Articles with tag: environment

Pigeons on My Balcony

Prashant Bhatt Jul 5, 2008 interacts: 5

"They have laid eggs. Now Bhatt, if you do not throw them out, the babies will dirty your balcony like anything." That is the way they look at it, my dear human friends.

Paper Trail

Mutaal Mooquin Jun 5, 2008 interacts: 6

To produce five sheets of 8 x 11 inch paper we use the equivalent energy of an 80 watt bulb operating for an hour; but at a cost far greater than that of electricity.

Stripping Away Beauty

Adnan Bashir Apr 28, 2008 interacts: 8

There are more houses and wider roads but lesser pastures and more stinking water drains. The weather does not seem all that pleasant and the air is ridden with smoke and smog.

Fatima Jinnah Park â€“ Metaphor for Pakistan's Problems and their Solution

Q Isa Daudpota Sep 7, 2007 interacts: 13

Capital 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: 4

Cool roof systems with high reflectance (percentage of solar energy reflected back from the surface to the atmosphere without absorption ) and emittance (percentage of energy that is radiated back to the air after absorption) stay up to 70ºF (39ºC) cooler

Karachi’s Plastic Bag Ban

Zainub Razvi Apr 2, 2007 interacts: 12

The ban applies to not just the manufactures and sellers but also the users of the plastic bags. Yes, that means us.

Exchange Siachen Madness for Mountain Peace

Q Isa Daudpota and Arshad H Abbasi Feb 16, 2007 interacts: 100

Glaciers can also be made secure by the use of common sense. It is for opinion-makers in India and Pakistan to tell their respective governments to stop ruining the future of our water supplies and our weather system.

Venus, Earth, and Mars - The Untold Story

Muhammad A Hussain Jan 23, 2007 interacts: 13

Some scientists speculate that the three planets, Venus, Earth, and Mars, shared approximately similar geology at the time of their cooling from their molten newly-born states. The evolution of these three planets along different lines from a similar dist

Industrial Food

Saima Shah Oct 2, 2006 interacts: 39

Industrial Food is not just about food production, but also about globalization. Multinational corporations affect food production all over the world. Food has been contaminated all over the world with synthetic chemicals

Corporate Social Responsibility: The Rising Trend?

Henna Arshad Sep 14, 2006 interacts: 3

There is a growing interest in businesses taking a lead in addressing those issues in which they have an interest where national government have failed to come up with a solution.

A City of Gardens

Nadeem Akram Jul 19, 2006 interacts: 9

Any reference to Lahore as the City of Gardens has a rather hollow ring these days. That proud tradition of rippling fountains and tall arching trees is all but gone, as the city develops apace.

Darakhat Bachao, Lahore Bachao

Ahmed R Alam Jun 29, 2006 interacts: 47

The Citizens of Lahore are now planning a conference in which stakeholders shall be allowed to voice their concerns about the development of the city.

Deforestation and Drought

Arshad Abbasi Jun 6, 2006 interacts: 6

Massive deforestation started in the 1990s. Between 1990 and 2000 Pakistan lost an average of 41,100 hectares of forest per year with an average annual deforestation rate of 1.63 per cent. Between 2000 and 2005, the rate increased to 2.02 per cent per ann

Celebrity Courts and Kangaroo Justice

Farzana Versey Apr 18, 2006 interacts: 116

I protest against this abuse of a cause by people like Aamir Khan, for it is gimmicky and counter-productive. News channels are behaving like nautch girls and social butterflies as the nawabs of vigilance. Page 3 justice is the latest fad

Global Warming and Hurricanes

Mohammad Gill Nov 23, 2005 interacts: 6

Therefore there are not many conclusive and definitive studies of the effects of global warming on hurricanes. However, there is a preponderance of consensus that the global warming

To Saneeya Hussain (August 13, 1954-April 20, 2005)

Beena Sarwar May 1, 2005 interacts: 21

There are tears at your untimely departure, but no, we’re not just sitting about mourning gloomily. Our grief runs deep, but when we meet and share your memories, there is also laughter, especially as we recall yours.

Stout!

Nadeem F Paracha Jul 4, 2004 interacts: 37

They say God is the wisest. But why do this God appeal to the most exploitative and the most stupid, and the most sadistic, and the most idiotic.

Cuts Both Ways

Nadeem F Paracha Jun 2, 2004 interacts: 32

Did you see the way they chopped down all those wonderful old trees in front of the Karachi Marriot.

Environmental Goods and Services

Zafar Anjum Nov 27, 2003 interacts: 3

Given the size, growth, and trade implications of the environmental goods and services sector, it would be unwise to treat the EGS negotiations as a minor issue

Gardens of Secularism and Soapboxes for Orators

Chithra Karunakaran Oct 22, 2003 interacts: 16

The fact that I jogged in Kannur, Kerala in the early mornings before traffic got heavy was a matter for constant and amused comment

The Largest City

Bina Shah Sep 8, 2003 interacts: 10

Their wounds and scars speak to us in code
We are deafened by their quiet moans

Call to Action for Oil Spill

Shandana Minhas Aug 21, 2003 interacts: 29

Please cut and paste the following text and email it to the Karachi Nazim, the Prime Minister and the Presidents offices. This is a call to sign a petition

Black Days in Karachi

Bina Shah Aug 17, 2003 interacts: 41

The Black Days have returned to Karachi, but this time they have nothing to do with politics, but a slowly widening oil slick, that grows day by day to destroy everything that Karachi holds dear.