Space – Orbital Debris Space debris is the unwanted man-made waste that has been generated as a result of man’s exploratory missions in space. It is found in high concentrations damage to the functional spacecraft and satellites in the lower-earth orbit and poses a grave...
Close The Tap Hello, my name is Aarna. Yesterday, I learnt something important at school as our teacher explained the urgency of conserving our earth’s most precious resource, water. It is actually so easy to contribute our share in doing this…I wonder why people don’t...
Save the Receding Ice Cap The world is talking about the receding polar ice caps. Is it truly happening? Will, there be a North and South Pole for the future generations to come, or will Santa Claus have to move elsewhere? Polar ice caps act...
Recycling Paper to Save Trees Winnie inquisitively looked at the bins and stacks of waste paper in Leena’s house. She asked her mother “Auntie, what is this for?” “We have opened a Small Scale Unit for recycling. Here, we process waste paper to make recycled...
Caring For the Environment ‘Caring for the environment is caring for ourselves. Ours is the only known planet which can support life. We have, however, ruined it by reckless use of natural resources without adopting a restorative and sensible approach. We have to begin the...
Earth Overshoot Day Earth Overshoot Day, also called Ecological Debt Day, was on September 23. This is the day in 2008 by which humanity had used up all the resources generated by the planet in that year. Humans consume 1.4 planets’ worth of global resources...
Don’t Burn Waste in The Open We celebrate the festival of Holi by burning a pile of wooden logs, cow dung cakes, and other wastes including plastic and tyres. But do we realize that open burning of waste emits air contaminants directly into the atmosphere,...
Crusade against Plastics Plastics, since their discovery, have invaded our lives completely. From carrying bags to utensils, from shoes to buckets and even clothes and sports goods to the high-temperature cone of a rocket, they are literally omnipresent. However, the marvel material is quite a...
Recycling Goods We live in a finite world with only finite resources. It would not be impertinent to therefore ask, why not build into the manufacturing cycle, the reuse of previously used resources? Reducing the use of naturally occurring resources for producing virgin finished products...
Burning Plastic: A Hazard As a child, I get fascinated when I burn plastic as it produces attractive colourful flames. My father saw me one day and advised me against doing so. He explained,” Burning plastic is very damaging for our environment. When burnt at...
