You’ve heard it right! The commercial value of trees is unconquerable. It creates Rs. 10.5 lakhs worth of air pollution control and also provides Rs. 5.3 lakhs worth of shelter for birds and animals. In addition to all of this, it also recycles Rs. 6.4 lakhs worth of fertility and soil erosion control. This is […]
World Wetland Day
“The science is clear. Wetlands are the most effective carbon sinks on our planet.” This strong and positive statement is from Martha Rojas Urrego, Secretary General of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, to mark 2019’s World Wetlands Day with the theme of ‘Wetlands and Climate Change’. Although rainforests have long been viewed as the ‘lungs […]
How You Can Contribute to the Environment by Planting Trees – By NK Realtors
It’s that time when people around the world are busy filling their resolution list for 2019 with new goals — visiting the gym regularly, making lifestyle changes, quitting smoking, and so on. If you’re still looking for a resolution to keep in the New Year, how about doing something for a greater cause, something more […]
Jamuna Tudu an Indian environmental activist has been awarded India’s fourth highest civilian award the Padma Shri!
Several efforts are being made to protect forests by both the Central and state Government, but ‘Lady Tarzan’ Jamuna Tudu’s fight for environmental protection has stood out. Her decade-long struggle to preserve the forests in Chakulia, East Singhbhum of Jharkhand has even put her life in danger at times as she took on the mafia […]
Our Common Concern – Environment
Sustainability with finite nature of natural resources is on the minds of all of us. Climate change, deforestation and reducing habitats for most animals are a concern for corporations as well as individual investors. However, we know that a lot is still in our hands. Our disrespect for our environment has been prolonged and escalated […]
Pepperfry creates a Green Impact!
Pepperfry is a leading online home and lifestyle store, offering a wide range of furniture and home decor products. Pepperfry was founded in 2011 by two friends. Pepperfry being online leading furniture store have taken initiative for planting trees with Grow-Trees.com. Pepperfry enables customers to plant trees after they have bought a home decor product […]
‘Trees for Tigers’ Sundarbans, West Bengal,
Field Visit Update: December 27-28, 2018 Summary: Grow-Trees have been implementing mangrove tree plantation programme as ‘Trees for Forest and Wildlife’ consecutively for seven years at the periphery of Sunderban Tiger Reserve, West Bengal. The programme is being carried out with support from Tata Chemical Foundation for the mangrove plantation. The programme involves plantation of […]
Last-minute Christmas gifting!
If you haven’t figured out what to gift your family and friends because you’re chained to your desk or too busy attending an endless string of weddings, Christmas celebrations, office parties and the like, look no further. We have the perfect solution for you! Online gifting i.e. gift cards, eGreetings, movie/show tickets, and shopping on […]
Zero-waste, eco-friendly gifting ideas for this festive season!
The festive season brings with it a flurry of expenses–entertaining friends, sprucing up the house, eating out, buying presents, travel and a lot more depending on what your custom and culture dictate. The festive season is also, unfortunately, a season of waste. Thanks to the irresistible sales, discounts and offers that are pushed by practically […]
How planting trees could help save our rivers this World Rivers Day
Boundaries don’t protect rivers, people do. — (Brad Arrowsmith, Landowner along the Niobrara National Scenic River, Nebraska) About World Rivers Day World River Day was proposed by Mark Angelo, a resident of Burnaby, Canada after the declaration of the Water for Life decade in 2005 by the United Nations. Mark Angelo is an internationally recognized river […]