Cleanliness is said to go hand-in-hand with godliness and this saying proves to be truer than ever at a time like this while the world battles a pandemic. But it does not end there. Over the past year people have started paying closer attention to the quality of hygiene in…

Single-use plastics are taking over in supermarkets and almost everywhere else. Plastic is infamous for polluting the planet, as it can take up to 450 years to decompose. Other materials of today also come from energy-intensive manufacturing processes. They are formed by high-energy extraction methods. It is clear that the…

Trees play a pivotal role in maintaining the health of the ecosystem, although, it seems like humans are ignorant of this fact. Trees have been mercilessly cut down in the name of ‘development’ which has repercussions like soil erosion, lowering of the water table, silting, desertification. This has led to…

The amount of global agricultural produce is ever-increasing with the rising human population, and so is the amount of agricultural waste produced. Much of the solid waste produced by the agriculture industry ends up in landfills or gets incinerated as people are unaware of what can be done with agro-waste…

The carry shipments all across the globe. They have been useful tools for manufacturing companies. A shipping container is considered an “They are sturdy, reusable and can carry about intermodal freight container “, i.e., it can be moved from one mode of transport to another- it can be loaded on…

The zero-waste concept, as well as the circular economy concept, criticize the present linear economy model to see how one can redefine the existing one-way process of design and development. The journey of a product from its manufacture to its consumption to its repudiation is closely examined. According to both…

Agroforestry integrates agriculture and forestry, with a focus on using a variety of plant species to help one another. The system uses woody perennials as a support for growing herbaceous plants and it can be implemented from the scale of a home garden to a large estate. Woody perennials are…

For over ten millennia, man used the earth to produce his bread and butter. So, why soil-less farming, now? Why not use soil for farming, like it has been done for centuries? Research indicates that with the current rate of soil degradation due to chemically intensive farming and rising populations…

On a scorching hot summer day, what’s better to quench your thirst than with coconut water? Coconut water is known to have a lot of health benefits and some people even like to have it daily (in moderation). Not only this, a fully mature (brown) coconut is also used as…