Sunday, 27 Feb 2011
MIT helps Brazilian waste pickers to fuel their trucks with left over cooking oil
The estimated half-million garbage pickers in Brazil, known as catadores, turn waste into gold: they sort out recyclable items in the country’s dumps, then sell their findings to recycling companies. The collection of recyclable material in Brazil is largely from these waste pickers. Waste picking activities are supported by government. In Brazil waste picking is now recognized as an occupation . And organized waste pickers are seen as legitimate stakeholders who can voice their opinions at the local, state, and national levels. But the catadores typically receive only a fraction of the value of the materials they collect because they usually sell to middlemen who earn most of the profits. The process of getting the recyclables to their final destination involves fleets of fuel-consuming vehicles which accounts for one-fifth of their operating expenses.
Now — with help from some MIT students — the catadores have a less-expensive and environmentally friendly fuel option: recycled cooking oil.
Date: 27 Feb 2011 , Author: / Category: Environment, Energy / Views: 4489/Rating:5
Wednesday, 19 Jan 2011
A powerful earthquake measuring 7.2 shakes various parts of Pakistan - tremors felt in India
In Pakistan, a powerful earthquake measuring 7.2 degree on the Richter scale shook various parts of the country in the wee hours today. It jolted residents of cities as far apart as Delhi and Dubai, but the epicenter was far from major population centres...
Date: 19 Jan 2011 , Author: / Category: Environment, , / Views: 4304/Rating:NAN / Comments:
Sunday, 29 Aug 2010
Missiles, Bombs , WMDs , Terrorists , Wars - Peace where are you ?
Do you know how much money is spent on Military every year – worldwide? – It is 1100 billion $ of which 623 billion $ is by US alone and rest is by the rest of the world. And in situations of wars the spending is still higher. We spend so much money to plan killing and murdering of mass number of people (of course war is no more than a mass murder) but not for feeding one billion hungry people who sleep every night with empty stomachs. Why So?....
Date: 29 Aug 2010 , Author: / Category: Environment, / Views: 8366/Rating:4.6
Saturday, 24 Jul 2010
Tirumala temple going greener way - uses solar and wind power
Tirumala Tirupati temple the abode of Lord Venkateswara is going the greener way . The temple is very famous pilgrimage place of India situated on a hill top (Venkatachalam) in Andhra Pradesh State and is visited on an average by 50,000 pilgrims daily. Given the mammoth number of pilgrims visiting and staying there, power requirement is high. There are many restaurants, cottages , hotels, rest rooms etc. It is almost like a small city ruled by the Lord . May be due to the power and influence of God or something else the adaption of green technologies is praise worthy on the temple hill unlike the slower tendency for non- conventional sources of energy in the rest of the country.From gardening to cooking, only non-conventional sources of energy are now being used in the temples of Tirupati.
Date: 24 Jul 2010 , Author: / Category: Tirupati, Energy / Views: 9013/Rating:3.8 / Comments:
Tuesday, 4 May 2010
Google from web surfing to wind surfing-invests in new technology wind mills
In a recent blog post Posted by Rick Needham, Green Business Operations Manager of Google, it was declared that Google made first direct investment in a utility-scale renewable energy project — two wind farms that generate 169.5 megawatts of power, enough to power more than 55,000 homes. These wind farms, developed by NextEra Energy Resources, harness power from one of the world’s richest wind resources in the North Dakota plains and use existing transmission capacity to deliver clean energy to the region, reducing the use of fossil fuels.
Date: 4 May 2010 , Author: / Category: Energy, / Views: 4087/Rating:5