Gobar Times Magazine (Environment for Kids Monthly) - Centre for Science and Environment

EDITORIAL

Hey folks,
Energy production = big money. Power plants, coal mining, oil refineries, gas lines – everything costs bagfuls of dollars. Now we are getting to know that cleaning up trails of dirty fuel is even costlier. Recently, the Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, made the global community hold its collective breath when he announced the launch of the US $100-million...

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COVER STORY

environment SOLAR POWER-ED

30 year old Bashonti, resident of Noorgunj, a tiny village in the rural recesses of Bangladesh, probably has one of the greenest jobs in the world. She makes a living out of trapping and selling solar power. She knows little about the ongoing global debate on sustainable development and will probably stare blankly if someone tells her that governments across ...

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POSTER

The Answer is Blowing in the Wind

Five thousand years ago, the Egyptians used wind only to sail ships on the Nile...

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NO CHANGE

The Official deal on Climate Change

World leaders met in Italian city of L’Aquila to find a solution but once again, they became a part of the problem (because they found nimtoo). The G8 struck a deal and made a gentleman’s promise on climate change yet again ...

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High And Dry

No Gain Without Rain!!

All of you must have been eagerly waiting for rains? So am I and my crops in the field. Sarkari files tell me that this year’s June was the driest in 83 years (since 1926)! They also say that water levels ....

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GREEEN SCHOOLS

DISASTER MANAGEMENT PLAN

We seem to be taking the devastating and life threatening natural disasters in our stride. Yet, every time they strike--more frequently now than ever before – we are jolted...
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What NCERT’s saying?
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