrace organic methods

Leave a Comment / ChangeMaker, Eco-Friendly, Environment / By / May 15, 2019

Odisha resident Sarangi gets a shot in the arm as State partners him in training farmers When Natabar Sarangi started experimenting with ‘desi chasa’ in the mid-90s at a small paddy-growing village in Odisha, it was because of a serious practical problem rather than the growing buzz around organic farming. One morning, a few hours after …

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