Earth Day

April 22nd is the first official day of Spring in the Northern hemisphere and of Fall in the Southern hemisphere and this is the reason for this date to be chosen as the Earth Day.

Fruit Basket of World

At least 3,000 fruits are found in rainforests ;of these  only 200 are now in use in Western world. The Indians of the rainforest use over 2,000.

World's Biggest Home

More than half of world's estimated 10 million species of plants, animals and insects live in the tropical rain forests.One Fifth of world's fresh water is in the amazon basin.

Say No to Crackers , Say Yes to Environment.

Lot of Diwali wishes were being exchanged last week. Diwali is to India, what Christmas is to Western World. Time for family reunions , merry making , exchange of gifts and fire crackers.

However, celebration of this festival through fire crackers is one aspect which could be changed and our environment could be given respite from this choking.

Considering the huge population base of India , the amount of emission produced because of fireworks would by any day larger than the US emission on 4th of July which is estimated at 60,340 tons. This is more than  the emission  produced by 12,000 cars is a year or 115,000 light bulbs left burning for a year.

And we are talking about only two countries and two events. Just think about the whole world and various events - Christmas , New Year , FIFA world cup , Super Bowl , Independence Days  etc.

Did You Know

Residential lawns and gardens are doused with 80 million pounds of chemical pesticides and 70 million tons of fertilizers , annually. Phew.......

Blink and ......... gone.

Experts estimate that we are losing 137 unique species of plants, insects & animals put together,every single day due to rainforest deforestation. That equates to 50,000 species a year.