Good Light! An Interview with CNN Hero for 2010, Mr Evans Wadongo
Elsewhere, in the Dark Continent, Kenya is seeing the light of the day! Literally! Thanks to the efforts of Evans Wadongo! The young Kenyan’s invention, the MwangaBora- a Solar Powered LED lantern, has…
The Gift of Light – An Interview with Dr. Dave Irvine-Halliday, Co-Founder, LUTW
He stopped by an empty school and asked himself, “Without proper light how can the children see to read and study, and is there a way that I can help them?” An idea…
The Life of an Organic Tea Bag
India is the largest consumer of black tea; a fact that comes as no surprise to a Bengali like me, having seen the sheer amount of tea my family consumes in a week….
Birdmen of India
India is home to over a tenth of the total number of bird species that inhabit our planet. This rich diversity is spread over a wide geographical area and is scattered across a…
Green Gifts for your Valentine
If Valentine’s Day is an important day for you or the one you love; then you can also show a bit of extra love for the environment by carefully considering what you buy….
Sustainable Sushi
Sushi, an artful Japanese dish is a combination of raw, marinated or slightly smoked fish rolled or topped with vinegar fermented rice and a surprisingly spicy sauce called wasabi which tastes like a…
Save your trees from Illegal Felling. You have the power!
Whenever you see a tree on the roadside being hacked, don’t just stand there and watch it happen. According to a recent study done by the Times of India, most of these are “illegal felling”, either done by private contractors or hutment dwellers.
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, also described as the Eastern Garbage Patch or the Pacific Trash Vortex, is agyre of marine litter in the central North Pacific Ocean located roughly between 135° to 155°W and 35° to 42°N and estimated to…
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