Celebrate Earth day..every day

While Earth day was celebrated on 22^nd April, we believe that it doesn’t need to stop at a day..Celebrate Earth day, every day. And some tips from us as to how we can do it!

z Plant trees. Learn more about the environment.

z Reduce, reuse and recycle all day long. Take your drink container with you, and don't use any disposable plates or cutlery. Recycle all the things you do use for the day or find other uses for things that you no longer use. Carry a cloth bag for carrying things in and recycle your plastic bags.

z Get children to recycle their old toys and games.

z Hold an Earth Day fair.

z Teach others about the environment

z Engage others in conversations about your environmental concerns.

z Cook a special Earth Day meal.

z Ride your cycle.

z Remember: Every day is Earth Day. Anything to help our environment is a perfect thing to do on Earth Day and every day. Don't restrict yourself to just one day a year; learn about how you can make a difference to environmental protection all the time. And put it into practice - every day!

Tata's AIR CAR - runs using Compressed AIR

Tata Motors to introduce Air Car - Is it the next big thing?

Tata Motors is taking giant strides and making history for itself. First the Landrover-Jaguar deal, then the world's cheapest car and now it is also set to introduce the car that runs on air, compressed air to be specific.



With fuel prices touching nearly $150 per barrel, it is about time we heard some breakthrough!
India's largest automaker Tata Motors is set to start producing the world's first commercial air-powered vehicle. The Air Car, developed by ex-Formula One engineer Guy Nègre for Luxembourg-based MDI, uses compressed air, as opposed to the gas-and-oxygen explosions of internal-combustion models, to push its engine's pistons. Some 6000 zero-emissions Air Cars are scheduled to hit Indian streets by August of 2009.

The Air Car, called the MiniCAT could cost around Rs. 3,50,000 ($ 8177) in India and would have a range of around 300 km between refuels.
The cost of a refill would be about Rs. 85 ($ 2). Tata motors also plans to launch the world's cheapest car, Tata Nano priced famously at One lakh rupees by October.
The MiniCAT which is a simple, light urban car, with a tubular chassis that is glued not welded and a body of fiberglass powered by compressed air. Microcontrollers are used in every device in the car, so one tiny radio transmitter sends instructions to the lights, indicators etc.

There are no keys - just an access card which can be read by the car from your pocket. According to the designers, it costs less than 50 rupees per 100Km (about a tenth that of a petrol car). Its mileage is about double that of the most advanced electric car (200 to 300 km or 10 hours of driving), a factor which makes a perfect choice in cities where the 80% of motorists drive at less than 60Km. The car has a top speed of 105 kmph. Refilling the car will, once the market develops, take place at adapted petrol stations to administer compressed air. In two or three minutes, and at a cost of approximately 100 rupees, the car will be ready to go another 200-300 kilometers.



As a viable alternative, the car carries a small compressor which can be connected to the mains (220V or 380V) and refill the tank in 3-4 hours. Due to the absence of combustion and, consequently, of residues, changing the oil (1 litre of vegetable oil) is necessary only every 50,000Km.] The temperature of the clean air expelled by the exhaust pipe is between 0-15 degrees below zero, which makes it suitable for use by the internal air conditioning system with no need for gases or loss of power.

Tap the population energy

We all have spoken about alternate sources of energy, green energy that will not impact the environment as much as traditional sources do.
Lately, there have been research on the human body motion that is being used to charge iPods etc. either as in the case of women, using their breast movement, or for that matter for people who can charge their phones while walking etc. This research report here is in the same direction. In India, there are more humans than you want, at one place.
So in the planning for creating walkways or skyways, which majority of the low income group of people will be using the most, why not tap the energy that will be generated by footfalls?

If one sits down to think of a suitable way to capture the pressure that their footsteps will generate on the walkway, capture this energy and use it to power some lights etc. along the way, it could prove a utility value though commercial success might not be the possibility immediately. Similar devices could be installed in airports, where so many people walk, and this energy could be used to power the lights there.

Someone has said, nothing is impossible, but it is when the 'commercialization' that happens, that the possible is rendered impossible. Alas!! the world is driven by the intention to create more money.
I wish the currency and networth numbers in bank balances could help generate more energy just on the basis of those numbers.

Wishful thinking eh!!

Corporate Mailers - World Environment Day

HR teams of companies send such mailers to all the employees on the occasion of World Environment Day.

Governments print reams of ads in papers highlighting their contribution or their direction to the citizens towards a better environment on the occasion of World Environment Day

Corporators and Politicians paint hoardings publicly pledging their target to a better world on World Environment Day.

Does this awareness campaign itself not bring an adverse impact on the environment???

And on all other days, no one thinks of the Environment but go all out to rape it, digging up it’s bowels to extract resources, felling trees, ruining it’s fertility and running it’s fertile topsoil into the seas, , dumping all the waste from everything non-degradable from whatever it ever gave for the benefit of human kind.

But at every individual level, all of us need to take personal steps, without waiting for someone to tell us, and be responsible for the environment around us – & MOST IMPORTANT – teach our kids to respect the environment in all possible ways.

RESPECT comes as a lesson only by practice ~ parents need to practice respect themselves to let this very important trait percolate down to the next generation.

We are responsible for ourselves and for those around us. Let us really understand what RESPONSE-ABILITY means and improve our understanding and implementation at individual levels.

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Saving Today for a Better Tomorrow!

Did you Know?

· Earth's average temperature has risen in the last few decades

· Ice is melting worldwide, especially at the poles. This includes mountain glaciers, ice sheets covering West Antarctica and Greenland, and Arctic sea ice. This is leading to rising Sea levels.

Its time we pay attention to the environment and give it some space to breathe too. On the occasion of World Environment Day, let’s pledge to make a greener world, a better world and a healthier world.

As global citizens we too can contribute. Here are some small ways how -

• Plant a tree with your family today! – A tree can on an average remove 50 pounds of carbon from the air in one year
• Turn off the lights when you leave a room
• Use compact fluorescent bulbs as they help save energy (not to mention they last longer)
• Switch off all electrical equipments when not in use, like turn off the monitor when you are not at your desk
• Pile all your home rubbish into different bins – biodegradable and non-biodegradable separately
• Use manure like grass clippings for your plants
• Turn off a running tap
• Keep your car well-tuned and tires properly inflated to save on fuel
• Observe a vehicle free day J walk or take a cycle
• And remember please don't print (this) e-mail unless you really need to...

Even a small step makes a huge difference!

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