It’s never a surprise to find Delhi in news for its escalating air pollution levels. Delhi is on the cusp of a re-run of the same situation: a combination of high levels of pollution as a result of forest fires and agricultural burning, fireworks during the Deepavali celebrations and changing meteorological conditions. Delhi and the […]
Tremendous Green Investment – Larsen and Toubro InfoTech to plant 100,000 trees by 2020 in association with Grow-Trees Larsen and Toubro Infotech (LTI) is demonstrating tremendous green leadership by supporting the unique social impact-based projects created by Grow-Trees such as Trees for Forest and Wildlife, Trees for Tribal Communities, etc. 100,000 trees plantation initiative supported […]
Grow-Trees is starting it’s 10th year of protection and restoration of ecological balance. Grow-Trees was started in 2010 on the World Environment Day (5th June) by Karan Shah and his father Pradip Shah, the founder of India’s first credit-rating agency, CRISIL. This was the point when climate change and concepts of sustainable development had started […]
According to the newest IPCC report, we are faced with the global crisis of rising temperatures which if not solved, will result in the 2 Celsius global temperature rise. Large scale changes are taking place in the ecosystem services which are creating disturbances and stresses in the ability of ecosystems to survive and adapt. Climate […]
The tiger is no doubt one of the world’s most fascinating and majestic animals, but for this big cat to survive for many more future generations, humans must make an intentional effort to help them survive. The population of this magnificent species is currently under intense threat as a result of poaching, habitat loss and […]
Did you know? Conserving butterflies can actually not only improve our whole environment for wildlife but also enrich the lives of people now and forever. For many reasons butterflies are important, in their own right but also as great life indicators. Butterflies are part of our natural heritage and have been studied for more than […]
Life is possible without internet, but not trees and plants. As Ralph Waldo Emerson once quoted, “The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.” Rural men and women in many areas have long been involved in the conservation and cultivation of trees on agricultural lands and forested areas. The relationship between rural people […]
It doesn’t matter if a company is in the startup phase or has developed well-established policies and procedures, there are always advantages to reducing paper usage. There are many reasons to illustrate this fact that by going green, the company can benefit in so many ways. Organizing documents becomes much easier- By scanning electronic copies […]
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 […]
“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 […]