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

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Hit and scream: The shuttlecocks used in badminton are made of duck or goose feathers. The shuttlecock consists of a skirt of overlapping 16 feathers. The feathers plucked from the birds are far more than what is actually used.Badminton, when it started, was known as "hit and scream". So true!

The Pioneer, New Delhi

Happy Home
A unique solution to the Delhi city’s stray cattle problem has been found. The cattle will now be rehabilitated and their dung and urine used to produce vermicompost and fertilisers for export to the United States.

The Asian Age, New Delhi

Earth Monopoly: In 2001, more than half of the gross world product was monopolised by less than one-eighth of the world’s population of the industrialised countries of the north.

Worldwatch Institute

Look out for the Water Express: The Government of India has deployed 32,000 water tankers to
supplement the efforts by the Railways to bring relief to areas of acute water scarcity in Rajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh.

Business Line, New Delhi

Bidi Boom: An estimated Rs 15 crore worth of bidis are sold per hour in the country.

Business Line, New Delhi

Prawn fisheries produce less than 2% of global seafood-but are responsible for one third of the worlds discarded catch.
Green Futures April 2003

Balancing Act: Japan is the fourth largest energy consumer in the world but it leads the world in the manufacture and use of solar photovoltaics.

The Stockholm Water Prize 2003: A German professor Peter A Wilderer has won the award this year for his research in sustainable water use and sanitation .The prize established in 1990 is presented annually to honour outstanding achievements in water science and management.