Western Ghats finally made it to World Natural heritage list

UNESCO(United Nations Educational ,Scientific and Cultural Organization) inscribed Western Ghats as one of  World Natural Heritage sites.Currently there are 188 Natural  Heritage sites present all over the world.
India has three water sheds one is Himalayan Range (Ganga, Yamuna),Vindhya and Satpura Range(Tapti,Narmada) and Western Ghats(Kaveri,Godavari,Krishna).

Western Ghats :

• One of Eight hotspots of biological diversity in world.
• Ranges  runs over 1600KM covering tamilnadu,Karnataka,Maharastra ,Kerala,Goa.
• Western Ghats are  the home for 5000 species of flowers,139 mammal, 179 amphibian species , 500 bird species.
• Approximately sixty percent of the Western Ghats are located in the state of Karnataka
•   Approximately 6% of India 's total land Area.

Jog Falls :Gift of Western Ghats

Ranges

Lush Green Mountains Of Western Ghats

What rain can do ?

                        Month of April                                                                        Month of June

Same place but photographed in different seasons

Both the photograph taken at same place but in different seasons.The photo of the Dry landscape  have taken on April  and the same  landscape turned green  taken on this month June.Yet after the monsoon failure ,the rain which is coming here and there turning the dry  landscapes green alleviating pressure on ecosystem to support  living beings.

Monsoon:India 's angel

Monsoon is greatest  boon to india ,it nurtures our mind with joy by making  landscape green and source of food by irrigating agricultural land.

Summer leads to Monsoon?

Earth geography causes Summer .We know that earth tilt by 23.5 degrees from its axis rotating around the sun which makes seasons on the earth(Summer,winter).

Tilt happen in two direction.one is tilt of earth towards sun making steep sun rays  to hit on north hemisphere (Upper half part of globe )  and tilt of earth away from the sun making steep sun rays hit on south hemisphere (Lower half part of the globe).When north hemisphere tilt towards sun the countries which lie is north hemisphere(Upper half part of globe) gets steep sunlight which causes summer, at the same time south  hemisphere countries will be under winter season beacuse these regions will get shallow sunlight .



Tilting towards the sun

In beginning of April northern hemisphere will be tilted towards sun leads to summer, Since india is in northeren hemisphere (Upper half part of globe) get steep sunlight .

Tilting away from sun

 

Monsoon:

In summer (april and may)  Thaar desert and middle India gets  intense  steep sun rays thus  air will  warm up and loses its density , move to  upper area of atmosphere making low pressure zone .To fill the void (gap) moisture  laden winds from the ocean will rushes to land which  leads to rain.Monsoon winds reach lands of India at the end of May. 

Petrol car or Diesel Car??????

The candid answer for this question is neither.Petrol is much refined oil compare to diesel.Diesel engines are  very technologically advanced as it not uses spark to ignite the fuel  and diesel engines gives more mileage .
Petrol and Diesel has their own environmental impacts .Quantity of CO2 emission is more in petrol car adding significant quantity to world's green house gas.Diesel emit less co2 (Since mileage is more)but it emits more nitrous oxides(Acid rain causing gas) .Petrol emit more  carbon monoxide(highly toxic and effects blood circulation ) compare to diesel.Diesel engine releases Particulate matter(Lung cancer causing) where petrol release nill.
Conclusion is petrol has effect on global warming and diesel has detrimental effect on local environment and human health issues.But new diesel engines are trying honestly to reduce the emission level of above mentioned hazardous gases .

  The best  solution for this is hybrid car like "Toyota Prius" which runs on both petrol   and battery.At lower speeds it runs on battery saving fuel and no gas emission in tandem.At the higher speeds it uses fossil fuel.
It suits for   ride in cities as well as outside the cities.
The bigger advantage is in cities like Bangalore one cannot drive car on higher speeds because of traffic ,so hybrid car uses electric energy inside the cities most of time resulting in  no sound pollution ,no air pollution and finally enhanced mileage.



Cost of Toyota Prius is approx 30 lakhs 
Visit below link which takes you to Toyota hybrid car webpage 
http://www.toyotabharat.com/cars/new_cars/in_prius/index.aspx

Girl who silenced the world for 7 Minutes

It was 20 years ago this month that Severn Suzuki, then 12, gave the speech of her life. As she stood on the podium at the first Earth Summit, facing leaders  from 178 nations, Severn’s 6-minute statement also became the speech of her generation.

"I am only a child, Yet I know that if all the money spent on war was spent on ending poverty and finding environmental answers, what a wonderful place this would be. In school you teach us not to fight with others, to work things out, to respect others, to clean up our mess, not to hurt other creatures, to share, not be greedy. Then why do you go out and do the things you tell us not to do? You grownups say you love us, but I challenge you, please, to make your actions reflect your words.”

Environment Impact of the Internet

Internet accounting to 2 % of global co2 emissions .A simple google search can result in 1-10 grams of CO2 release.CO2 release is combined outcome of electricity consumption of servers  and optical cables since world’s maximum electricity generation is from fossil fuel .World wide they are 300 crore internet users.

World top search engine companies are taking steps to reduce CO2 emissions .

*Using efficient servers.

*Trying to purchase clean energy for servers.

Green Google.

Google is world’s  best search engine accounting to 100 crores searches in a day 

• Google invested 5000 crore in clean energy.
• Google recycle 100% of its electronic devices.
• To promote walk and cycling it added  cycle  and walk symbol in Gmap to guide to your destination by possible shortest and better routes to keep  co2 emitting vehicles away from roads.
• Information on electric charging station to promote electric vehicles .
• Gmail is the most efficient as it uses servers which consumes electricity from renewable sources compare to local office servers which uses electricity from fossil fuels.

http://www.google.com/green

Rio+20 Conference

Earth Summit will be held in 2012.

Earth  summit will be held in Brazil on 20-22 june .This is the fourth summit in Brazil followed by 1992 Brazil summit, 1997 Newyork summit,20002 Johansberg summit.

The whole environmental movement in earth history believed to be started after the release of book “Silent spring” by Rachel Carson.The book explains detrimental effects of chemical pesticides on environment.

Summit is focusing on 7 critical issues  that  is  water,food,cities,energy,disasters,jobs and oceans.Putting these on sustainable track will relieve much mounting pressure on earth ecosystem.

These is historical summit to be focused on only sustainable ecosystem.

 A True Animal Love Story

Here his mate is injured and the condition is appalling.

Here he brings her food and attend her with love and compassion.

Brings her food but shocked with her death and try to move her.

Stand beside her and scream saddened of her death.

Finally aware that she would not return to him and she has departed, stands beside her body, sad and sorrow.

Photos of two birds are said to have been taken in the Republic of Ukraine Where the bird is trying to save his mate. Millions of people cry after watching this picture in America and Europe. It is said that the photographer sold these picture for a nominal price to the most famous news paper in France. And all the copies of that news paper were sold out on the day of publishing these pictures.

Harnessing the Rain Water

According to Official records in 1961 there were 117 lakes but now it reduced to 33. Ponds ,lakes plays a important role in hydrological system to store water in monsoon season and keeping the water  to utilize in drier season.They support rich eco system.Encroaching the lakes for commercial purpose caused deteriote in ground water level.Bangalore is facing  huge scarcity of water although corporation pumping 80 crore litres of water  to city per day.Borewells are not the solution for this as it will dry or it has to pumped from 1000’s feet underground leads to  concerns over health issues.

In this context Rainwater  harvesting is fantastic solution for the urban scenario.

Bangalore get 90,000 crores of rain water which fall on city every year,so per day 300 crore liters of water.

Amazing Facts of Rain Water.

1.Ayurveda declares of all the water available rain water colleceted before reaching ground is finest.

2.Techniques to measure rainfall were developed during time of Kautilya(4^th century B.C).

3.Cost to implement rainwater harvesting is approximately 5,000 Rs for small private buildings.

4.25 square feet building receives nearly a 15,000 of liters rain water  per year ,so perday average 300 liters sufficient for 2 to 3 person if they use moderately.

Links to Firms who will give this solutions .

• ·         http://www.biome-solutions.com
• ·         http://www.hinren.com

Amazing Facts About Bambooooo

1.Bamboo is a grass but it can grow upto 40 meter(typically) equal to 5 storey building.

2.September 18^th is world Bamboo day.

3.In a single day it can grow upto 2 feet.

4.Bamboo is the very first plant grown in Hiroshima after atomic bomb blast.

5.It is being used in Chawanprash.

6.200 crore people till tody staying in bamboo made house.

7.In India alone Bamboo has 25000 crore market value.

8.It is a great carbon remover from environment due to its fast growing capability.

9.Typically its life time is 120 years flowering twice or ones in lifetime .