An Unsustainable Future
Asad Badruddin Aug 27, 2009 interacts: 3With energy shortages peaking this summer all around Pakistan, there could have been a serious opportunity to drastically change the way Pakistan produces energy.
Environment, Kyoto Protocol and the Carbon Market
Zafir Zia Jun 29, 2009 interacts: 7Pakistan today considered to be among the top 20 countries in the world that are gravely endangered to the adverse affects of climate change.
Water Scenario: Past, Present and Future of Pakistan
Zafir Zia Jun 24, 2009 interacts: 9Per capita availability of surface water in Pakistan is gradually dwindling from 5300 cubic meter in 1951 to 1000 cubic meters in 2005 and is
Plastics In Our Environs
junaid jazib Jun 8, 2009 interacts: 2Every time we use and throw a plastic product we contribute our share to a deadly pollution whose far-reaching and irreversible ill-effects will be borne
An Eco-bag Full of News!
monika d May 28, 2009 interacts: 1An empty stomach can be as much of a devil’s workshop as an empty mind. Making their clients self reliant, is therefore, as much of
Pakistan Faces Unprecedented Water Scarcity
Riaz Haq Mar 25, 2009 interacts: 94There are successful examples of private citizens addressing sanitation issues on a local, community level. For instance, Dr. Akhtar Hamid Khan is the force behind
Jihad for the Sake of Environment
Sairah Ali Mar 24, 2009 interacts: 1The Water Table is dying. Without constant cooperation now the Earth will begin to die bit by bit. Like the Vedanta Brahman, all Humanity is
Sun Running the Cells
Fahimullah Khanzada Feb 19, 2009 interacts: 5According to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), one of the foremost challenges Pakistan will be facing in future is the supply of adequate energy.
Creepy Chemicals
Mutaal Mooquin Dec 22, 2008 interacts: 15This Holiday season, toys containing harmful phthalates, which are known endocrine disruptors, will fill up the shelve space in the markets.
Effects of Climate Change and Bio-Energy
NoorAli Noorani Nov 11, 2008 interacts: 7
In Asia, temperatures are expected to rise 2-8 degrees Celsius in next 8-10 years affecting climatic variations like decreased rainfall,
Global Warming: Green with Controversy
Mutaal Mooquin Aug 17, 2008 interacts: 8
Its effects will happen 30 years down the road, and then you say, "Okay, do something about it."
Paper Trail
Mutaal Mooquin Jun 6, 2008 interacts: 6To produce five sheets of 8 x 11 inch paper we use the equivalent energy of an 80 watt bulb operating for an hour; but
Stripping Away Beauty
Adnan Bashir Apr 29, 2008 interacts: 8There are more houses and wider roads but lesser pastures and more stinking water drains. The weather does not seem all that pleasant and the
Fatima Jinnah Park – Metaphor for Pakistan's Problems and their Solution
Q Isa Daudpota Sep 7, 2007 interacts: 13Capital Development Authority (CDA) has carved out a large corner (6000 sq yards) of the Fatima Jinnah Park for McDonald's at a ridiculously low rental
Complex Problems can have Simple Solutions
Q Isa Daudpota Jul 4, 2007 interacts: 4Cool roof systems with high reflectance (percentage of solar energy reflected back from the surface to the atmosphere without absorption ) and emittance (percentage of
Karachi’s Plastic Bag Ban
Zainub Razvi Apr 2, 2007 interacts: 12The ban applies to not just the manufactures and sellers but also the users of the plastic bags. Yes, that means us.
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