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Upcycle - the New Cult!

Upcycle   - the New Cult! Pollution, cutting trees, environment conservation etc. are a few hot burning topics been spoken about a lot.. but our habits and the need for surging economy towards growth and development itself is a hurdle towards conservation. In between, there are sensitive groups who keep taking small initiatives to add their contribution to our own cause of saving some resources than money for the generations to come!!! Upcycle – another cult setting in is the best solution for conservation wherein you recreate and transform anything which probably is of no use. You save many trees from being cut by not getting new furniture made You don’t contribute to air pollution Anything manufactured in factories certainly has effluent emission in the water bodies or environment The noise of course, as output of manufacturing and construction. My recent visits to some eateries in Gurgaon intrigued me to write this piece, high tech enviro...

Green Economy - the new Blue print

In a flashing visit of his Excellency H.E .  Pekka Haavisto, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Finland in India, we got a chance to capture some points from his vision to develop the world, especially human capital in amalgamation with the environment. Therefore in a multidimensional meet, with a focus to boost the economy of Africa and how India can be a key contributor or driver for the same, various aspects were discussed. “ Africa and Great Power Politics – Views from Europe and India ” was the topic covered at Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi, India. We all are aware that India and Africa have pre-colonial connections, apart from genetic and the lions we know of.. we’ve had business connections; and subsequent to the continent split up, trade routes were developed. Africa is rich and endowed with the best natural resources, minerals, space, and sunshine; hence NOW it is time to boost up the long-struggling economy, reviving our age-old connections and buil...