Archive for February, 2009

Celebrate a Green Valentine’s Day

Saturday, February 14, 2009 13:58 No Comments

TreeHugger.com came up with this lovely post on how you can save the world on valentine’s day by giving the right gifts to loved ones. Following are a few ideas.
1. Traditional Gift: A dozen roses

    Eco-alternative: A dozen organic roses
2. Traditional Gift: A box of candy
    Eco-alternative: Fair trade chocolate bars

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Praj Makes Ethanol from Corn Cob, Bagasse

Wednesday, February 11, 2009 19:24 2 Comments

The following is from a press release sent out by Pune based Praj Industries.
10 February, 2009, Pune: Praj Industries, the globally leading biofuels technology & solutions Company announced break-through in cellulosic biomass to ethanol technology at Pilot Scale. Praj formally inaugurated its cellulosic ethanol pilot plant at its R & D Centre called Praj Matrix [...]

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Green Transport in Pune to Reduce CO2 Emission

Monday, February 9, 2009 16:28 No Comments

TOI/PUNE/9th Feb ‘09: While Pune has already been selected as one of the nine cities to implement the Global Environment Facility-funded sustainable transport projects, the Union ministry of urban development has released a report stating the aims of the project, one of them being reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 9.6%.
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) sustainable [...]

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NDTV’s Greenathon and Green Anthem

Sunday, February 8, 2009 14:18 No Comments

NDTV in collaboration with Toyota has organized the Greenathon. They are accepting donations which shall be used to provide electricity in villages.

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Indian Students Go Green!

Saturday, February 7, 2009 15:53 1 Comment

Now in its third year, the National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN) is organizing the Entrepreneurship Week from the 7th to the 14th of February. This year, with over 400 colleges and 4,00,000 students participating, the theme being followed is “Go Green”.

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