Climate Change
Give me Some Fresh Air to Breathe and Clean Water to Drink
12 months ago
In His wisdom, He created everything that humans would ever need; critical for their survival and pleasure. When the hustling bustling city life suffocates, people run for an escapade in the woods. Away from the clutter and chaos! The moment they land in a valley with green fields, surrounded by mountains and fresh clean water running through the streams, they once again feel alive. While the natural resources undisturbed by mankind became the perfect vacation spot for some, there were people who thought of ways to exploit them and make money. The entire focus was on opportunities rather than challenges that we may expose ourselves to if proper management is not done.
Pakistan is one of the richest countries in terms of natural resources. We are blessed with vast agricultural land, natural fuel reserves, copper, gold and salt mines, forests, lakes and sea More >
Guest Blog: Sustainable Living by Asif Iqbal
03 months ago
Asif Iqbal is a development professional and a voluntary presenter in Pakistan with Al Gores’ The Climate Reality Project, a group of individuals around the world dedicated to educate stakeholders on climate crisis and seek sustainable solutions. You can contact him at asifoghi@yahoo.com
Living with nature is the most sustainable way in human lives. People who feel concerned about sustainability and threats to human lives, such as climate catastrophes, now believe to seek sustainable solutions for healthy protected life instead of continuing arguments with skeptics. It is a common understanding that “when you disturb nature, in reaction nature disturbs you”. However, unfortunately this natural disturbance now affects poor people more than those who live with more resources. With recent trends, we have witnessed disasters in every part of the world whether it is hunger driven continent of Africa, developed region of Europe or growing economies of Asia. The only More >
The Dying Indus Delta
14 months ago
KARACHI: Once upon a time, the Sindhu River, flowed triumphantly into the Arabian Sea, regal, majestic, bragging of the beauty of the alluvial lands it left on its pathway. Today, thanks to lack of rains, and the construction of barrages and dams from Punjab to Sindh, its appearance at the Thatta-Sajawal bridge, seems to be only a wide strip of left over rain water.
It is the several contributing factors at stake that have changed this river into a sorry sight.
Rains for instance are what Pakistan needs the most, especially being an agricultural state. The Indus River too, apart from being fed by glaciers, depends upon rains, so that the summer monsoons and the Western Depressions can give it back any water lost in the middle.
Even though the land of Punjab manages to survive because of high annual rainfall, the Indus in Punjab and its tributaries have become More >
What is more damaging to the Environment, Poverty or Affluence? Part 2
05 months ago
Poverty Protects the Environment
Studies have shown that if poor are encouraged or given an economic incentive then instead of damaging the resources, they prefer to preserve the resources by using their “indigenous skills and resources” . Although the number of poor has increased manifold, the problem lies not with the degradation of the natural resource but with the competition over it. Conflicts on such issues have already arisen at local as well as national levels and have claimed lives of many individuals.
Power also plays a key role and can lead to unequal distribution of food and other resources amongst countries, local groups or even genders. Due to poor structuring of policies and laws, private companies take advantage of the situation and exploiting resources unsustainably, for their personal gains. Sometimes inappropriate economic and land reforms change the way people think about their natural resources. This More >
A Beginners’ Guide To A Sustainable Desi Wedding
05 months ago
Planning an eco friendly wedding is like planning any other event. There will be food, entertainment and decoration and guests will arrive. There will be a great deal of coordination and planning involved with other people, and of course delegating the right tasks to the right people. Making your wedding day more socially just and sustainable is a chance to make a difference and show others that weddings can be a force for good. I chose to have a sustainable wedding because i wanted that special day to reflect our values as a couple and a family and take on the challenge of having a wedding that was fun, traditional and yet socially responsible.
The first step is to have an honest discussion about your values with your wife or husband-to-be and your families together. Brainstorm ideas and value what everyone has to offer : you would be
