Category Archives: Environment – Nature
Ganges River in danger of drying up?
India election: How an Indian holy city is killing mighty Ganges Gulf News – BOBBY NAQVI – May 4, 2014 Prof Tripathi said, in the last two decades pollution has become a secondary issue. “The main concern is whether in … more
India – exporting beef to the world
India’s elections spark debate on beef exports BBC News – SHILPA KANNAN – May 4, 2014 Narendra Modi, the prime ministerial candidate of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has attacked the current government over India’s position as one … more
Closing down the meat industry
What If Everyone in the World Became a Vegetarian? motherjones.com – L.V. ANDERSON – May 1, 2014 If the world actually did collectively go vegetarian or vegan over the course of a decade or two, it’s reasonable to think the … more
Mismanagement, not overpopulation
Almost half of the world’s food thrown away, report finds Guardian – REBECCA SMITHERS – Jan 10, 2013 [The UK’s Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE)] report, Global Food; Waste Not, Want Not, found that between 30% and 50% or 1.2-2bn … more
Growing a forest
Indian Man Single-Handedly Plants 1,360 Acre Forest Inhabitat.com – TIMON SINGH – Apr 4, 2012 Jadav “Molai” Payeng started his project 30 years ago when he was still a teenager. Then, in 1979, flood waters washed a large number of … more
Should be more worried about the death rate at 100 percent
World population hits 7 billion on Oct. 31, or thereabouts LA Times – KENNETH R. WEISS – Oct 31, 2011 Demographers at the United Nations Population Division set Oct. 31, 2011, as the “symbolic” date for hitting 7 billion, while … more