Lungs of our Planet

Amazon Rainforest has been described as the "Lungs of our Planet" because it provides the essential environmental world service of continuously recycling carbon dioxide into oxygen.More than 20 percent of world oxygen is produced in the Amazon Rainforest.

A Great Line..

"We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors,We borrow it from our children."

Oxygen Vs CO2

Ø  One tree can produce 130 Kilograms (kg) of oxygen per year. Two trees can provide sufficient oxygen for four members in a year.
Ø Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a greenhouse gas. When its concentration increases in the atmosphere, it causes global warming which leads to climate change.
Ø  Carbon dioxide (CO2) emission on burning of fossil fuels:-

S.Nos	Name of the fuel	Quantity	CO2 emission in kg/fuel unit
1.	Diesel	1 litre	2.653
2.	Petrol	1 litre	2.296

      Ø  A single tree on an average can absorb 20 kg of carbon dioxide (CO2) from atmosphere in a year. One tree in its lifetime can absorb 1000 kg of CO2.
Ø If, we reuse or recycle one tonne of paper…15 trees can survive

Plant a tree, green the earth, clean the air, Live happily.

Trees…precious natural resources of the earth. Let us conserve it.

RISING SEA LEVEL

Recent flooding in Thailand including Bangkok is clearly a manifestation of rising temperature and sea level.  Bangkok is among the top 10 cities of the world facing the biggest potential impact of coastal flooding over next 50 years. The other top 9 cities facing the threat of extinction due to rising sea level are: London, Miami, New York, Maldives, New Orleans, Mumbai, Cairo, Amsterdam and Tokyo 

Climate change is making its impact felt.  I understand, pumping ground water also raises sea levels.

Are We Responsible Ancestors?

Nargis, was the name given to the Indian baby who was symbolic of the 7 billionth baby born this year. As a world we have grown by 1 billion in the last 12 years!

Can anyone guess how we plan to meet nutrition, health, shelter, apparel and energy needs of next billion without depleting the world’s finite resources?

Happy Birthday Nargis!

TYPES OF WATER FOOTPRINTS

Overall a water footprint consists of three types of water: Blue, Green and Grey. Knowing the balance of these types in an overall footprint, as well as their distribution amongst the direct and indirect uses, tells us about the level of stress that a product or enterprise has placed on water resources.


• Blue water refers to the surface and ground waters and it is the water what we see in rivers and lakes.

• Green water, is the water held in the soil as moisture and cannot be extracted or piped away though it does evaporate from crop fields. Despite this, green water is essential for vegetation, whether it is natural or cultivated vegetation, and most of the crops grown in the world are grown using only green water.

• Whereas, the amount of grey water embedded in a product is the volume of water polluted as a result of the production process. It relates to the amount of water that is required to dilute the polluted water so that water quality is returned to an acceptable standard.

Not all Green House Gases are equally damaging

If Carbon Dioxide has Global Warming Potential (GWP) 1 unit,
then Methane has GWP 21,
Nitrous Oxide has GWP 310,
HFC has GWP 1,300 and
Sulfur hexafluoride has GWP 23,900.