Showing posts with label pollution. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pollution. Show all posts

Wednesday, 25 May 2011

Mistakes? Not to be repeated!

Citarum River in Indonesia make it to Wikipedia. What could it be famous for?

See for yourself.


Lest you don't mind your country getting such a mention, let's learn from mistakes of past developments and bad governance.

Tuesday, 9 June 2009

Water? Before you drink...

I have written about why we should be concern when we are drinking or eating out of plastic containers.

Pedro Ricart shared on SlideShare more reasons not to go for bottled water.

Monday, 23 March 2009

Protect your investment. Go green.

If the houses in your neighbourhood are not selling well, that is bad. It can only mean that you have made a bad investment in your home.



You will have to continue living in that house or consider selling at below the price you have expected. But before you have to sell at a loss, take a walk to the neighbourhood park.

Is this what you have expected to see and smell?



What is that doing in the park?



Start counting how many of such dump sites you can see there.



Now think! Would any potential buyers consider living in such a neighbourhood where pollution from burning garbage is part of the package?



Time to take action with your neighbours to protect your investment. Syntony Quest shares with you how you can create a green team to work things out.

Wednesday, 18 February 2009

Thursday, 12 February 2009

Tap water. Taken for granted.

When water is always available at a turn of the tap, we tend to take it for granted. Here are some facts to help you review your usage.



If you wonder if it is likely possible that 80% of all sickness in the developing world is due to water-related disease, think about what could possibly make water too dirty for safe consumption. Think; as the population increases with industrialization and development where do the human, animal, and chemical wastes flow to?