Posts tagged Sustainable Development
Carbon Obesity: Language around Climate Change
15 months ago
With the talks happening in Durban, there seems to be one troubling issue that people can’t seem to get past – how to talk about climate change? There is so many groups trying to introduce new words, new concepts and new ideas that they claim are solutions for climate change. Here are a few of those concepts and the truth behind their claims.
Carbon Market AKA Carbon Economy AKA Cap and Trade: If we have learnt anything from the collapsing global markets, we know that they can be abused. Cap and trade is no different. Check out Annie Leonard’s take on Carbon Credit. Cap and Trade is a way for companies to buy and sell Carbon credits, make false claims about reducing carbon emissions, and then earn money from this. The Rampur hydrodam is a case point example of such abuses. The idea seems virtuous enough: reward groups More >
Reflection on Mumbai’s Transportation
18 months ago
Whenever I board the local train, my whole thought process is devoted to the transportation system in Mumbai. I found Mumbai locals very cruel and insane. Murderers of 4000 people every year. Always jam-packed, no concept of personal space. They have their own speciality -as people from all classes board the same train whether there is a distinction of 1st -2nd class which is as usual for Indian railways. After a 3-4 month long honeymoon with trains, I figured out alternative mode to travel-Best Buses. I was happy with my discovery but felt incomplete. Roads choked with traffic, trains over-crowded. Hiccups like these pushed my brain to the wall. I was keen curious to know how Mass transits in a city like Mumbai can be developed. To my utter surprise government constructed Worli Bandra Sea link for Rs. 1600 crore/- and thinking to extend it which will need almost More >
ecoWarriors: Tofiq Pasha
08 months ago
Tofiq Pasha is a dynamic individual and to sum up his personality and work in a couple of paragraphs is not an easy task. Working for a sustainable environment is synonymous with his name. To put it in his own words “caring for the environment is in my genes and is similar to a computer default system.” His parents were very much into gardening and things related to flowers and he picked up on all this and it turned into a passion for him. The shift from the city of Karachi to its rural area by his parents where he still lives in a farmhouse has also played an important role as he always kept close to nature.
Having a genetic default system that is so passionate about Mother Nature, her sustainability and future, it is no surprise that Tofiq is working on a number of environment related fronts. The More >
Be a sustainability leader!
09 months ago
Today, my world, my choice! Lahore launched its mentor application package.
my world, my choice! is an international sustainability training program being facilitated by AIESEC Lahore
what is the my world, my choice! program?
Taking its roots in India and Canada, my world, my choice! program in association with AIESEC comes to Lahore this fall. Our goal is to engage students to make sustainable choices that benefit our environment and economy, our communities and our world. By going into both public and private schools and teaching students about sustainability, we will empower them with the knowledge they need to contribute to their own school’s sustainability and become leaders in the future.
what is your role?
As a mentor, you are responsible for making the my world, my choice! program happen. You are the face, inspiration and role model for the students we will be running the program for. More >
Baby Steps Towards a Greener Lifestyle
21 year ago
So you read a lot of green articles on the Internet, in the magazines or hear people talking about it wherever you go. You accept that the environment is rapidly being affected by the choices humans have made over the years. You are an advocate of green living, but at the time believe going green involves a lot of changes that have heavy cost attached to them. The decision to adopt a green lifestyle keeps being delayed because you don’t have money to install solar panels, replace your cooling & heating systems with green equipment, wearing clothes made from natural fibre and purchasing organic food. To you, going green means increasing your expenses. And that’s where you are wrong!
Living green is not about the products you buy; rather it’s about the products you don’t buy. It suggests that before making a decision, you must first consider its impact More >
