Israel - No Gasoline cars by 2015

Israel is optimistic in moving entirely to hybrid, electric powered cars by 2015. Then it would be the world's 1st country in such a venture

Green Carbon

Untouched forests store 3 times more CO2 than previously estimated and 60% more than plantation forests.

Green carbon occurs in natural forests
Brown carbon occurs in Industrialised forests or plantations
Grey carbon in fossil fuels
Blue carbon in oceans

500 tonnes of trees cut in Tamilnadu

Its sad fact that daily 500 tonnes of trees are cut down for domestic use.

We need to put in efforts for afforestation.

Leafy Green Vegetables: It's Time to Go Green

Leafy Green Vegetables: It's Time to Go Green by Ricki Heller Originally a subsistence food in the American South, greens are one of the richest sources of nutrients in the vegetable kingdom. Yet many of us still regularly stroll past those deeply colored, exotic-looking leaves in the produce aisle. From familiar varieties like spinach to lesser-known such as mizuna or kale, greens offer great nutrition, delicious taste, and an uplifting burst of color all in one package—so why not give them a try? Most greens are an excellent source of cancer-fighting antioxidants, high in beta-carotene (which is converted to vitamin A in the body), folic acid and iron, and provide substantial amounts of fibre and chlorophyll (which lends them their deep emerald hue). Chlorophyll, besides being a blood purifier, is also known to help populate “good” intestinal bacteria, and so could be useful for those fighting candida. For individuals on a dairy-free diet, greens are a substantial source of calcium as well.

One drawback in some greens (notably spinach) are oxalates, substances that bind to calcium and prevent the body from absorbing it fully. Adding vitamin D to your diet will help counteract this effect, as will cooking to neutralize some of the oxalates. Similarly, adding vitamin C (or other acids such as apple cider vinegar, in a dressing) to the greens makes the minerals more bioavailable, or more easily assimilated by the body.

good night

Reduction of sleep by just 1 hour will reduce the awareness in the daytime by 22%!.

Save petrol in yraffic signals

Had read recently in a newspaper that, if the car ac is running when the car is stalling in a traffice signal, the amount of fuel consumed / minute = amount of fuel required to cover 1 KM distance. So lets switch off car ac during long signals.

OFFICE TELEPHONES !

Read in the newspaper that

Toilet seat has only 40 germs / sq.inch. But an office telephone has around 21,000 germs / sq.inch. Unbelievable. so lets be careful about public telephones...