Bhavani Prakash's Blog (6)

Please watch my recent TEDxSingapore Women talk on the importance of food plant diversity in the context of feeding 9 billion people by 2050. 

Thanks for watching! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk-oC_yKrk4 

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is today.

– Chinese Proverb

If you can't plant one today, consider donating to Project Green Hands who'll do it on your behalf :) 

http://www.ecowalkthetalk.com/blog/2012/06/05/world-environment-day-2012-support-project-green-hands/

This has been a week of climate pessimism.  First, The Guardian on Wednesday, 9 Nov 2011 quoted the International Energy Association (IEA)’s warning that the world is headed for irreversible climate change in 5 years. Prof. Surya Sethi (formerly in the PM's Energy Co-ordination Committee) gave a lecture in Singapore yesterday on how far behind the world is on climate negotiations.

Is this alarmist information, or a call for drastic action? What do you think?…

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The top seed companies of the world are bigger and stronger than ever before, having replaced small family run farms. Why should this be of concern to those who believe in sustainable agriculture?  There's also a video link to Vandana Shiva's talk on seeds at the end.

http://www.ecowalkthetalk.com/blog/2011/09/21/what-are-the-top-seed-companies/ 

One of my favourite green practices is to recycle my veggie and fruit peel waste into valuable nutrients that can be returned to the soil. As more and more people in urban settings live in smaller and smaller spaces, here is a simple and effective way to do composting even in a tiny apartment. …



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http://www.ecowalkthetalk.com/blog/2011/08/26/the-light-bulb-conspiracy-the-story-of-planned-obsolescence/

Do you remember how things in your parents' days, seemed to last a long, long time? Why and when did that begin to change into a wasteful cycle?

The film,”The Light Bulb Conspiracy” by Cosima Dannoritzer,…

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