You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make. – Jane Goodall Environmentally sensitive businesses are those that prioritize sustainability and minimize their environmental impact.…
“Land degradation, biodiversity loss, and climate change are three different faces of the same central challenge: the increasingly dangerous impact of our choices on the health of our natural environment.” says Sir Robert Watson, chairman of the (IPBES), in 2018 following the platform’s research on soil health. In the first place,…
To increase public participation to curb the use of single-use plastic (SUP), the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has launched a mobile application for the public, recently. After downloading the application ‘SUP-CPCB’, people may lodge a complaint against those using, selling, and manufacturing SUP. Now that’s interesting and a good initiative. Ministry of…
From food and clothing to FMCG goods, and consumer electronics to vehicles and property, purchasing some things sometimes is an inevitable part of our lives. Lately, the consumer is conscious and more sustainably aware, of what they are buying and bringing into their homes. Especially post-pandemic born of our destructive…
Just get a bag and drop a dream in it, and you’ll be surprised what happens. Charles Nelson Reilly We all know cloth bags come with a lot of advantages (i) Cloth bags are biodegradable so they do not pollute the environment. (ii) Cloth bags are capable of carrying…
Every day, we humans drape our bodies in fabric. It can be cotton, silk, or synthetic and a large variety is available in the market. But we have rather little thought to the contents of those materials. Not only this, we are not even aware of what happens to these…
Ever wondered where our garbage goes once you throw it in the bin truck? Ever wondered what happens and where it piles up when the truck unloads? Garbage in our country is a very serious issue. With increasing, urbanization management of waste becomes a major issue that needs to be…
“There is no beauty in the finest cloth if it makes hunger and unhappiness.” – Mahatma Gandhi Ritu is known as a swatch lady with her nayi soch. Nayi soch is her initiative and she has come up with this nayi soch to utilize cloth swatches. She has been collecting…
Minimalism is the process of identifying what is essential in your life and having the courage to let go of the rest. I got a chance to watch a thought-provoking documentary called ‘The Minimalists: Less Is Now’ on Netflix. Released in 2015 and directed by Matt D’Avella. Everyone has that…
Recycle your junk! Think outside the trash… Recycle! Don’t throw cash in the trash, recycle it all – it’s your call! In this episode of Green Talks, we have Shalini chablani from Healing Environment. She is trying her best to Heal the environment with all the bay steps she is taking…
During the first lockdown in 2020, what started as a sewa is now a mission. Today on Green Tatwa Talks we have Gaurav Mendiratta who is running Shri Shani Rasoi trust, feeding the poor, hungry, and needy. He started helping and providing food to people in lockdown, especially to people,…
In this episode of green talks, I have with me Kalpana Manivannan. Kalpana is an urban organic farmer. She is trying to change the perspective about farming and help people realize their sustainability goals, zero waste lifestyle and garden dreams. A former biology school teacher, turned organic farmer, Balancing her farm…
There’s an old saying that one man’s junk is another man’s treasure; and when it comes to repurposing waste it couldn’t be any closer to the truth. Finding new uses for old items can save you a significant amount of money and armed with a little thought and creativity, creates…
The most environmentally friendly product is the one you didn’t buy. – Joshua Becker, founder of Becoming Minimalist When we talk of eco-friendly living the very first thing that supports this cause is the three Rs of reducing, reusing, and recycling. तीन R का मतलब होता है REDUCE(कम उपयोग), RECYCLE(पुन: चक्रण) , REUSE(पुन:…