An environmental initiative of Mata Amritanandamayi Math
Amritapuri news 10,000 people to cultivate organic vegetables in 1,000 acres 22 Feb 2013, Amritapuri, Kollam Haritamritam is an initiative to promote organic farming in the state of Kerala, which Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy inaugurated today. Through Haritamritam, the … Continued
The Soil Association writes that:- Cotton is killing the farmers who grow it Cotton is increasingly controlled by GM companies (up to 95% of all the cotton grown in India) Our clothes don’t have to have hazardous synthetic pesticides Most … Continued
Nature’s wonders – the story of the emperor penguins; Spring is Coming – birds are starting sing and nest; effects of recent wet weather; Allotment Diary: broad beans; pruning; chitting potatoes; wooden planks round veggie beds.
In a village in India’s poorest state, Bihar, farmers are growing world record amounts of rice – with no GM, and no herbicide. Is this one solution to world food shortages? Guardian article System of rice intensification
from CAT news Too many cars on the road! CAT has been collaborating with sustainable transport experts Transport for Quality of Life to examine ways to help people reduce car use. As part of the study, we have conducted research … Continued
View of Earth film This stunning popular new movie shows a timelapse sequence of the view of Earth from a space station. Michael König explains: “Time lapse sequences of photographs taken by the crew of expeditions | 28 & 29 … Continued
from Guardian Weekly & Le Monde The sprouting plants look like a market garden. Come spring they will produce white, yellow and mauve flowers. But these plants are not decorative, less still edible. They grow on sterile clay soil full … Continued
Last year was a “pretty good” one for Phytorestore, according to CEO Thierry Jacquet. This small company is the French market leader in a promising, but still marginal sector, phytoremediation, or more simply, using plants to mitigate pollution. “The plants … Continued