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We are in an era where moonwalks are less of a speciality than tree walks. Nevertheless, the tree walk organized by the NGMA in their “arboretum” was more charming than its dance counterpart. Guiding what seemed to be quite a large turnout for a hot Saturday afternoon was nature enthusiast Vijay Thiruvady of the Lalbagh [...]
An important milestone was reached last year, on Oct. 31, 2011. On that day, the United Nations confirmed that the world’s population had reached 7 billion. Among other implications, there was one stark conclusion; a world already running short of many natural resources would have to find ways to feed 7 billion people, with this [...]
Perhaps the notion of a “normal” winter or any other season is nothing more than an artifice to protect us from the taunts of the weather gods. Normal, we discover, is not a constant. It changes with where you live and how long you have lived. My formative years in England brought February walks alongside [...]
THIS has been a year of success and failure for the worldwide urban agriculture movement that is desperately trying to atone for past abuses against the environment and to respond to growing concerns about the safety and sustainability of modern food production. Urban agriculture is not always well received. Sandra Thomas of the Vancouver Courier [...]
It is good news that some farmers recently have been able to buy back their acreage from developers as land prices have fallen and crop prices have risen. But this news is not nearly good enough. According to the American Farmland Trust, a public interest organization that monitors such things, our country is still losing [...]
Excessive use of chemical fertilizers has generated several environmental problems. To overcome these, bio fertilizers can be used as they are natural, beneficial, eco friendly and user friendly. They are considered important in growth improvement and establishment of forest tree seedlings as the media used to raise seedlings in nursery as well as planting sites [...]
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