Traffic noise boosts risk of stroke: study

Traffic noise boosts risk of stroke: study PARIS (AFP) – – Exposure to road traffic noise boosts the risk of stroke for those 65 or older, according to research published online Wednesday in the European Heart Journal. In a survey of more than 50,000 people, every 10 additional decibels of road noise led to an [...]

Beneficial Insects

Insects can be the bane of many a gardener’s existence. Gardeners are constantly finding themselves trying to combat ordinary pests with products bought at the store or a wide variety of homemade insecticides. However, many of these insects can be quite beneficial for gardeners to have around. Beneficial insects can be divided into roughly three [...]

Light pollution boosts air pollution

Light pollution boosts air pollution By Green Living Tips | Published 12/16/2010 I’ve written about light pollution and its effects in the past; but here’s a new impact that has recently been discovered – lighting up the night sky can actually boost air pollution it seems. At a recent American Geophysical Union meeting, Harald Stark, [...]

Boy saved brother’s life in Australian flood

Please let’s we all be kind to the Flood Victim- Donate as maximum as possible from our daily consumption. Just one day fuel cost of all private vehicle across the globe could help lot for those home, food and shelter less children, Mother Just Avoid one day fuel cost of all private vehicle across the [...]

Australian floods: rebuilding task will reach ‘post-war proportions’

Australian floods: rebuilding task will reach ‘post-war proportions’ Queensland premier Anna Bligh said the crisis was the worst natural disaster the state had experienced As Brisbane’s burst river surges through the city, Queensland’s state premier warns that rebuilding communities submerged by floodwaters will require a huge effort Link to this video The task of rebuilding [...]

Australian Floods Peak in Brisbane

Navigating the flooded suburbs of Brisbane on Wednesday. By AUBREY BELFORD and MERAIAH FOLEY Published: January 13, 2011 BRISBANE, Australia — Floodwaters peaked here on Thursday, swamping tens of thousands of homes and businesses as locals began to count the cost of an ongoing natural disaster that has inundated vast swaths of the country’s northeast [...]

Al Gore urges China & U.S. to build greener cities

BEIJING — Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore said Thursday that China and the United States — the world’s biggest polluters — should work on designing greener cities as part of their efforts to tackle climate change. The Nobel Peace Prize winner told an urban development conference in Beijing that energy-efficient buildings, low-emission vehicles, renewable [...]

Severe water crisis within next two decades, say experts

Bangladesh will face severe water crisis within next couple of decades due to random contamination of surface and ground water, absence of comprehensive water sharing with neighbouring countries and mismanagement in preserving rain water. According to water experts, although the whole world is seriously thinking of conserving their water resources for ensuring water security, Bangladesh [...]

Water Lesson Plan

Nearly one billion people lack access to safe water and 2.5 billion do not have improved sanitation. The health and economic impacts are staggering. Lesson Plans Water.org launched school curriculum materials for World Water Day, March 22. Aligned with national standards, the lesson plans and mini-units include elementary, middle and high school levels. Funding for [...]

sasrai Movement’s Tulsi cultivation and promotion

sasrai–sustainable augmentation, solicited restraint, animated integrity sasrai-Movement promoting Roof Top Gardening aimed at health and environment. In collaboration of Meghna Foundation our volunteer selling Tulsi sapling, Tulsi herbal Tea produced, processed by them in different place of Bandarban and Cox’Bazar. http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=131865&l=72923b3f2f&id=100001901845993