Tag: India - Page 10
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Eat Pray Love: A Life Lesson on Happiness
After devouring author Elizabeth Gilbert's memoir, Eat Pray Love, I was psyched to see it live on the big screen. I fell in love with Gilbert's post-divorce life story, and her thirst for self-discovery
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World's Richest Hindu Temple Doesn't Just Ban Plastic Bags, Bans Plastics
Now this is really the spirit: The Tribune (Chandigarh, India) reports that Tirumala's Sri Venkateswara temple, the richest Hindu in the world with some 60,000 people visiting daily, will soon be a plastic-free zone,
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India One Step Closer to Reintroducing Wild Cheetahs
Pursued by trophy hunters and herdsman, the Asiatic cheetah was brought to
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Learning From The Past, Designing For The Future: How They Air Conditioned In India 400 Years Ago
It is hot in Rajasthan, India. Four hundred years ago when building palaces, they installed air conditioning to beat the heat. Caroline Howe of It's Getting Hot in Here explains: In Rajasthan,
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Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions Fell in 2009, But Swift Action Is Still Necessary
China's and India's carbon dioxide emissions have grown, while others nations' have dropped In 2009, carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in China--the world's leading emitter--grew by nearly 9 percent. At the same time, emissions in most industrial countries
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Why Small-Scale Wind Turbines Make Sense in Rural India, But Not So Much in Indiana
A number of sources have outlined new plans of India's Tata Power Company to help electrify rural India through deployment of small-scale wind turbines, the same general type that are marketed throughout the US for rooftop
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India Goes Prefab (PHOTOS)
"Plug-in living" is coming to India, in the guise of what design blog Design Flute is calling India's first prefab green villa. Designer Pinakin Patel calls it the Hara Villa- Hara being Hindi for "green."
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Compressed Air Runs Motorcycle for Up to 40 Minutes
Get on your bad motor scooter and ride. This motorcycle runs on compressed air, rather than polluting gas (like the one shown above). It's been designed, conceptually, by two India scientists, and uses compressed air to
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Critically Endangered Indian Vultures Bred for First Time in Captivity
Some hope for three species of endangered Indian vultures: Conservationists have successfully bred all of them in captivity for the first time. Considering that at current rates of decline--brought
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Bird Protection Clashes with Bride Prospects in India
When the animal a national park was designated to protect hasn't been seen in the area for 16 years, is it worth maintaining the land as a sanctuary? Residents of the villages around the Karera bird
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Beautiful Herb-Infused Organic Clothing for Fall 2010 (Photos)
The key to curing arthritis, insomnia, or bronchitis could be in your clothes. A.D.O. Clothing follows ayurvastra, a branch of traditional Indian ayurvedic medicine that
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Amazing Land Art by Andrew Rogers (Slideshow)
From high plains to deep gorges, deserts to rural fields, sculptor Andrew Rogers uses rock walls to outline the forms of symbols important to cultures around the world. Over the
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India & Brazil Ranked Most Sustainable Consumers in National Geographic Greendex - US is Last (Again)
The latest installment of the National Geographic and GlobeScan's Greendex rankings of consumer behavior in 17 countries has been released,
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Gross & Wow! Yes, Too Much Spitting Can Destroy a Metal Bridge
This is too interesting and gross at the same time. The Guardian reports how the Howrah Bridge in Kolkata, India is now threatened, not by an excess of traffic, flooding or other
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Nonprofit Fashion Label Employs and Empowers Women in India (Photos)
We were impressed by the beautiful fashion designs in summery prints--somewhat reminiscent of tye-dye--by Satara featured on Ecouterre recently, and were blown away when we took a look at the Dutch fashion label's sustainable business
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Ocean-Loving Elephant Redefines "Swim Trunks"
At 60 year old, Rajan still enjoys taking a dip in the crystal waters off his island home--and he doesn't let the fact that he weighs as much as a large truck slow him down. In fact, Rajan the elephant, and his human swimming
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Indian State of Kerala Starts 10-Year Conversion to All-Organic Farming
The southern Indian state of Kerala has officially announced a new farming policy which aims to covert all agriculture in the state to organic methods over the next ten years. In the first phase 30,000 hectares
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Canid 'Cures' Threaten World's Wild Dog Populations
In some cultures, if a child gets chicken pox, his mother doesn't cook up a big pot of soup to make him feel better --
