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ecoWarriors: Rafay Alam
07 months ago
Rafay’s name resonates with multi-tasking. By profession he is a lawyer and wanted to be since he interned with Asma Jahangir. He is a columnist and according to an interview to the blog five rupees he writes about issues that he likes and interest him. Two of the major issues that he writes about are environment issues and urban planning. His articles focus on the area of sustainability in these matters. His activities don’t end here. He teaches at Lahore University of Management Science in the department of Law & Policy. Rafay also is a visiting faculty at the University of Punjab, Department of Architecture; teaching sustainable real estate development. Therefore, it won’t be wrong if we say that he is grooming his students and making them aware of the importance of sustainability as well.
His professional activities don’t stop here. He has been part of a number of law More >
ecoFilms: 11th Hour
01 year ago
Summary: “The 11th Hour” is a feature length documentary concerning the environmental crises caused by human actions and their impact on the planet. It documents the cumulative impact of these actions upon the planet’s life systems and calls for restorative action through a reshaping of human activity. With the help of over fifty of the world’s most prominent thinkers and activists, including reformer Mikhail Gorbachev, physicist Stephen Hawking, and Nobel Prize winner Wangari Maathai,“The 11th Hour” documents the grave problems facing the planet’s life systems including, Global warming, deforestation, mass species extinction, depletion of the oceans’ habitats and their causes rooted in human activity. The film also provides more than a few suggestions and solutions for redeeming our wasteful ways and repairing our damaged planet.
Interesting Fact: This film is Narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio
Quote: “When we all talk about “saving the environment” in a way it’s misstated
ecoFilms: AGE OF STUPID
01 year ago
Summary: The Age of Stupid explores the critical threshold we’re at in history – when, we were aware that we were destroying the planet, but did little to stop it. The film focuses on six narrative human stories: an Indian entrepreneur bent on setting up a low-budget airline, an octogenarian French mountain guide who has witnessed the swift erosion of the glacier he loves, a Katrina hurricane victim and oil worker, a Nigerian woman and the effects of Shell on the country, an Iraqi family that are now refugees in Jordan, and a British wind-energy developer who tries to persuade other people in his village to support the construction of local turbines
Interesting Fact: For the premiere, filmmakers went all out to create a green environment. The event was held in a special tent in and was dubbed “the world’s first solar-powered film premiere.”
Quote: “We could
The Story of the 100th Monkey
0In my travels, this story has risen above all else when I attempt to explain how change happens. Ive shared this story with virtually everyone I discuss this with, and now I am sharing it with you in hopes that you too, will carry this story forward.
The story of the 100th Monkey (Quantum leap in behaviour)
There is a legend I’d like to tell you about. In its message may lie hope of a future for your organisation. Here is the story of the Hundredth Monkey.
The Japanese monkey Macaca Fuscata had been observed in the wild for a period of over thirty years. In 1952, on the island of Koshima, scientists were providing monkeys with sweet potatoes dropped in the sand. The monkeys liked the taste of the raw sweet potatoes but they found the dirt unpleasant. An 18 month old female named Imo found she could solve More >
