Normally, about 600 ml water is used in a single hand wash. According to UN, about 350 ml of this is wasted. Now consider that this simple nozzle reduces the water used in a single…

Over 6,500 Sri Lankans and 2,100 Indians came for the feast of St. Anthony, the patron of seafarers, on 15th-16thMarch, 2019. Sri Lankan Tamils and Sinhalese, after years of civil war, mingle at this pilgrimage…

In a city mainly known for noise and air pollution, the Parish Pastoral Council of Holy Family Church has taken a stand for ecological awareness. [auth] Fr. Vincent Vaz, the Parish Priest, has taken inspiration…

In five years, he has managed to set up a beautiful terrace garden where he grows most vegetables, fruits and leafy greens. From chikoo, strawberry, papaya, guava, pomegranate and figs to vegetables - cauliflower, basil, cabbage,…

A wild life enthusiast, photographer and tour operator by profession, Pompayya Malemath’s (Karnataka) fascination with wildlife and plants began at an early age. He saw the scrubby patch of land bordering his property turning into…

Prof. R Vasudevan is a retired chemistry professor of a Madurai Engineering college. He has spent the last two decades researching and implementing the reuse of waste plastic. [auth] “Plastic is my resource,” he says. Eighteen years…

He was a just in his teens when he started this. After noticing the deaths of a large number of reptiles due to a lack of a tree cover, he started planting Bamboo in an…

From the inclusion of an eighth vow in a wedding ceremony and celebration of Diwali to death of a person, Professor Shyam Sunder Jyani is integrating sapling plantation in almost every custom that is practised…