“Her work is focused on improving the landscape and environment within impoverished and low-income communities. Carter starts at home, where she grew up, in the South Bronx.
Majora Carter is an American environmental advocate and artist. She has demonstrated a range of environmental justice solution strategies in her hometown of the South Bronx, New York and [...]
Late last year, I got tagged in a note on Facebook, that contained an update on Cancer from the John Hopkins Hospital.
Following is an extract from the Facebook Note:
Be informed!
After years of telling people that chemotherapy is the only way to try and eliminate cancer, the John Hopkins Hospital is finally starting to tell you [...]
Keeping the Dream Alive
Since childhood, it has always been my long term goal to one day generate and use renewable energy for my lighting and heating needs. With diminishing fuel wood, increasing energy demands and for ethical reasons, I strongly feel that renewable energy is the way to go.
This aspiration was piqued at an early [...]
In 2006, Al Gore gave a talk during the TED Global conference in Monterey California.
In this talk on averting climate crisis, Al Gore outlined 15 ways we can address climate change. Watch this talk at the TED web site or download the video file (zipped MP4, 57MB).
Al Gore later gave another TED Talk titled ‘New [...]
Rural vs Urban
The other day, I left the city for my cradle-land. The place has this soothing effect on me…. words simply cannot be used to express it!
The Clean Air Fix
A very striking difference between urban and rural areas is the difference in the quality of the air between the two places. The air is [...]
NOTE: The following post was first published on Tuesday, 31 Mar 2009. It has now been republished as an addendum to our previous post about Looking back to see Ahead on Water Harvesting and Conservation. Enjoy!
Heavy Rains
The rains have started falling in most areas of our country.
It saddens my heart when I see all the [...]
“We never change, do we? no, no
We never learn, do we?”
- Coldplay (We Never Change)
Oh no. Not Again!
As I write this, the Red Cross and the governments of several African countries (including Kenya) are trying to manage a floods crisis occasioned by the current El Nino rains. Reuters last reported that the floods have claimed [...]
What a Start!
Last Saturday (Jan 2, 2009), I was out planting trees.
I thank God for the rains that have made this very possible. Following are some of the trees I planted:
Trees:
Fruit Trees:
What else we are growing:
The objective here is to go local by growing our own food, as much as we can. And damn it [...]
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