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Know what is in your sunscreen

Aah! What would I do without my sunscreen. I resent those days when I have to suddenly step out in a strong sun and I don’t find my sunscreen in the bag. Sunscreen has become a holy-grail of self care routine. With so many benefits ranging from protection against skin cancer, sunburns and aging, it […]

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Dedicated to Amma: My sustainability champion

Amma, that is what I call my grand mom, an Indian term for mother. While growing up, I spent most of my time with my grandparents. We were living in a joint family and my parents were mostly at work. I remember spending a lot of time watching Amma, busy with her chores and daily routines. […]

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Plastic: A menace no one is prepared for

Plastic is a perfect example that attests humans lack a reliable foresight. It is one of the scientific inventions which enjoyed a very short lived period of glory. Like many other scientific breakthroughs plastic was invented to meet demands of a growing world. In 1860s celluloid(a semi-synthetic plastic) was invented and used for making combs. By […]

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Dark Secret of Palm Oil

Rainforests all around the world are home to thousands of exquisite species of plants and animals(most of which only ecologists and scientists are aware about). Beauty of these creatures is alluring and more elaborate than fauna and flora of city habitat. Rainforests are a world of their own. Apart from being an enclosed ecosystem, rainforests […]

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A small key to unlock big doors: Waste Segregation

This article is about yet another habit which if adopted will add a drop to our ocean of contributions which will help save our planet. We just need to tweak our auto-wired brain a little bit for it. I decided to write this in a Q&A format just to make it easy to follow. What […]

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Put waste where it belongs

It is simply about clean living. We do not want to be surrounded by waste. Most of us would like to be in a place where there is no trash. Nobody likes to step on something slimy while walking on the street. A heap of trash in a corner is simply a sight of disgust. […]

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Doing Your Bit

Climate Change is a terrifying thing. Learning about ice-caps melting, forests getting burnt, animals going extinct and habitats getting destroyed takes a toll on me. Every day I am reminded of how we have even lesser amount of time left before an irreversible impact will obliterate our planet’s beauty and nature. When I was growing up all that […]