I am no Lab Rat, Are you?

[Update] GM-Free Karnataka blog has been launched. Please visit the blog to find one-stop information about all the happenings.
A few months ago, a nation-wide campaign opposing Genetically Modified (GM) crops, under the banner of  ‘I am no lab rat‘, was launched. GM food is created by taking genes from organisms like bacteria,  spiders, etc and [...]

A post on Compost!

Waste segregation is something I’ve been practicing over a year now. Though I was never sure if that remained segregated after having been collected by BBMP, I feel the chances of the source segregated waste getting mixed with normal waste are lesser and it may even make segregation at destination easier. I’ve read and heard [...]

Namma Raste, Namma Ooru!

Lemme start with the meaning of the title. These Kannada words were foreign to me till Nov 19! But now I know that ‘Namma Raste’ means ‘Our road’ and ‘Namma Ooru’ means ‘Our city’.
‘Naama Raste, Naama Ooru’ was a protest to assert our right to inhabit a green city. The government seems to have been [...]

Have a Cracking, Cracker-less Diwali!

A must-watch video on what happens in most of the cracker factories. Yes, those people need employment, but not at the cost of their lives!
Here’s something more on the subject you can read.

Story of Stuff

Although this video has already been shared with some of my friends via Gtalk, I am putting it up as a post for those who are not connected with me through Gtalk. (Click on the image below)

This excellent, fast-paced video coverage will give you a bigger picture in terms of environmental effects of blind consumption [...]

Go-cycle Bangalore meet

Around 8 am Sunday, April 27th, the place near the Bethani High School (Kormanagala) was mobbed with cyclists, sporting white colored T-shirts and lavish smiles – smiles stemming from the satisfaction of having taken a right step towards preserving the environment. This was all part of a Bangalore-wide campaign to celebrate the car-free day wherein [...]

Organ Donation: Make your death trigger several new lives

[This post will be updated regularly as and when I receive new information. In general this will be incorporated in the 'updates' section at the end of the post. Lest, please look for red colored fonts for latest updates on the matter.]
While I continue to be a firm believer in wrapping up all of my [...]

Movie? – Well, no thanks :)

My life has been full of resolutions that I struggle to keep up to
Not claiming to be successful in all of them, yet, I’ve notably succeeded in sustaining my latest resolution. On my 24th birthday, I determined to lower all my expenditures on movies. The thought had been molding for a long time, [...]