Musings: Plastics

An adieu by plastic

Alert! : River Pollution in India

Out of the 445 rivers surveyed, not even a quarter of them are fit for bathing.

Documentary : Pollution : The Science Guy (must watch)

This episode doesn't stink, even though it's about pollution. Dirty water, land, and air are a result of pollution. People are the only animals on Earth that make pollution. Garbage, burning fuel, chemicals, sewage, oil, and pesticides are all human-made things that make the Earth's atmosphere, water, and soil unclean. Humans are even leaving trash...

Eco-preservation : Chinese Air Pollution affects Japan and Korea

  Buildings in the western Japanese city of Osaka, some 2,250 kilometers (1,400 miles) southeast of Beijing, are shrouded in dense smog Wednesday, February 26, 2014 a day after parts of northern China suffered a sixth straight day of severe pollution. The readings of particulate matter known as PM2.5, a key measure of pollution reached...

Crafts & Creativity: Multi-Talented Preethi Venugopal

Can you make flowers from plastic bags and tulips from sock? Yes, it is possible! Preethi Venugopal - a civil engineer from Bangalore, India inspires us with that creativity in her to make flowers from plastic bags, even tulips from nylon sock.  Preethi is currently on a sabbatical. She was interested in crafts right from her school...