“This magazine is not a product of a desire to capture share of the information market. It is a product of a need and desire to fill a critical information gap.” Anil Agarwal, founding editor of Down To Earth, wrote this in his introduction to the launch of the fortnightly …
NO MATTER what season it is, denims are now a wardrobe staple. But the techniques used to process denim to suit the fashion, like rugged or faded, are highly polluting and hazardous. Now a team of researchers from University of Innsbruck, Austria, have found a cheaper, more efficient and eco-friendly …
The biodegradable bags introduced by Frito-Lay for their SunChips had to be replaced by the original packaging as consumers protested the noise they made. Frito-Lay is, however, keeping the green bags for its original flavour. Even as the company goes back to its older wrapping for the snack in the …
HOLLYWOOD bigwigs often like to be seen as eco-savvy. But America’s movie industry has been criticised for skyrocketing energy bills from lights and cameras and tossing movie sets in the dumpsters. www.greenproductionguid e.com helps them to be a little more environment friendly. It is a database of environment-friendly products and …
Northeastern states have exported bamboo products worth Rs 24.85 Crore in 2006-07, which was Rs 17.28 crore in 2005-06 and Rs 14.18 Crore in 2004-05, newly appointed Industry and Commerce Minister of sixth Left Front Government in Tripura Jitendra Choudhury yesterday said. He said bamboo and cane products of North-east …
The jute industry has urged the ministry of textiles (MoT) to impose a ban on the imports of A.Twill and B.Twill jute bags from Bangladesh as part of its qualitative restriction. It has also requested the ministry for quantitative restrictions, whereby imports from Bangladesh will be limited giving a breather …
RETAIL: The toy industry is changing as more people are asking for environment-friendly products. Laurie Hyman had a busy time in the New York Toy Show, the US industry's biggest annual event, with more than 1,200 exhibitors. Her start-up company, Green Toys, sells toy teacups, bowls and gardening tools that …
In an effort to promote eco-friendly Ganesh festival in the city, Mayor Shubha Raul has proposed workshops in all civic wards wherein devotees and interested people will be taught how to make eco-friendly idols. Raul also wants the civic administration to set up artificial lakes and wells for immersion of …
Bob Crebas still introduces himself as "an old hippy.' But these days it is not recycled washing machines and bric-a-brac that the Dutchman trades in. He has swapped all this for fashion collections made from stinging nettles, designed and produced by his fast-growing business Brennels.nl. Four years ago, Crebas and …
The lesser density of houses coupled with use of hollow concrete blocks and an underground tunnel ventilation to provide natural air-conditioning add to the carbon credit earning capacity. Bangalore, Feb. 21 A local real estate company, which is implementing a residential complex under the
With its power-hungry gadgets and thousands of delegates flying in from across the world, an enormous technology conference hardly seems an appropriate venue for championing green issues. But the group behind the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week is trying to demonstrate that technology may be about saving …
