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TALKING GREEN 2.13, from MY GREEN CHANNEL

" TALKING GREEN " weekly e-Newsletter of My GREEN CHANNEL, an initiative of LAKSHYA [ issue 2.13, Friday, 26th March 2010 ] If you are having trouble viewing this email or would like to view it in your web browser, {readonline}CLICK HERE{/readonline}. Dear {subtag:name} I take this moment to place my final request . PLEASE SWITCH OFF YOUR LIGHTS and stand together for a BRIGHTER PLANET …. ! In this issue we tried to look at the Gandhian philosophy of symbiotic balance and mutual interdependence with nature and his perspective of going GREEN ! We dedicate this issue to the father of our nation and one of the greatest communicator of all time. It’s heartbreaking many a times to know about the hidden agenda’s of development and therefore we are committed to play our role of sharing the reality with all of you in our best possible way. Few stories in this issue will tell you what we want to share and say… thank you for your support all throughout.. When we talk about environment education the biggest challenges for us has always been to decide on the do’s and don’ts and understand the basics and most importantly in a country like India where 15 percent of the world’s population on 2.5 percent of planet Earth’s land area, is clear and present. The response to this grave challenge is ….. we need more and more hands to join us and talk about a better tomorrow. with GREEN hope and GREEN THOUGHTS ….………… ENJOY READING! Uzzwal Madhab President / Executive Director LAKSHYA Foundation, New Delhi , INDIA Vanishing island solves India-Bangladesh dispute A tiny island at the centre of a territorial dispute between India and Bangladesh has disappeared beneath the waves due to rising sea levels and erosion, scientists say. Readmore Earth Hour 'will not cut carbon emissions' A climate change campaign to get everyone to switch off their lights will not reduce carbon emissions, according to electricity experts. Earth Hour, organised by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), will see millions of people switch off their lights for an hour this weekend. Readmore Grass cuttings 'to be used as biofuel' ddddddddddddddd Grass cuttings could soon be used to power cars, under a scheme to transform garden waste into biofuel. The Carbon Trust has announced it is working with the University of York to research how using microwave technology could turn garden and wood waste into biofuel. Readmore Liars, cheats, thieves: the terrible truth about the mean greens The right-on brigade has been unmasked. About time too, says Iain Hollingshead Every now and again there comes along a scientific study that proves beyond reasonable doubt what you instinctively know to be true: wine is good for you, exercise is dangerous, and self-righteous environmentalists are lying, cheating, thieving degenerates. Readmore GREEN TRIBUTE Gandhi as a Human Ecologist Lakshya Foundation Is Gandhi a human ecologist? If we go by the ideas generated by the environmental movement in India, which is strongly influenced by Gandhi, the answer is a definite ‘yes’. But Gandhi’s place in the ecological movement is yet to be established on a secure footing internationally. Even the recent Encyclopaedia of Human Ecology edited by Julia R Miller et al. (2003) omitted Gandhi as one of its entries in its otherwise impressive list. Readmore HSBC bankers turn climate crunch champions Foundation Bankers may not be the world's most popular people, but at HSBC they have the good of the planet at heart – the bank has invested $35 million in sending employees to assess the potential effects of climate change and preach the green gospel to colleagues back at the office. Serena Allott joins a group of volunteers in India. Readmore GREEN EDUCATION Route map : Effective environment education Summiya Yasmeen reports on the contours, content and debate about environment education in India. It’s the trendiest new subject in the country. All the beautiful and well-heeled citizens of urban India, headmasters of nexgen independent schools which set bench-marks in education, and left-wing political activists orphaned after the collapse of the Soviet Union, are united on the urgency of saving India’s fast deteriorating ecology and environment. As a result environment education has been introduced into every self-respecting secondary school’s curriculum in varying degrees of intensity. Readmore WWF hopes to find $60 billion growing on trees The carbon credits scheme would make WWF and its partners much richer, but with no lowering of overall CO2 emissions, writes Christopher Booker If the world’s largest, richest environmental campaigning group, the WWF – formerly the World Wildlife Fund – announced that it was playing a leading role in a scheme to preserve an area of the Amazon rainforest twice the size of Switzerland, Readmore GREEN LAW IPR AND BIODIVERSITY - Running wild with the BD Act While the Biological Diversity Act is touted by the government as a conservation legislation, its application does not show much evidence of this intent. Kanchi Kohli reports. Readmore 'Climategate' inquiry led by oil boss A former oil boss will lead the latest inquiry into the 'climategate' scandal over the science of man made global warming. Lord Oxburgh, former non-executive chairman of Shell, will head up a team of leading scientists looking at claims fossil fuels cause global temperatures to rise. Readmore GREEN VIEW GREEN REEL OUR INITIATIVES © Copyright 2010, Lakshya Foundation. Newsletter Management by The Old Mans Furnace You're receiving this Newsletter because you have subscribed to the Newsletter Service at http://mygreenchannel.org/. To unsubscribe please click {unsubscribe}Unsubscribe{/unsubscribe} ...
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Thursday,25 March, 2010 | Hits: 1789

Talking Green Picture of the week 26th March

A boy carries plastic bottles filled with water at the drought-hit Dashiqiao village of Shilin county, Yunnan province CHINA March 22, 2010. A severe drought across a large swathe of southwest China is now affecting more than 50 million people, and forecasters see no signs of it abating in the short term, state media said on Friday. © Thomson Reuters 2010 All rights reserved...
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Thursday,25 March, 2010 | Hits: 68

WWF hopes to find $60 billion growing on trees

The carbon credits scheme would make WWF and its partners much richer, but with no lowering of overall CO2 emissions, writes Christopher Booker If the world’s largest, richest environmental campaigning group, the WWF – formerly the World Wildlife Fund – announced that it was playing a leading role in a scheme to preserve an area of the Amazon rainforest twice the size of Switzerland, many people might applaud, thinking this was just the kind of cause the WWF was set up to promote. Amazonia has long been near the top of the list of the world’s environmental cconcerns, not just because it includes easily the largest and most bio-diverse area of rainforest on the planet, but because its billions of trees contain the world’s largest land-based store of CO2 – so any serious threat to the forest can be portrayed as a major contributor to global warming. ...
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Friday,19 March, 2010 | Hits: 169

Vanishing island solves India-Bangladesh dispute

A tiny island at the centre of a territorial dispute between India and Bangladesh has disappeared beneath the waves due to rising sea levels and erosion, scientists say. The uninhabited outcrop -- called New Moore island by India and South Talpatti by Bangladesh -- was 3.5 kilometres (about two miles) long and 3.0 kilometres wide before it was swallowed up by the Bay of Bengal. ...
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Wednesday,24 March, 2010 | Hits: 293

Route map : Effective environment education

Summiya Yasmeen reports on the contours, content and debate about environment education in India. It’s the trendiest new subject in the country. All the beautiful and well-heeled citizens of urban India, headmasters of nexgen independent schools which set bench-marks in education, and left-wing political activists orphaned after the collapse of the Soviet Union, are united on the urgency of saving India’s fast deteriorating ecology and environment. As a result environment education has been introduced into every self-respecting secondary school’s curriculum in varying degrees of intensity. ...
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Sunday,28 March, 2010 | Hits: 5321

Liars, cheats, thieves: the terrible truth about the mean greens

The right-on brigade has been unmasked. About time too, says Iain Hollingshead Every now and again there comes along a scientific study that proves beyond reasonable doubt what you instinctively know to be true: wine is good for you, exercise is dangerous, and self-righteous environmentalists are lying, cheating, thieving degenerates. ...
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Tuesday,16 March, 2010 | Hits: 135

IPR AND BIODIVERSITY - Running wild with the BD Act

While the Biological Diversity Act is touted by the government as a conservation legislation, its application does not show much evidence of this intent. Kanchi Kohli reports. In 2006, India's National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) signed an agreement with a researcher based in New Delhi, Dr Rikako Kimura, to collect hair and blood samples of the wild ass. This agreement was thereafter published on the NBA website in 2009. I have been waiting to get to the depths of this agreement for the last few years. ...
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Sunday,28 March, 2010 | Hits: 428

HSBC bankers turn climate crunch champions

Bankers may not be the world's most popular people, but at HSBC they have the good of the planet at heart – the bank has invested $35 million in sending employees to assess the potential effects of climate change and preach the green gospel to colleagues back at the office. Serena Allott joins a group of volunteers in India. ...
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Friday,26 March, 2010 | Hits: 344

Grass cuttings 'to be used as biofuel'

Grass cuttings could soon be used to power cars, under a scheme to transform garden waste into biofuel. The Carbon Trust has announced it is working with the University of York to research how using microwave technology could turn garden and wood waste into biofuel. Using microwaves, the waste is heated in the absence of oxygen through a process called pyrolysis. The research will look at how this process could be used to produce a biofuel to blend with fossil fuel or use as a pure fuel. ...
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Sunday,14 March, 2010 | Hits: 174

Gandhi as a Human Ecologist

INTRODUCTION Is Gandhi a human ecologist? If we go by the ideas generated by the environmental movement in India, which is strongly influenced by Gandhi, the answer is a definite ‘yes’. But Gandhi’s place in the ecological movement is yet to be established on a secure footing internationally. Even the recent Encyclopaedia of Human Ecology edited by Julia R Miller et al. (2003) omitted Gandhi as one of its entries in its otherwise impressive list. ...
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Sunday,28 March, 2010 | Hits: 1105