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Down To Earth Supplement No.16,
November 30, 2000
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.
COW PATS
SMOKING DANDIES
GLOBBLINGTHEGLOBE
A World Wide Fund for Nature report says the lifestyles of citizens of
US, UAE and Singapore are putting the most pressure on global ecosystems. If every human
alive today consumed natural resources and emitted carbon dioxide at the same rate as
these countries at least another two earths would be needed.
More laws than trees
Would you believe it? More than six
years after the Delhi Tree Preservation Act came into existence, not one person has been
convicted. The act provides for a fine and imprisonment upto six months. More laws than
trees.
EYE
OPENERS
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A C T S O F L I F E
There are more than 100,000 indigenous rice
varieties in India. If you wanted to eat a different variety of rice each day and never
repeat it, you would be able to do it for around 274 years. Now that is about the richness
of India’s biodiversity.
The sound levels produced by
fire crackers are between 145 to 160 dB (decibels) at the ear of a person standing 2 meter
from it. This is equivalent to the levels produced by a rifle (155dB), pistol (160dB) at
the ear of the gunman.
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