Category:Business And Politics

Energy Star

With rising cost of energy and its increasing demand, along with associated environmental impact, consumers and businesses are looking for ways and means to reduce their energy bills and their negative impact on the world. Manufacturers of products are finding new and innovative ways of making their products more energy efficient in order to make their products more competitive and environment friendly. Technology also, has played a part- for example; more and more products come with a ‘stand-by’ mode to save energy. As research and development continues, products with newer and more energy efficient features continue to emerge. Products that are energy efficient to reduce green house gas emissions are identified and promoted through a voluntary labelling initiative called the Energy Star Program. More...

Mangrove

Managrove is a unique wetland ecosystem in the inter-tidal zone on sheltered tropical and subtropical shores. The word mangrove refers both to this inter-tidal forest community (often called the mangrove forest or the mangrove swamp) as well as to constituent plants of such a community, i.e., the mangrove trees. More...

The section Business And Politics evaluates the impact of prevailing practices in these fields on the life of the people, the place and the environment and offers conscious alternatives to reach the same goal.

Every small and large business decision or the decision to not do anything has a huge impact on the environment and society. Articles in this section aim to create awareness about prevailing practices, outcomes and the cost of such small and large decisions. They highlight the choices available to political and the corporate leaders and also to people. They make us aware about how we as individuals can have a say on such issues.

It also makes us realise that we cannot excuse our own inaction and we as individual can imact the decision of these larger than life entities.

Green Dot

• The Green Dot symbol is an initiative started in Germany to address the problems associated with the disposal of packaging.
• In the US, about 32% of the gross weight and 1/2 the volume of municipal solid waste is composed of containers and packaging materials, which comes to about 300 pounds per American per year.
• In the EU, 66 million tons of packaging waste – 5% of total waste, 17% of municipal solid waste by weight and between 20 and 30% by volume were generated in 2002.
• According to Recycle More, an average family in a developed country gets through 5kg of paper, 3 plastic bottles, 13 cans, and 4 glass bottles/jars as packaging waste every week. More...