star.gif (2664 bytes)A Down To Earth Supplement
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No. 7,  May 1999    
Gobar means animal dung in Hindi. All of rural India uses it in a variety of ways. Ways that exemplify sustainable existence. That's why we use it, too.

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COW PATS
BUZZED!
Having sleepless nights  with mosquitoes buzzing in your ears? Can’t stand repellents and mats? Good night, sleep tight! Researchers at Bharathiar University in Coimbatore have found that extracts of tulsi, neem and turmeric not only kill mosquito larvae, but can also be used as effective and safe repellents.
61_2.jpg (11863 bytes) SOLAR SYSTEM FOUND
Astronomers for the first time have found another solar system around a star,other than the sun. The solar
system discovered around the star Upsilon Andromedae in the Andromeda   constellation has three gas planets like Jupiter. So, be prepared for more geography lessons now that you have another solar system to cope with.

EYE OPENERS

FACTS OF LIFE

 68_1.jpg (15157 bytes) Kalahadi district of Orissa has faced droughts and famines for past 100 years yet it contributes the maximum amount of rice from Orissa to Food Corporation of India’s stocks. This surplus exists as about 2 million people in the region are too poor to buy food.!
Americans are big consumers. Every year they deposit 1.6 billion pens, 2 billion razor blades, 18 billion diapers and 30 billion steel and tin cans. They all end up in landfills somewhere..
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