An environmental initiative of Mata Amritanandamayi Math
In many parts of India, such as Maharashtra, West Bengal and the Deccan Plateau, where the rain falls only in the monsoon season, the Paani Foundation and DRCSC have encouraged villages to create CCT’s (trenches along contours), terraced ponds and … Continued
Coming to a roof near you? These are designs for solar energy that do not involve turbines. For more details see this link.
Mangroves cover 13,989 sq km of Brazil’s coast and are an important protection against climate change, with one acre of mangrove forest absorbing nearly the same amount of carbon dioxide as an acre of Amazon rainforest. The forests also protect … Continued
Leigh-Kathryn Bonner sets up hives at workplaces. “Seventy of the world’s top 100 food crops are thanks to honeybees. Each year, in the United States, we lose about 40% of the bees,” she tells the BBC. Her start-up, Bee Downtown, … Continued
“Singer and song collector Sam Lee traces a map in stories, folklore and song along England’s longest and most famous river, the Thames. Beginning at its underground source in the idyllic Gloucestershire countryside, Sam follows the Thames from a trickling … Continued
Saturday September 18th free event – plant trees with us! See this Woodland Trust page. Mead is a new forest planted by young people in Derbyshire. The Young People’s Forest at Mead is located right on the southern edge of … Continued
India uses more groundwater than almost any other country, and much of it becomes sewage. Here are some creative solutions: click on each picture to see the story:–
Practical Action have prepared a field report on a small scale solution delivering big results in areas where low rainfall, drought and cyclones have led to severe hardship. Pfumvudza (“New Season”) is a special method of agriculture that enables a … Continued
Judi Dench shares her passion for trees in a BBC film from 2017, together with experts who show how trees communicate above and below ground.
Sekem means Vitality in the Egyptian language. It is also the name of a community practising regenerative biodynamic agriculture in various parts of Egypt, started by Dr.Ibrahim Abouleish. The community has restored whole tracts of desert to profitable use using … Continued
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