An environmental initiative of Mata Amritanandamayi Math
Did you know that plastic packaging can be replaced with material made with mushrooms, and that when the mushroom packaging has been used it can be composted? Have a look at this video. The same technique can also be used … Continued
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
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:–
As billions of people isolated around the world in 2020, villagers from Sarayaku, a Kichwa community in the Ecuadorian Amazon, headed deeper into the forest to escape the coronavirus pandemic, after floods due to deforestation destroyed their houses. The journey, … Continued
Please support awareness raising of Saukhyam Pads Saukhyam reusable menstrual pads are inspired by Amma to support nature, using banana fibre which can absorb up to six times its weight in fluid! Watch this short video to see how the … Continued
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/science-environment-56944931 NHS workers at Wales’ largest hospital are creating a woodland to offset the carbon emissions and waste that came from the machines needed to treat patients with Covid-19. Staff on the critical care unit at the University Hospital of … Continued
The Campaign for Rural England has started a series of podcasts describing insights into the countryside. The first one discusses:- what stars you can see in the night sky, and how this is affected by light pollution (how many stars … Continued
Turkish dumps are where much of the UK’s recycling ends up. We need to be much more careful about putting our rubbish, especially plastic, out to be collected by the council. At the very least, we can:- use our own … Continued
Are you concerned about the effect on your health of microwaves from mobile devices, and 5G in particular? If so have a look at this Panorama programme.
Avoiding meat and dairy While meat and dairy provide just 18% of calories and 37% of protein, it uses the vast majority – 83% – of farmland and produces 60% of agriculture’s greenhouse gas emissions.
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