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Green Drinks Karachi This 21st March at T2F
0Calling all environmentally conscious people in Karachi to an evening of casual, friendly social gathering of like-minded people at T2F (The Second Floor) to share ideas about sustainability and green living.
Every month, people who are interested and work in the environmental field meet up at informal sessions known as Green Drinks. The idea is to bring them together once a month and enable them to start sharing perspectives on some of the most pressing issues of the day. But Green Drinks is not just an event for knowledge sharing; it’s an opportunity to engage with people and make contacts, it’s a community to get inspiration and enthusiasm from, and it’s a collaborative effort that aspire change.
If you are interested or simply have a curiosity about environmental issues (energy, climate change, sustainability, green economy), then please come to our monthly Green Drinks gathering in Karachi at T2F.
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ecoWarriors: Natasha Paracha
04 months ago
Natasha Paracha graduated in 2005 from the University of California Berkeley with honors in Political Science. She was crowned Miss Pakistan World in 2008, which is sure to give the readers the first impression that Natasha is involved in promotion of products or just a lip service ambassador for some cause. This however, is not the case. She is actively working for the promotion of the use of clean technology & sustainable development in Pakistan. Thus, she is on our list of ecoWarriors. To sum up her work:
“She is leveraging her development experience and reputation as a leader in women’s rights to expand IREO’s (Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Organization) work to Pakistan through programs that promote the use of affordable and clean sources of renewable energy. As the founder of the non-profit Vision of Development Natasha has worked to raise awareness of the 51 million Pakistanis do not have access 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
