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Category: Environment

04 Nov 2015
Environment, People, Urban, Water

The Costly Water
Drinking water taps on both sides of public roads were common during my school days. Slowly those water taps vanished. We got free water for few more years. All shops were ready to provide quality water to all. But today, we have to buy water. The price of Diesel and Petrol is increasing. We are...
03 Nov 2015
Environment, People, Social Activism, Urban, Waste Management

Mythri Maiden: Journey to Waste Seggregation
This is kind of Nostalgia note on our journey to waste segregation. Mythri Maiden is a small apartment with 28 housing units. Almost an year ago, we started segregating waste with a simple idea: “being a small community does not mean that we should shrug away from our duties towards our environment.” Being Part of...
05 May 2015
Environment, Urban, Waste Management

Reuse: Styrofoam Reuse in Rooftop Gardens
Styrofoam (thermocol) takes almost the same time or more than that of plastic materials to decompose. Hence it is better to reuse styrofoam materials to the maximum possible extend. Here is an example of the reuse of styrofoam materials in a rooftop garden in Chennai. Subscribe to the channel if you like to watch similar...
30 Apr 2015
Environment, Social Activism, Water

Thuppanchira Pond: More Photographs
These are some of the photographs from Thuppanchira Pond taken between 2011 and 2014. Oh! that white patch that looks like a building is my home.  We need these ponds to preserve the various stages of plant life in the surrounding area… The pond is rich with aquatic life… Early morning… water droplets on grass...
29 Apr 2015
Environment, People, Social Activism, Water

Thuppanchira Pond
The Pond: Thuppanchira, the name is new to me even though the pond was there, just behind my home, for the last 15 years after we built our house in 1998. The pond was there for more than a 100 years before we moved to this house. The only change that happened to the pond...