<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596267114445802676</id><updated>2011-07-28T13:36:12.603-07:00</updated><category term='toxic impact on children'/><category term='cancer'/><category term='chris peckham'/><category term='Yugratna Srivastava'/><category term='extinction'/><category term='Kolahoi'/><category term='China'/><category term='MOEF'/><category term='mass extinction'/><category term='Hu Jianto'/><category term='Delhi'/><category term='cups'/><category term='photosynthesis'/><category term='Tasmanian Devils'/><category term='inbreeding'/><category term='erosion'/><category term='vulnerable'/><category term='denmark'/><category 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seal'/><category term='one billion'/><category term='copenhagen'/><category term='electric cars'/><category term='Kashmir'/><category term='trap'/><category term='clean'/><category term='Ireland'/><title type='text'>Students For Environment</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Toxics Link</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03155761242190293696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>41</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596267114445802676.post-3748310096786135181</id><published>2010-09-14T23:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-14T23:50:26.404-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sept.16- World Ozone day</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/TJBsWzER2_I/AAAAAAAAAI0/-T4BKx0oMwc/s1600/Untitled-1+copy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 115px; height: 161px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/TJBsWzER2_I/AAAAAAAAAI0/-T4BKx0oMwc/s400/Untitled-1+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517028682449935346" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am Ozzy , I am Ozzy&lt;br /&gt;God, send me to protect you from the UV.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am delicate, I am soft,&lt;br /&gt;I am above all the odds.&lt;br /&gt;I am good I am well&lt;br /&gt;But chloro-fluoro makes the hell.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, my message from the Strato,&lt;br /&gt;to the people on the Tropo.&lt;br /&gt;Join hands to save me,&lt;br /&gt;and say no, to my enemy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Ozzy is the name of molecule present in the ozone layer of the strato(sphere). It prevents&lt;br /&gt;harmful Ultraviolet radiations from the sun to enter on the tropo(sphere) and thus protects&lt;br /&gt;us from UVs damaging effects. Chlorofluorocarbons destroy the ozone layer, although&lt;br /&gt;initiatives (Montreal protocol) were taken to abolish its use but still industrialization&lt;br /&gt;contributes. So, Ozzy gives message to the people living on the troposphere to save it&lt;br /&gt;from Chlorofluoro compounds.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sujata Sharma&lt;br /&gt;M.Tech (Environmental Engineer)&lt;br /&gt;MNIT, Jaipur&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2596267114445802676-3748310096786135181?l=students4environment.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/feeds/3748310096786135181/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2596267114445802676&amp;postID=3748310096786135181' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/3748310096786135181'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/3748310096786135181'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/2010/09/sept16-world-ozone-day.html' title='Sept.16- World Ozone day'/><author><name>Toxics Link</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03155761242190293696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/TJBsWzER2_I/AAAAAAAAAI0/-T4BKx0oMwc/s72-c/Untitled-1+copy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596267114445802676.post-7377357270228844136</id><published>2009-10-13T23:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-13T23:44:54.317-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Indian glaciers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kolahoi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kashmir'/><title type='text'>Indian glaciers shrinking</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/StVzNBa508I/AAAAAAAAAIk/wz6cDvFHVtE/s1600-h/gl1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 169px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/StVzNBa508I/AAAAAAAAAIk/wz6cDvFHVtE/s400/gl1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392342796402807746" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A Reuter reports staes that the biggest glacier in Indian Kashmir, the Kolahoi glacier spread over just a little above 11 sq km (4.25 sq mile), has shrunk 2.63 sq km in the past three decades.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2596267114445802676-7377357270228844136?l=students4environment.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/feeds/7377357270228844136/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2596267114445802676&amp;postID=7377357270228844136' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/7377357270228844136'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/7377357270228844136'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/2009/10/indian-glaciers-shrinking.html' title='Indian glaciers shrinking'/><author><name>Toxics Link</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03155761242190293696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/StVzNBa508I/AAAAAAAAAIk/wz6cDvFHVtE/s72-c/gl1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596267114445802676.post-7733206626913992810</id><published>2009-10-13T22:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-13T23:08:52.644-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='endangering species'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inbreeding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='climate change'/><title type='text'>Climate change endangering species</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/StVqXbOz_OI/AAAAAAAAAIc/ruBKm4wga-s/s1600-h/ti1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 136px; height: 133px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/StVqXbOz_OI/AAAAAAAAAIc/ruBKm4wga-s/s400/ti1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392333079525457122" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A new study by University of Adelaide and Macquarie University (Australia) scientists has shown that populations of endangered species are unlikely to persist in the face of global climate change and habitat loss unless they number around 5,000 mature individuals or more.A long-standing idea in species restoration programs is the '50/500' rule. This states that at least 50 adults are required to avoid the damaging effects of inbreeding, and 500 to avoid extinctions due to the inability to evolve to cope with environmental change.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2596267114445802676-7733206626913992810?l=students4environment.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/feeds/7733206626913992810/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2596267114445802676&amp;postID=7733206626913992810' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/7733206626913992810'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/7733206626913992810'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/2009/10/climate-change-endangering-species.html' title='Climate change endangering species'/><author><name>Toxics Link</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03155761242190293696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/StVqXbOz_OI/AAAAAAAAAIc/ruBKm4wga-s/s72-c/ti1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596267114445802676.post-1851718499187397647</id><published>2009-10-13T22:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-13T22:56:29.274-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Irish'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ban'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ireland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='GM food'/><title type='text'>Ireland bans GM food</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/StVn9u4PheI/AAAAAAAAAIU/pO50jhzH5ZI/s1600-h/meat.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/StVn9u4PheI/AAAAAAAAAIU/pO50jhzH5ZI/s400/meat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392330439099647458" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The Irish Government will ban the cultivation of all GM crops and introduce a voluntary GM-free label for food - including meat, poultry, eggs, fish, crustaceans, and dairy produce made without the use of GM animal feed, reports ENN.In the USA, to which Ireland exports vast quantities of dairy produce leading food manufacturers, retailers, processors, distributors, farmers, seed breeders and consumers have set up joint venture called the Non-GMO Project, which already provides GM-free labels for over 1,000 food products by individual manufacturers in addition to thousands of GM-free private retail brands.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2596267114445802676-1851718499187397647?l=students4environment.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/feeds/1851718499187397647/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2596267114445802676&amp;postID=1851718499187397647' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/1851718499187397647'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/1851718499187397647'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/2009/10/ireland-bans-gm-food.html' title='Ireland bans GM food'/><author><name>Toxics Link</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03155761242190293696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/StVn9u4PheI/AAAAAAAAAIU/pO50jhzH5ZI/s72-c/meat.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596267114445802676.post-3567751075157619818</id><published>2009-10-06T00:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-06T00:55:47.364-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='coal plants'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='carbon emission'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='power plants'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='carbon capture and storage'/><title type='text'>Carbon capture and storage by thermal power plants</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/Ssr26ZNB4OI/AAAAAAAAAIM/VyHLZ7Tz3wM/s1600-h/cpp.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 149px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/Ssr26ZNB4OI/AAAAAAAAAIM/VyHLZ7Tz3wM/s400/cpp.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389391387160600802" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A report published in Scientific American states that over the next five years at least half a million tons of carbon dioxide will be injected into rock deep underneath the Mountaineer power plant near New Haven, West Virginia. That is less than 0.00001 percent of global emissions of the greenhouse gas and less than 2 percent of the plant’s own CO&lt;sub&gt;2  &lt;/sub&gt;output.However, the sequestration marks the first commercial demonstration of the only available technological fix for the &lt;a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/report.cfm?id=carbon-capture-storage-ccs"&gt;carbon problem of coal-fired power plants&lt;/a&gt;.Coal accounts for roughly 50 percent of the electricity generated in the U.S.The &lt;a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=from-bad-to-worse-with-greenhouse-gas-emissions"&gt;top emitters of global warming pollution&lt;/a&gt;—China and the U.S.—burn nearly four billion tons of the dirty black rock a year.As a result, everyone from &lt;a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=carbon-capture-and-storage-absolute-2009-03-06"&gt;coal companies to environmental groups&lt;/a&gt; have identified carbon capture and storage, or CCS, as critical in enabling significant and rapid cuts in greenhouse gases.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2596267114445802676-3567751075157619818?l=students4environment.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/feeds/3567751075157619818/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2596267114445802676&amp;postID=3567751075157619818' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/3567751075157619818'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/3567751075157619818'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/2009/10/carbon-capture-and-storage-by-thermal.html' title='Carbon capture and storage by thermal power plants'/><author><name>Toxics Link</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03155761242190293696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/Ssr26ZNB4OI/AAAAAAAAAIM/VyHLZ7Tz3wM/s72-c/cpp.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596267114445802676.post-320872633191496771</id><published>2009-10-05T03:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-05T04:06:14.518-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='algae'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mass extinction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fungus'/><title type='text'>Fungus ruled the planet</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SsnTIAAgQmI/AAAAAAAAAIE/-4GR0CE72s8/s1600-h/fungus1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 249px; height: 343px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SsnTIAAgQmI/AAAAAAAAAIE/-4GR0CE72s8/s400/fungus1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389070563520037474" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; 250 million years ago, life on Earth was nearly nonexistent due to a mass extinction.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt; In their place fungus ruled the land, according to a scientific study, reports ENN, and feasted on defunct wood, spreading decay. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The finding offers evidence against an alternative theory that rampant algae fed off the dead forests and puts to rest an old idea that an asteroid impact may have had a hand in the massive destruction.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;              &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt; If the fossils had turned out to be algae, it would've suggested a soggy, swampy world dominated by gradual changes in climate and the environment.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2596267114445802676-320872633191496771?l=students4environment.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/feeds/320872633191496771/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2596267114445802676&amp;postID=320872633191496771' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/320872633191496771'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/320872633191496771'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/2009/10/fungus-ruled-planet.html' title='Fungus ruled the planet'/><author><name>Toxics Link</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03155761242190293696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SsnTIAAgQmI/AAAAAAAAAIE/-4GR0CE72s8/s72-c/fungus1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596267114445802676.post-4437289089583268089</id><published>2009-09-24T22:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-24T22:55:03.030-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='yamuna pollution'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dead fish'/><title type='text'>Dead fish in polluted waters</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/Srxap7TY_ZI/AAAAAAAAAHs/XlzTtSRPgL8/s1600-h/fi1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 169px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/Srxap7TY_ZI/AAAAAAAAAHs/XlzTtSRPgL8/s400/fi1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385278930768428434" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Just behind the Taj Mahal, thousands of dead fish have been floating down the Yamuna river here for the past few days. Residents have been gathering the dead fish and eating them, and there were reports of some people falling ill because at least some of the fish may be carrying pollutants.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2596267114445802676-4437289089583268089?l=students4environment.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/feeds/4437289089583268089/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2596267114445802676&amp;postID=4437289089583268089' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/4437289089583268089'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/4437289089583268089'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/2009/09/dead-fish-in-polluted-waters.html' title='Dead fish in polluted waters'/><author><name>Toxics Link</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03155761242190293696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/Srxap7TY_ZI/AAAAAAAAAHs/XlzTtSRPgL8/s72-c/fi1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596267114445802676.post-3708293894228698081</id><published>2009-09-24T22:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-24T22:42:17.074-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment-friendly'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hazardous'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='waste'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='recycle'/><title type='text'>150 million tonnes waste generated daily in India</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SrxYEN35n3I/AAAAAAAAAHc/2LMTgQVCVoA/s1600-h/landfill1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 75px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SrxYEN35n3I/AAAAAAAAAHc/2LMTgQVCVoA/s320/landfill1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385276083895115634" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;India generates 150 million tonne of waste in a day and most of it is left in the landfills at the city outskirts leaving a stinking smell and vultures hovering over heaps of hazardous material.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Only 10-20 per cent of the city waste is recyled in an environment-friendly way and the rest is allowed to lie in the landfills&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2596267114445802676-3708293894228698081?l=students4environment.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/feeds/3708293894228698081/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2596267114445802676&amp;postID=3708293894228698081' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/3708293894228698081'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/3708293894228698081'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/2009/09/india-generates-150-million-tonne-of.html' title='150 million tonnes waste generated daily in India'/><author><name>Toxics Link</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03155761242190293696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SrxYEN35n3I/AAAAAAAAAHc/2LMTgQVCVoA/s72-c/landfill1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596267114445802676.post-1276784639654680572</id><published>2009-09-24T22:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-24T22:34:34.825-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='panda'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='extrinction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chris peckham'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='species'/><title type='text'>Allow Pandas to vanish: British naturalist</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SrxWSeCgh6I/AAAAAAAAAHU/K62IGJiaQCA/s1600-h/panda1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 98px; height: 109px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SrxWSeCgh6I/AAAAAAAAAHU/K62IGJiaQCA/s400/panda1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385274129729488802" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;IANS reports that Chris Peckham, a British conservationist says pandas should be allowed to go extinct because they are "extraordinarily expensive to keep going" and may be surviving at the cost of other species and rainforests.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;"Extinction is very much a part of life on earth. And we are going to have to get used to it in the next few years because climate change is going to result in all sorts of disappearances," TV naturalist Chris Peckham said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2596267114445802676-1276784639654680572?l=students4environment.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/feeds/1276784639654680572/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2596267114445802676&amp;postID=1276784639654680572' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/1276784639654680572'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/1276784639654680572'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/2009/09/allow-pandas-to-vanish-british.html' title='Allow Pandas to vanish: British naturalist'/><author><name>Toxics Link</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03155761242190293696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SrxWSeCgh6I/AAAAAAAAAHU/K62IGJiaQCA/s72-c/panda1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596267114445802676.post-2894208306663543652</id><published>2009-09-24T01:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-24T01:50:32.740-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='UN World food prgram'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Yugratna Srivastava'/><title type='text'>The Himalayas: melting! Polar bears: dying!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SrsypIMP0jI/AAAAAAAAAHM/ADMzPyLeQO0/s1600-h/Yugratna_Srivastava1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 198px; height: 204px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SrsypIMP0jI/AAAAAAAAAHM/ADMzPyLeQO0/s400/Yugratna_Srivastava1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384953461606437426" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="story_text"&gt;A 13-year-old Indian girl, speaking on behalf of the world's three billion children, asked world leaders , including the Presidents of the United States of America and China, for urgent action on climate change.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="story_text"&gt;“I am so much concerned about climate change because I don't want our future generations to question us just as I am questioning the need of more concrete action on climate change today,” Ms Yugratna Srivastava from Lucknow said at the Summit on Climate Change in the United Nations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="story_text"&gt;“The Himalayas are melting, polar bears are dying, 2 of every 5 people don't have access to clean drinking water, earth's temperature is increasing, we are losing the untapped information and potential of plant species, Pacific's water level has risen. Is this what we are going to hand over to our future generations? Please no!”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="story_text"&gt;The ninth grader from St Fidelis College spoke at the high-level summit convened by the UN chief Mr Ban Ki-moon. India was represented by foreign minister Mr SM Krishna and environment minister Mr Jairam Ramesh.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2596267114445802676-2894208306663543652?l=students4environment.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/feeds/2894208306663543652/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2596267114445802676&amp;postID=2894208306663543652' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/2894208306663543652'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/2894208306663543652'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/2009/09/himalayas-melting-polar-bears-dying.html' title='The Himalayas: melting! Polar bears: dying!'/><author><name>Toxics Link</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03155761242190293696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SrsypIMP0jI/AAAAAAAAAHM/ADMzPyLeQO0/s72-c/Yugratna_Srivastava1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596267114445802676.post-1360617119294893778</id><published>2009-09-23T23:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-24T00:17:36.486-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='renewable energy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='energy effeciency'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hu Jianto'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='China'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='research'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='forest cover'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='energy conservation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='green weconomy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='green building'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='low carbon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='technologies'/><title type='text'>China's steps to fight climate change</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SrsdA-4VXBI/AAAAAAAAAHE/dK-lgb3wL9E/s1600-h/china.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 345px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SrsdA-4VXBI/AAAAAAAAAHE/dK-lgb3wL9E/s400/china.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384929682168044562" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chinese President Hu Jianto has announced four measures that China would adopt to fight climate change.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Energy conservation and improving energy effeciency&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Development of renewable energy and nuclear energy&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Increase forest cover&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Develpoment of green low carbon economy with enhanced research and technologies&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2596267114445802676-1360617119294893778?l=students4environment.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/feeds/1360617119294893778/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2596267114445802676&amp;postID=1360617119294893778' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/1360617119294893778'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/1360617119294893778'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/2009/09/chinas-steps-to-fight-climate-change.html' title='China&apos;s steps to fight climate change'/><author><name>Toxics Link</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03155761242190293696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SrsdA-4VXBI/AAAAAAAAAHE/dK-lgb3wL9E/s72-c/china.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596267114445802676.post-3781453313332524746</id><published>2009-09-18T03:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-18T04:10:23.726-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='starving'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='UN World food prgram'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='one billion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='one'/><title type='text'>One billion starving people</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SrNgxlecRAI/AAAAAAAAAGs/m89ne6V9wLc/s1600-h/st1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 110px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SrNgxlecRAI/AAAAAAAAAGs/m89ne6V9wLc/s200/st1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382752384627524610" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One billion would go hungry world over this year as number of starving people hits all-time high, as per UN reports.Most of the sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia are facing high rise of food shortages.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2596267114445802676-3781453313332524746?l=students4environment.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/feeds/3781453313332524746/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2596267114445802676&amp;postID=3781453313332524746' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/3781453313332524746'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/3781453313332524746'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/2009/09/one-billion-starving-people.html' title='One billion starving people'/><author><name>Toxics Link</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03155761242190293696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SrNgxlecRAI/AAAAAAAAAGs/m89ne6V9wLc/s72-c/st1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596267114445802676.post-3731493987933597020</id><published>2009-09-18T01:57:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-18T03:32:34.048-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='maple'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='boost converter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='trap'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='millivolt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='trees'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='electricity'/><title type='text'>Trees to trap electricity</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SrNhi1UeAsI/AAAAAAAAAG0/D3TILQ6Ov-w/s1600-h/Maple+1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 318px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SrNhi1UeAsI/AAAAAAAAAG0/D3TILQ6Ov-w/s400/Maple+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382753230694253250" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Researchers managed to obtain a usable voltage from maple trees by adding a device called boost converter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It has been known to scientists for some time that plants can conduct upto 200 millivolts of electricity.The boost converter is capable of picking up this this electricity and store it to produce an accumulative greater output.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2596267114445802676-3731493987933597020?l=students4environment.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/feeds/3731493987933597020/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2596267114445802676&amp;postID=3731493987933597020' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/3731493987933597020'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/3731493987933597020'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/2009/09/researchers-managed-to-obtain-usable.html' title='Trees to trap electricity'/><author><name>Toxics Link</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03155761242190293696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SrNhi1UeAsI/AAAAAAAAAG0/D3TILQ6Ov-w/s72-c/Maple+1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596267114445802676.post-4007449621904921517</id><published>2009-09-18T01:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-18T03:35:35.530-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Ozone hole may be smaller in 2009</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SrNicuxx-AI/AAAAAAAAAG8/MDp49IiA8KY/s1600-h/oz1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 132px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SrNicuxx-AI/AAAAAAAAAG8/MDp49IiA8KY/s400/oz1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382754225370560514" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The World Meterological Organisation said on Wednesday that the Ozone hole is expected to be smaller in 2009 than a year ago. The hole in the layer over the Antarctic was discovered in the 1980s. It regularly tends to form in August reaching a maximum size in late September or early October. It fills again in December.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2596267114445802676-4007449621904921517?l=students4environment.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/feeds/4007449621904921517/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2596267114445802676&amp;postID=4007449621904921517' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/4007449621904921517'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/4007449621904921517'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/2009/09/ozone-hole-may-be-smaller-in-2009.html' title='Ozone hole may be smaller in 2009'/><author><name>Toxics Link</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03155761242190293696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SrNicuxx-AI/AAAAAAAAAG8/MDp49IiA8KY/s72-c/oz1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596267114445802676.post-8779423117740428378</id><published>2009-09-17T03:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-17T04:09:33.377-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MOEF'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='denmark'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='climate change'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='copenhagen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><title type='text'>Youth to speak on climate change crisis</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SrIY5Ua065I/AAAAAAAAAGc/JTu3P8ep6Qc/s1600-h/cc1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 223px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SrIY5Ua065I/AAAAAAAAAGc/JTu3P8ep6Qc/s400/cc1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382391877674003346" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;To portray India's awareness and concern about climate change the environment and forest ministry has decided to take teenagers as delegates for the global negotiation on climate change in Copenhagen , Denmark, that will start from D ecember 7, this year, as reported in The Hindustan Times, Sep 17.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2596267114445802676-8779423117740428378?l=students4environment.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/feeds/8779423117740428378/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2596267114445802676&amp;postID=8779423117740428378' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/8779423117740428378'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/8779423117740428378'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/2009/09/youth-to-speak-on-climate-change-crisis.html' title='Youth to speak on climate change crisis'/><author><name>Toxics Link</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03155761242190293696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SrIY5Ua065I/AAAAAAAAAGc/JTu3P8ep6Qc/s72-c/cc1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596267114445802676.post-8711545035857329936</id><published>2009-09-16T04:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-16T04:43:42.473-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Terms Dropping: Fossil Fuel</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SrDPY-ZfP7I/AAAAAAAAAGU/cjqA-KWVX_M/s1600-h/co.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 360px; height: 308px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SrDPY-ZfP7I/AAAAAAAAAGU/cjqA-KWVX_M/s400/co.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382029582681456562" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Fossil fuels&lt;/b&gt; or &lt;b&gt;mineral fuels&lt;/b&gt; are fuels formed by natural resources such as &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaerobic_decomposition" title="Anaerobic decomposition" class="mw-redirect"&gt;anaerobic decomposition&lt;/a&gt; of buried dead &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organism" title="Organism"&gt;organisms&lt;/a&gt;. The age of the organisms and their resulting fossil fuels is typically millions of years, and sometimes exceeds 650 million years.These fuels contain high percentage of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon" title="Carbon"&gt;carbon&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrocarbons" title="Hydrocarbons" class="mw-redirect"&gt;hydrocarbons&lt;/a&gt;. (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Source :Wikipedia&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;In modern industrialized societies, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;fossil fuels&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (oil, gas, coal) transcended virtually all imaginable barriers and firmly established themselves in our everyday lives. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Not only do we use fossil fuels for our obvious everyday needs (such as filling a car), as well as in the power-generating industry, they (specifically oil) are also present in such products as all sorts of plastics, solvents, detergents, asphalt, lubricating oils, a wide range of chemicals for industrial use, etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Combustion of fossil fuels produces extremely high levels of &lt;em&gt;air pollution&lt;/em&gt; and is widely recognized as one of the most important “target” areas for reduction and control of environmental pollution. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Fossil fuels also contribute to &lt;em&gt;soil contamination &lt;/em&gt;and &lt;em&gt;water pollution&lt;/em&gt;. For example, when oil is transported from the point of its production to further destinations by pipelines, an oil leak from the pipeline may occur and pollute soil and subsequently groundwater. When oil is transported by tankers by ocean, an oil spill may occur and pollute ocean water. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Of course, there are other natural resources whose exploitation is a cause of serious pollution; for example, the use of uranium for nuclear power generation produces extremely dangerous waste that would take thousands of years to neutralize. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt; But there is no reasonable doubt that fossil fuels are among the most serious sources of environmental pollution. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt; Power-generating plants and transport are probably the biggest sources of fossil fuel pollution. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt; Common sources of fossil fuel pollution are: (9) &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;blockquote&gt;   &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; Industry: &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt; Power-generating plants &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; Petroleum refineries &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; Petrochemical plants &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; Production and distribution of fossil fuels &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; Other manufacturing facilities &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;   &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; Transport: &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt; Road transport (motor vehicles) &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; Shipping industry &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; Aircraft &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; Fossil fuel combustion is also a major source of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and perhaps the most important cause of &lt;a href="http://www.tropical-rainforest-animals.com/What-Is-Global-Warming.html"&gt;global warming&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Source: http://www.tropical-rainforest-animals.com)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2596267114445802676-8711545035857329936?l=students4environment.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/feeds/8711545035857329936/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2596267114445802676&amp;postID=8711545035857329936' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/8711545035857329936'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/8711545035857329936'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/2009/09/terms-dropping-fossil-fuel.html' title='Terms Dropping: Fossil Fuel'/><author><name>Toxics Link</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03155761242190293696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SrDPY-ZfP7I/AAAAAAAAAGU/cjqA-KWVX_M/s72-c/co.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596267114445802676.post-1672058207821974366</id><published>2009-09-16T04:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-16T04:21:04.197-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rain forest'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='carbon dioxide'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photosynthesis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='carbon sinks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pollution filters'/><title type='text'>Rain Forests as indicators of global warming</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SrDJ1ynnoGI/AAAAAAAAAGM/03nK1cd50ig/s1600-h/r1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 181px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SrDJ1ynnoGI/AAAAAAAAAGM/03nK1cd50ig/s320/r1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382023480665940066" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;There is a strong interdependent relationship between the climate and the tropical rain forests.  &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;    &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;True tropical rain forests can only exist in geographical locations with “continuous supply” of rainfall and sunshine. Such locations are mostly found in the geographical areas around the equator. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;    &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Rain forests affect the &lt;em&gt;global&lt;/em&gt; climatic conditions by acting as &lt;em&gt;pollution filters&lt;/em&gt; or “carbon sinks” “lungs of the earth”.Rain forest trees absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) and produce oxygen back into the atmosphere, by way of photosynthesis. This helps reducing atmospheric Carbon Dioxide.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tropical-rainforest-animals.com/What-Is-Global-Warming.html"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2596267114445802676-1672058207821974366?l=students4environment.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/feeds/1672058207821974366/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2596267114445802676&amp;postID=1672058207821974366' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/1672058207821974366'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/1672058207821974366'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/2009/09/rain-forests-as-indicators-of-global.html' title='Rain Forests as indicators of global warming'/><author><name>Toxics Link</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03155761242190293696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SrDJ1ynnoGI/AAAAAAAAAGM/03nK1cd50ig/s72-c/r1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596267114445802676.post-5008491288172415255</id><published>2009-09-16T03:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-16T03:28:29.615-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='clean'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vinegar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='salt'/><title type='text'>Salt and Vinegar: a non-toxic way of cleaning</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SrC9KBrl8rI/AAAAAAAAAGE/cUx1tOadZi0/s1600-h/salt.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 270px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SrC9KBrl8rI/AAAAAAAAAGE/cUx1tOadZi0/s320/salt.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382009534655361714" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;u style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Greenfootsteps , an online green journal suggests the following household tip:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Salt can be mixed with &lt;b&gt;vinegar&lt;/b&gt; to create a good general purpose cleaner. Don't use it on waxed surfaces, marble or linoleum because the vinegar may be too strong for the surface and cause damage. This vinegar and salt mix can be used for general cleaning about the house. Swab down surfaces and clean inside the fridge and cupboards with it.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;It will also remove tea and coffee stains from cups and teapots, etc.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Glass and tiles will come up shining from washing with a salt and vinegar solution.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2596267114445802676-5008491288172415255?l=students4environment.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/feeds/5008491288172415255/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2596267114445802676&amp;postID=5008491288172415255' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/5008491288172415255'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/5008491288172415255'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/2009/09/salt-and-cleaner-non-toxic-way-of.html' title='Salt and Vinegar: a non-toxic way of cleaning'/><author><name>Toxics Link</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03155761242190293696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SrC9KBrl8rI/AAAAAAAAAGE/cUx1tOadZi0/s72-c/salt.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596267114445802676.post-4155167320294577150</id><published>2009-09-16T02:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-16T03:04:42.655-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pollutant'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eels and sperm whales'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='woodchucks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='toxin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tasmanian Devils'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='toxic fish'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='indoor air pollution'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cancer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sea turtles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='animals'/><title type='text'>Toxic environment triggering cancer in animals</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SrC4Mh9hhQI/AAAAAAAAAF8/GWMAXnxff1g/s1600-h/11.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 140px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SrC4Mh9hhQI/AAAAAAAAAF8/GWMAXnxff1g/s320/11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382004080122103042" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ENN report reveals that current research points to environmental pollutants as the cause of &lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;deadly cancers &lt;/span&gt;in several wildlife populations around the world thus jeopardizing the biodiversity. Normally rare in wildlife, cancers in California sea lions, North Sea flounder and Great Lakes catfish seem to have been triggered or accelerated by environmental contaminants.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Other animals, including Tasmanian Devils, sea turtles, woodchucks, eels and sperm whales, also have been stricken with cancers, although they appear to stem from natural causes, including viruses, spontaneous tumors, or genetic factors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2596267114445802676-4155167320294577150?l=students4environment.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/feeds/4155167320294577150/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2596267114445802676&amp;postID=4155167320294577150' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/4155167320294577150'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/4155167320294577150'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/2009/09/toxic-environment-triggering-cancer-in.html' title='Toxic environment triggering cancer in animals'/><author><name>Toxics Link</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03155761242190293696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SrC4Mh9hhQI/AAAAAAAAAF8/GWMAXnxff1g/s72-c/11.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596267114445802676.post-1727301003623429721</id><published>2009-09-16T02:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-16T02:31:44.041-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CSR'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='corporate social responsibility'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cups'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='coffee'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2012'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='satrbucks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='coffee cups'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='recycle'/><title type='text'>Starbucks initiative in recycling</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SrCuoM5jLnI/AAAAAAAAAF0/SH60MNkOXWE/s1600-h/sb.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 277px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SrCuoM5jLnI/AAAAAAAAAF0/SH60MNkOXWE/s400/sb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381993560388349554" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Starbucks launched a pilot program in seven New York stores last week that could help the company move toward its goal of making all of its coffee cups recyclable by 2012.Not all coffee beans are created equal through the eyes of sustainability. Organic shade grown coffee on smaller farms is ideal. The reality is that working conditions, pesticide use and many other factors vary greatly in this industry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; The profits made by farmers became much more volatile when global production of coffee swelled a decade ago. As the markets were flooded with coffee, prices plummeted. This created an economic hardship for those who depended on cultivation for their livelihood.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Starbucks has attempted to avoid the problems that plague the industry by partnering with Conservation International to create &lt;a href="http://www.celb.org/xp/CELB/programs/agriculture-fisheries/starbucks.xml" title="http://www.celb.org/xp/CELB/programs/agriculture-fisheries/starbucks.xml " target="_blank"&gt;Coffee and Farmer Equity Practices&lt;/a&gt; (C.A.F.E. Practices). The partnership resulted in a set of environmentally, economically and socially responsible coffee purchasing guidelines. Starbucks purchased 77 percent of its coffee under these guidelines in fiscal year 2008 and has a goal of purchasing 100 percent by 2015.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2596267114445802676-1727301003623429721?l=students4environment.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/feeds/1727301003623429721/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2596267114445802676&amp;postID=1727301003623429721' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/1727301003623429721'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/1727301003623429721'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/2009/09/starbucks-initiative-in-recycling.html' title='Starbucks initiative in recycling'/><author><name>Toxics Link</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03155761242190293696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SrCuoM5jLnI/AAAAAAAAAF0/SH60MNkOXWE/s72-c/sb.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596267114445802676.post-7060972597423949885</id><published>2009-09-16T01:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-16T02:11:12.238-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='solar heater'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bush'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photovoltic system'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='think green'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LEED certificate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jimmy Carter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='green building'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eco-friendly'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='green'/><title type='text'>Obama LEEDS the way</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SrCrpDR8rJI/AAAAAAAAAFs/3uQ8Gez61ZM/s1600-h/wh1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 129px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SrCrpDR8rJI/AAAAAAAAAFs/3uQ8Gez61ZM/s400/wh1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381990276451314834" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Upon first entering the White House, President Obama expressed to Barbara Walters his intention to set an example for Americans on how to live more eco-friendly. But he would not be the first American President to think green. Before him President Jimmy Carter had a $28,000 solar water heater installed on the roof of the West Wing, and President George W. Bush installed a small photovoltaic system as well as two solar water heating systems. But President Obama wants to go one step ahead.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Obama plans to earn a LEED certification to make the White House the greenest it has ever been. The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification was developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) to measure and reward buildings and communities that implement green building design, construction, operation, and maintenance. &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2596267114445802676-7060972597423949885?l=students4environment.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/feeds/7060972597423949885/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2596267114445802676&amp;postID=7060972597423949885' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/7060972597423949885'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/7060972597423949885'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/2009/09/obama-leeds-way.html' title='Obama LEEDS the way'/><author><name>Toxics Link</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03155761242190293696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SrCrpDR8rJI/AAAAAAAAAFs/3uQ8Gez61ZM/s72-c/wh1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596267114445802676.post-7162536909136445354</id><published>2009-09-15T22:26:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-16T01:14:23.695-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Geoscience'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='large scale farmong'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='glaciers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='erosion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='earth surface'/><title type='text'>Human hand in land erosion at par with glaciers</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SrCeJ4VWxvI/AAAAAAAAAFk/WwoznVZq1Rw/s1600-h/le1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 208px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SrCeJ4VWxvI/AAAAAAAAAFk/WwoznVZq1Rw/s320/le1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381975447285712626" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A new study published in Nature magazine's online journal Geoscience finds that large-scale farming projects can erode the Earth's surface at rates comparable to those of the world's largest rivers and glaciers.Researchers found large-scale farming eroded lowland &lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;agricultural &lt;/span&gt;fields at rates comparable to glaciers and rivers in the most tectonically active mountain belts.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2596267114445802676-7162536909136445354?l=students4environment.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/feeds/7162536909136445354/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2596267114445802676&amp;postID=7162536909136445354' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/7162536909136445354'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/7162536909136445354'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/2009/09/human-hand-in-land-erosion-at-par-with.html' title='Human hand in land erosion at par with glaciers'/><author><name>Toxics Link</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03155761242190293696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SrCeJ4VWxvI/AAAAAAAAAFk/WwoznVZq1Rw/s72-c/le1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596267114445802676.post-4365361737837501192</id><published>2009-09-15T04:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-15T04:23:34.591-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vulnerable'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='extinction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='threatened'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='species'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='endangered'/><title type='text'>Dropping terms: Endangered species</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/Sq95Km2kl2I/AAAAAAAAAFc/5rPJ05AXh5U/s1600-h/ti1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 330px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/Sq95Km2kl2I/AAAAAAAAAFc/5rPJ05AXh5U/s400/ti1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381653302866122594" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;        &lt;u&gt;  &lt;/u&gt;   &lt;u&gt;  &lt;/u&gt; &lt;u&gt;  &lt;/u&gt;            &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.endangeredspecie.com/pointy6.gif" height="19" width="19" /&gt; &lt;b&gt; &lt;u&gt; &lt;span style="color:#ad3458;"&gt;VULNERABLE SPECIES&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt; - &lt;/b&gt; A species particularly at risk because of low or declining numbers or small range, but not a threatened species.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;u&gt; &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.endangeredspecie.com/pointy2.gif" height="19" width="19" /&gt;&lt;/u&gt;  &lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="text-transform: uppercase;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ad3458;"&gt;threatened species&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;   &lt;/u&gt; – a species whose population is not yet low enough to be in immediate danger of extinction, but who certainly faces serious problems. If the problems affecting these species aren’t resolved, it is probable that the species will become endangered. The&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;eastern indigo snake and the red kangaroo are examples of threatened species.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;u&gt; &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.endangeredspecie.com/pointy6.gif" height="19" width="19" /&gt;&lt;/u&gt;  &lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="text-transform: uppercase;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ad3458;"&gt;endangered species&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/u&gt;   – a specie, plant or animal, that is&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;in immediate danger of becoming extinct. Its numbers are usually low, and it needs protection in order to survive. The&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;Siberian tiger&lt;b&gt;, &lt;/b&gt;the southern sea otter, the snow leopard&lt;b&gt;, &lt;/b&gt;the green pitcher plant, and thousands of other plants and animals&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;are endangered worldwide.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;u&gt; &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.endangeredspecie.com/pointy2.gif" height="19" width="19" /&gt;&lt;/u&gt;  &lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="text-transform: uppercase;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ad3458;"&gt;extinct species&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/u&gt;   –&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;an extinct species is one that is no longer living. The passenger&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;pigeon, the dodo, and the Stegosaurus are examples of extinct species. These animals no longer exist on the earth.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2596267114445802676-4365361737837501192?l=students4environment.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/feeds/4365361737837501192/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2596267114445802676&amp;postID=4365361737837501192' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/4365361737837501192'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/4365361737837501192'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/2009/09/dropping-terms-endangered-species.html' title='Dropping terms: Endangered species'/><author><name>Toxics Link</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03155761242190293696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/Sq95Km2kl2I/AAAAAAAAAFc/5rPJ05AXh5U/s72-c/ti1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596267114445802676.post-2142540431722223526</id><published>2009-09-15T04:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-15T04:11:22.988-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='green building'/><title type='text'>Dropping terms : Green Building</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/Sq92IhnsYcI/AAAAAAAAAFU/24DnAEMxB5M/s1600-h/bui1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 90px; height: 189px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/Sq92IhnsYcI/AAAAAAAAAFU/24DnAEMxB5M/s400/bui1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381649968566919618" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;"A green building is one which uses less water, optimises energy efficiency, conserves natural resources, generates less waste and provides healthier spaces for occupants, as compared to a conventional building."&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2596267114445802676-2142540431722223526?l=students4environment.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/feeds/2142540431722223526/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2596267114445802676&amp;postID=2142540431722223526' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/2142540431722223526'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/2142540431722223526'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/2009/09/dropping-terms-green-building.html' title='Dropping terms : Green Building'/><author><name>Toxics Link</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03155761242190293696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/Sq92IhnsYcI/AAAAAAAAAFU/24DnAEMxB5M/s72-c/bui1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596267114445802676.post-5214156075807727422</id><published>2009-09-14T23:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-14T23:48:50.114-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='e-waste'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cadmium'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='children and lead impacts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mercury'/><title type='text'>E-WASTE</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/Sq84x3B1T0I/AAAAAAAAAFE/GmTqMwGpUQE/s1600-h/e-waste21.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 75px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/Sq84x3B1T0I/AAAAAAAAAFE/GmTqMwGpUQE/s400/e-waste21.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381582508967415618" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Every time we discard a used computer, printer, mobile phone and other electrical or electronic appliance and sell it to the local kabadiwala,chances are that we are adding to the rising problem of e-waste.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;E-waste contains lead,mercury,arsenic, cadmium,PVC,BFRs and other toxic and potentially hazardous substances. Such different toxic substances and chemicals are likely to create serious problems for the environment and human health if not handled properly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Lead affects development of brain in children, harms kidneys, circulatory and reproductive systems.&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Mercury , a heavy metal, can damage kidneys.&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Cadmium damages kidneys&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2596267114445802676-5214156075807727422?l=students4environment.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/feeds/5214156075807727422/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2596267114445802676&amp;postID=5214156075807727422' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/5214156075807727422'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/5214156075807727422'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/2009/09/e-waste.html' title='E-WASTE'/><author><name>Toxics Link</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03155761242190293696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/Sq84x3B1T0I/AAAAAAAAAFE/GmTqMwGpUQE/s72-c/e-waste21.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596267114445802676.post-9036672603864103297</id><published>2009-09-14T23:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-14T23:34:52.339-07:00</updated><title type='text'>FREECYCLE</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/Sq81booQ-5I/AAAAAAAAAE8/tNpDD3z4Y1Q/s1600-h/recycle1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 186px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/Sq81booQ-5I/AAAAAAAAAE8/tNpDD3z4Y1Q/s400/recycle1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381578828610075538" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;On May 1st, 2003, Deron Beal sent out the first e-mail announcing The Freecycle network to about 30 or 40 friends and a handful of nonprofits in Tucson, Arizona.   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoBodyText"&gt;As the team recycled, they found themselves calling or driving around to see if various local nonprofits could use them. Thinking there had to be an easier way, Beal set up that first Freecycle e-mail group in a way that permitted everyone in Tucson to give and to get. Freecycle was off and running. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The Freecycle concept has since spread to over 85 countries, where there are thousands of local groups representing millions of of members -- people helping people and "changing the world one gift at a time." As a result, we are currently keeping over 500 tons a day out of landfills!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2596267114445802676-9036672603864103297?l=students4environment.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/feeds/9036672603864103297/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2596267114445802676&amp;postID=9036672603864103297' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/9036672603864103297'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/9036672603864103297'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/2009/09/freecycle.html' title='FREECYCLE'/><author><name>Toxics Link</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03155761242190293696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/Sq81booQ-5I/AAAAAAAAAE8/tNpDD3z4Y1Q/s72-c/recycle1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596267114445802676.post-1907929281068711360</id><published>2009-09-14T22:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-14T22:28:56.059-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='electric cars'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='batteries'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='recycling'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hybrid cars'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lithium'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hybrid'/><title type='text'>Recycling lithium ion batteries of electric cars: challenge ahead</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/Sq8l98gI_BI/AAAAAAAAAE0/iQ95VUr_KX8/s1600-h/lit1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 97px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/Sq8l98gI_BI/AAAAAAAAAE0/iQ95VUr_KX8/s320/lit1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381561825874213906" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;US plans to put 1 million plug-in electric vehicles on road by 2015. The challenge now is how to recycle all those batteries.The Department of Energy recently awarded $9.5 million to a California-based &lt;a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-dark-horse-in-race-to"&gt;recycling&lt;/a&gt; company to boost capacity for lithium-ion batteries, the kind used to power most of the new hybrid and plug-in electric vehicles entering the world market.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2596267114445802676-1907929281068711360?l=students4environment.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/feeds/1907929281068711360/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2596267114445802676&amp;postID=1907929281068711360' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/1907929281068711360'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/1907929281068711360'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/2009/09/recycling-lithium-ion-batteries-of.html' title='Recycling lithium ion batteries of electric cars: challenge ahead'/><author><name>Toxics Link</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03155761242190293696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/Sq8l98gI_BI/AAAAAAAAAE0/iQ95VUr_KX8/s72-c/lit1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596267114445802676.post-4221130354437984843</id><published>2009-09-14T21:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-14T21:42:11.700-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='biofuel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='algae'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='camelina'/><title type='text'>US Navy gets bio-fuel savvy</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/Sq8albSMEvI/AAAAAAAAAEs/qwAcpNqCW44/s1600-h/cam1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 199px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/Sq8albSMEvI/AAAAAAAAAEs/qwAcpNqCW44/s320/cam1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381549310012560114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;No, this is not a scrap from some sci-fi movie. The US Navy has already purchased 40,000 gallons of jet fuel derived from camelina—a weedy relative of canola—and 20,055 gallons of algae-derived diesellike fuel for ships.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2596267114445802676-4221130354437984843?l=students4environment.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/feeds/4221130354437984843/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2596267114445802676&amp;postID=4221130354437984843' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/4221130354437984843'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/4221130354437984843'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/2009/09/no-this-is-not-scrap-from-some-sci-fi.html' title='US Navy gets bio-fuel savvy'/><author><name>Toxics Link</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03155761242190293696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/Sq8albSMEvI/AAAAAAAAAEs/qwAcpNqCW44/s72-c/cam1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596267114445802676.post-8516270629505980647</id><published>2009-09-11T02:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-11T02:28:48.039-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Delhi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vanishing green'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='BRT'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='green'/><title type='text'>City Watch : Delhi's vanishing green</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SqoYPRQlkYI/AAAAAAAAAEk/VddKvHuGWFA/s1600-h/1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 120px; height: 271px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SqoYPRQlkYI/AAAAAAAAAEk/VddKvHuGWFA/s400/1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380139355457556866" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;While we are all ecstatic about the plans for new High Capacity Bus System, flyovers and expansion of the Delhi Metro railway network, the BRT and the infrastructure upgrade for the commonwealth games, the large forest cover of Delhi is depleting at an alarming rate. In fact&lt;br /&gt;looking at the speed with which Delhi’s green cover is vanishing, it is not very far off when the city would be devoid of any natural resources worth mentioning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;According to a recent report published in The Economic Times, the Delhi government has already given permission to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to fell 29,360 trees for execution of its various projects in the city. Delhi Metro has also sought felling of another 7,508 trees for its projects coming up in Phase II. In addition, another lot of 1,523 trees are proposed to be axed as part of the Delhi Government's expansion for ensuring smooth traffic for 2010Commonwealth Games to be held in the national capital. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2596267114445802676-8516270629505980647?l=students4environment.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/feeds/8516270629505980647/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2596267114445802676&amp;postID=8516270629505980647' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/8516270629505980647'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/8516270629505980647'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/2009/09/city-watch-delhis-vanishing-green.html' title='City Watch : Delhi&apos;s vanishing green'/><author><name>Toxics Link</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03155761242190293696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SqoYPRQlkYI/AAAAAAAAAEk/VddKvHuGWFA/s72-c/1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596267114445802676.post-6026070837108813756</id><published>2009-09-11T02:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-11T02:16:52.937-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='over-fishing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='extinction'/><title type='text'>Over -fishing : a growing concern</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SqoVIP5MWMI/AAAAAAAAAEc/Ft6YEOQAU-o/s1600-h/fis1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 111px; height: 114px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SqoVIP5MWMI/AAAAAAAAAEc/Ft6YEOQAU-o/s200/fis1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380135936297031874" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Extinction is a natural part of our Earth’s history, but today species are becoming extinct faster than ever. Every year, new species are becoming threatened with extinction. World population is increasing by millions each year. All of us are using more and more resources, leaving fewer resources for Earth’s other species.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Every year, people catch about 85 million tons of fish and other marine animals. Fishing has become so intensive that many marine populations are shrinking. These species cannot recover quickly enough to survive constant overfishing.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2596267114445802676-6026070837108813756?l=students4environment.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/feeds/6026070837108813756/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2596267114445802676&amp;postID=6026070837108813756' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/6026070837108813756'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/6026070837108813756'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/2009/09/over-fishing-growing-concern.html' title='Over -fishing : a growing concern'/><author><name>Toxics Link</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03155761242190293696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SqoVIP5MWMI/AAAAAAAAAEc/Ft6YEOQAU-o/s72-c/fis1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596267114445802676.post-4634793716738627002</id><published>2009-09-11T00:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-11T00:26:01.163-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Nature's recyclers</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/Sqn7gtBv3-I/AAAAAAAAAEM/EVhF4E90Mgk/s1600-h/worm1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 76px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/Sqn7gtBv3-I/AAAAAAAAAEM/EVhF4E90Mgk/s320/worm1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380107769132081122" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Humans are not the only ones to recycle. Nature has its own recyclers.Lichens, mushrooms, sow bugs, earthworms, and beetles spend their whole lives recycling for nature. Nature's recyclers are responsible for turning dead plants and animals back into usable nutrients for new plants and animals. Nature's recyclers are sometimes more effecient and systematic than human recyclers who need to be reminded every now and then!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2596267114445802676-4634793716738627002?l=students4environment.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/feeds/4634793716738627002/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2596267114445802676&amp;postID=4634793716738627002' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/4634793716738627002'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/4634793716738627002'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/2009/09/natures-recyclers.html' title='Nature&apos;s recyclers'/><author><name>Toxics Link</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03155761242190293696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/Sqn7gtBv3-I/AAAAAAAAAEM/EVhF4E90Mgk/s72-c/worm1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596267114445802676.post-1654650733096208201</id><published>2009-09-10T23:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-11T00:04:16.933-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='asthma'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='indoor air pollution'/><title type='text'>Indoor air pollution</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/Sqn16ar05DI/AAAAAAAAAD8/M07_X2Trvco/s1600-h/as1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 89px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/Sqn16ar05DI/AAAAAAAAAD8/M07_X2Trvco/s320/as1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380101613815129138" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Pollutants in air can cause serious illness , right? We all know this but do you know that indoor air can also be polluted ? In fact indoor air quality is a growing concern because in recent studies and reports compiled by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) it was discovered that asthma has reached epidemic proportions with almost one in 13 kids having asthma - a condition that can be aggravated by air pollution and ozone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2596267114445802676-1654650733096208201?l=students4environment.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/feeds/1654650733096208201/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2596267114445802676&amp;postID=1654650733096208201' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/1654650733096208201'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/1654650733096208201'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/2009/09/indoor-air-pollution.html' title='Indoor air pollution'/><author><name>Toxics Link</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03155761242190293696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/Sqn16ar05DI/AAAAAAAAAD8/M07_X2Trvco/s72-c/as1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596267114445802676.post-945908557188159205</id><published>2009-09-10T22:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-10T23:18:40.677-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='food safety'/><title type='text'>Is your food safe?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SqnpDszFNsI/AAAAAAAAADs/GNJVMxmZgp4/s1600-h/fr1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 233px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SqnpDszFNsI/AAAAAAAAADs/GNJVMxmZgp4/s400/fr1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380087479645058754" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;We are what we eat.Our nutritional status, health,physical and mental faculties depend on the food we eat and how we eat it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Food contamination can take place at various stages of the food chain. Apart from chemical contamination of food from various sources such as industries, vehicle, pesticides and fertilizers, pollution resulting from growing of vegetables i degraded environmental conditions also affect food safety.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The common sources include presence of heavy metals, pesticides,preservatives, colouring agents and other additives and adulterants.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2596267114445802676-945908557188159205?l=students4environment.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/feeds/945908557188159205/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2596267114445802676&amp;postID=945908557188159205' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/945908557188159205'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/945908557188159205'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/2009/09/is-your-food-safe.html' title='Is your food safe?'/><author><name>Toxics Link</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03155761242190293696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SqnpDszFNsI/AAAAAAAAADs/GNJVMxmZgp4/s72-c/fr1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596267114445802676.post-4433870193111055532</id><published>2009-09-10T22:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-10T22:31:24.882-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pacific walrus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hooded seal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ivory gull'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ringed seal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='narwhal and polar bear'/><title type='text'>Arctic loses ice cover</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SqngRiN2O1I/AAAAAAAAADc/URbnkliDlXA/s1600-h/pol1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 135px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SqngRiN2O1I/AAAAAAAAADc/URbnkliDlXA/s400/pol1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380077821718051666" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;In the past 30 years, minimum sea ice cover in the Arctic Ocean has declined by 45,000 square kilometers annually.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This means the Arctic will lose the ivory gull, Pacific walrus, ringed seal, hooded seal, narwhal and polar bear—all animals that rely on the ice for foraging, reproduction or as refuge from predators.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2596267114445802676-4433870193111055532?l=students4environment.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/feeds/4433870193111055532/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2596267114445802676&amp;postID=4433870193111055532' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/4433870193111055532'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/4433870193111055532'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/2009/09/arctic-loses-ice-cover.html' title='Arctic loses ice cover'/><author><name>Toxics Link</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03155761242190293696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SqngRiN2O1I/AAAAAAAAADc/URbnkliDlXA/s72-c/pol1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596267114445802676.post-6523273410972677703</id><published>2009-09-09T04:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-09T04:23:36.379-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mercury in fish'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='toxic fish'/><title type='text'>FISHY!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SqeQCE2rUXI/AAAAAAAAADM/355UkArW7uo/s1600-h/fish1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 265px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SqeQCE2rUXI/AAAAAAAAADM/355UkArW7uo/s400/fish1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379426645254558066" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mercury is one of the most dangerous environmental pollutants, both in its elemental form and in chemical combination. When mercury is released into environment it gets transformed into methylated mercury through microbial action. The methylation of mercury is a key step in the entrance of mercury in the food chain. Methyl mercury bioaccumulates in fish and enters the human body when the fish is eaten.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The good news is that high concentration of mercury is not uniform across all fish species. So while there might be literally something &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;fishy &lt;/span&gt;in your fish curry and rice , there is no need to push the extreme panic button always.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2596267114445802676-6523273410972677703?l=students4environment.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/feeds/6523273410972677703/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2596267114445802676&amp;postID=6523273410972677703' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/6523273410972677703'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/6523273410972677703'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/2009/09/fishy.html' title='FISHY!'/><author><name>Toxics Link</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03155761242190293696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SqeQCE2rUXI/AAAAAAAAADM/355UkArW7uo/s72-c/fish1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596267114445802676.post-7424729806588380394</id><published>2009-09-09T03:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-09T04:11:25.364-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lead in paints'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='children and lead impacts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='toxic impact on children'/><title type='text'>Lead in Paints: HELP!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SqeMxaczNPI/AAAAAAAAADE/yMSPLh4xM4E/s1600-h/pb1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 113px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SqeMxaczNPI/AAAAAAAAADE/yMSPLh4xM4E/s320/pb1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379423060458943730" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SqeL_HWMPyI/AAAAAAAAAC8/JtYMPMRvpDA/s1600-h/paints1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 149px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SqeL_HWMPyI/AAAAAAAAAC8/JtYMPMRvpDA/s320/paints1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379422196337491746" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Lead still finds its way into paints, which are used in our daily lives. Children are the worst sufferers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The paints on the wall, in toys, on furniture contain Lead that has been recognized as the prime toxic by World Health Organisation (WHO). It impacts over 40 million children worldwide, over 97 per cent of whom live in developing countries. It is not as if Lead -substitutes ae not available in the market! In fact you would be surprised to know that Europe had banned Lead from household paints as early as 1935!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;For over half a century the paint industry has known about the grave health impacts of Lead in paints has on children who lick baby cots, suck coloured toys or simply ingest household dust filled with Lead .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Lead can lower IQ and cause a series of coordination skill deficiencies in children.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2596267114445802676-7424729806588380394?l=students4environment.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/feeds/7424729806588380394/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2596267114445802676&amp;postID=7424729806588380394' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/7424729806588380394'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/7424729806588380394'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/2009/09/lead-in-paints-help.html' title='Lead in Paints: HELP!'/><author><name>Toxics Link</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03155761242190293696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SqeMxaczNPI/AAAAAAAAADE/yMSPLh4xM4E/s72-c/pb1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596267114445802676.post-5733497363135967962</id><published>2009-09-09T02:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-09T03:02:00.292-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='climate change and chlidren'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='impacts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='climate change'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><title type='text'>Climate Change and Children</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/Sqd9B0u_ceI/AAAAAAAAAC0/6gtps1ySHr0/s1600-h/girl1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 174px; height: 182px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/Sqd9B0u_ceI/AAAAAAAAAC0/6gtps1ySHr0/s320/girl1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379405750206427618" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Children are the most precious gifts of God. However, if you look at the ways in which children all over the world get affected by climate change you would tend to believe that we do not take enough good care of this precious gift.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Some of the key facts published by UNEP about children and climate change include the following:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1.More than 46 % of the world population is now younger than 25 years old.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;2. Approximately 175 children will be affected by climate change induced natural disaster every year over the next decade. This is 50 million more than during ten years to 2005.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;3.Children are more likely than adults to perish during natural disasteror succumb to malnutrition, injuries or disease in the aftermath. Over 96 % of all disaster-related deaths worldwide in recent years have occurred in developing countries.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;4.Deaths from asthma, which is the most common chronic disease among children, are expected to increase by nearly 20 % by 2016 unless urgent action is taken.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;5.One in ever three children in Ethiopia will have safe water.By 2020 it is projected that some 75 to 250 million people in Africa will be exposed to increased water stress due to climate change. 44 % of the continent's population is under the age of 15 years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;6. Climate change can also have a significant impact on a child's ability to attend school. For example, during July 2007 floods in Sudan 200 schools were destroyed affecting nearly 45000 children.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Perhaps it is time to remind the grown-ups that you do not inherit the earth from past generations but borrow it from the future ones!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2596267114445802676-5733497363135967962?l=students4environment.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/feeds/5733497363135967962/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2596267114445802676&amp;postID=5733497363135967962' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/5733497363135967962'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/5733497363135967962'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/2009/09/climate-change-and-children.html' title='Climate Change and Children'/><author><name>Toxics Link</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03155761242190293696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/Sqd9B0u_ceI/AAAAAAAAAC0/6gtps1ySHr0/s72-c/girl1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596267114445802676.post-7508150122071411666</id><published>2008-07-18T02:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-18T04:09:59.647-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Poster Competition</title><content type='html'>There was overwhelming response to the poster competition announced by Toxics Link on 25th April 2008.&lt;br /&gt;All posters received on the chosen subject 'E-waste' were really wonderful and it was very difficult to judge the best three.&lt;br /&gt;The winners for the poster competition are-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nishtha Dhamija- Apeejay School, Pitampura&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SIBh6u1DFdI/AAAAAAAAABY/j80dJ9snkDU/s1600-h/Scan-0001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224283229380613586" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SIBh6u1DFdI/AAAAAAAAABY/j80dJ9snkDU/s320/Scan-0001.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;Kshitij Arora- Springdales School, Pusa Road&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SIBhyZitpbI/AAAAAAAAABQ/WsoDpmCyAOY/s1600-h/Scan-0002.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224283086227613106" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SIBhyZitpbI/AAAAAAAAABQ/WsoDpmCyAOY/s320/Scan-0002.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Visha Gupta-Apeejay School, Pitampura&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SIBicX2Z04I/AAAAAAAAABo/KrcC1d56uPQ/s1600-h/Scan-0003.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224283807327835010" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SIBicX2Z04I/AAAAAAAAABo/KrcC1d56uPQ/s320/Scan-0003.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2596267114445802676-7508150122071411666?l=students4environment.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/feeds/7508150122071411666/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2596267114445802676&amp;postID=7508150122071411666' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/7508150122071411666'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/7508150122071411666'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/2008/07/poster-competition.html' title='Poster Competition'/><author><name>Toxics Link</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03155761242190293696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SIBh6u1DFdI/AAAAAAAAABY/j80dJ9snkDU/s72-c/Scan-0001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596267114445802676.post-6119264398457808740</id><published>2008-05-24T05:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-24T05:22:05.326-07:00</updated><title type='text'>E-Waste and its Management</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;                                              &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;E-Waste and its Management&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      Today is Sumit Ahuja’s birthday and he is ecstatic. His father has just given       him a shining new computer as a gift. Sumit has decided to put the old computer outside his front door for the garbage man to collect. He has thrown it out without any qualms.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       There are many Sumits in India. The National WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Task Force has estimated that total WEEE generation in India is approximately 1,46,000 tonnes per year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Definition&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is no clear definition of “Electronic Waste”. While common public perception of e-waste is restricted to relatively durable and expensive end-of-life information and telecommunication equipment and consumer electronics such as computers, laptops, DVD players, etc, many activists also include mobile phones, lighting equipment, toys and medical devices in this category. Broadly speaking, “Electronic Waste” or “e-waste” is the term used to describe old or obsolete electronic appliances  which have been disposed off by their original owners. Rapid technology change, low initial cost and planned obsolescence have made this a fast growing problem around the world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Problems of e-waste&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Electrical and electronic equipment are made up of a variety of components, some containing toxic materials and carcinogens. Uncontrolled burning, disassembly, and disposal are causing environmental and health problems. For example, Cathode Ray Tubes in computers contain carcinogens such as lead, barium and other heavy metals. The PVC sheathing of wires is highly corrosive and their burning induces the formation of dioxins. Landfilling e-waste, one of the most widely used methods of disposal, is prone to hazards because of leachates. Mercury, Cadmium and Lead are among the most common and toxic leachates.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E Waste Management in India&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The challenges of managing e-waste in India is very different from those in other countries, developed or developing. This is because of its vast geographical and cultural diversity and economic disparities. A few problems:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ø  Rapidly increasing e-waste volumes, both domestically generated, as well as through imports.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ø  No accurate estimates of e-waste generated and recycled.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ø  Low level of awareness of health hazards amongst e-waste workers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ø  Recycling using primitive and rudimentary techniques in the informal sector resulting in severe environmental damage.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ø  Inefficient recycling processes resulting in loss of material value.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Recycling and Reuse&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, E-waste is a valuable source for secondary raw materials if handled responsibly. E-waste processing usually involves dismantling the equipment into various parts- metal frames, power supplies, circuit boards and plastics- which are separated, often by hand. The various fractions are then sold to smelters or plastic recyclers. These processes are energy intensive. Electronic waste processing systems have matured in recent years following increased regulatory, public and commercial scrutiny. The wisdom of reuse and refurbishment,  instead of  conventional recycling, is now widely accepted.  The environmental and social benefits of reuse are many- less demand for new products, less packaging per unit, availability of technology to wider swathes of society due to greater affordability of products, and diminished use of landfills.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2596267114445802676-6119264398457808740?l=students4environment.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/feeds/6119264398457808740/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2596267114445802676&amp;postID=6119264398457808740' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/6119264398457808740'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/6119264398457808740'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/2008/05/e-waste-and-its-management.html' title='E-Waste and its Management'/><author><name>Akshay Pratishthan School</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16187128269953727791</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596267114445802676.post-6820111495326518914</id><published>2008-04-28T02:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-28T02:51:56.417-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Workshop on E-waste</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SBWde7w-LOI/AAAAAAAAAAk/ejknaw0X9SA/s1600-h/Graphic1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194230900006464738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SBWde7w-LOI/AAAAAAAAAAk/ejknaw0X9SA/s320/Graphic1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SBWU5Lw-LNI/AAAAAAAAAAc/v1JLbYMM_Wo/s1600-h/Graphic1.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Toxics Link&lt;/strong&gt; organised a workshop on E-waste on 25th of April 2008. The workshop organised at Shriram School, Vasant Vihar was attended by more than 150 students and teachers from 12 schools.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The workshop included an interactive talk on E-waste by &lt;strong&gt;Mr Satish Sinha&lt;/strong&gt;, Associate Director, Toxics Link and screening of a film on E-waste (A Second Hand Life) by Nutan Manmohan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The first &lt;strong&gt;Student4environment&lt;/strong&gt; Quiz was also organised. The winners of this were-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1st Prize-&lt;br /&gt;Kirat Singh, Shriram School, DLF&lt;br /&gt;Nityesh Bohidar, Shriram School, DLF&lt;br /&gt;Anup Padhy, BlueBells School International&lt;br /&gt;Prashant Khulbe, BlueBells School International&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2nd Prize-&lt;br /&gt;Anmol Bharaj, Chinmaya Vidyalaya&lt;br /&gt;Karthik M, Chinmaya Vidyalaya&lt;br /&gt;Agrim Singh, Amity International School, Saket&lt;br /&gt;Shaurya Dhall, Amity International School, Saket&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2596267114445802676-6820111495326518914?l=students4environment.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/feeds/6820111495326518914/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2596267114445802676&amp;postID=6820111495326518914' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/6820111495326518914'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/6820111495326518914'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/2008/04/school-workshop.html' title='Workshop on E-waste'/><author><name>Toxics Link</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03155761242190293696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SBWde7w-LOI/AAAAAAAAAAk/ejknaw0X9SA/s72-c/Graphic1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596267114445802676.post-6591645920049025488</id><published>2008-04-22T00:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-24T04:47:21.426-07:00</updated><title type='text'>fate of e waste</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SBByubw-LMI/AAAAAAAAAAU/_8UqnNKgm8g/s1600-h/001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192776512410889410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SBByubw-LMI/AAAAAAAAAAU/_8UqnNKgm8g/s320/001.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SA2Q47w-LLI/AAAAAAAAAAM/WuLunsOxZB0/s1600-h/100_4297.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;This is where your computers end up when they are not working!! Manage your e-waste responsibly&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2596267114445802676-6591645920049025488?l=students4environment.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/feeds/6591645920049025488/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2596267114445802676&amp;postID=6591645920049025488' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/6591645920049025488'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2596267114445802676/posts/default/6591645920049025488'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://students4environment.blogspot.com/2008/04/testing.html' title='fate of e waste'/><author><name>Toxics Link</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03155761242190293696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FOnPDN-WABk/SBByubw-LMI/AAAAAAAAAAU/_8UqnNKgm8g/s72-c/001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
