Walking For Making Difference

The Stewards of This Earth

2011-04-02T14:54:00.000+06:00

Around the world, large areas of biodiversity conservation lands are owned by indigenous peoples and local communities. Besides ancestral ties, these people depend on these forests, fisheries and wildlife for their livelihoods and culture. They are deeply rooted in their environment. What affects...

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Help the Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Victims

2011-04-02T14:44:00.001+06:00

On the Web Google Crisis Response provides the latest news and resources regarding the Japan crisis. The page also provides a channel for donation to the Japanese Red Cross Society, Unicef, Save the Children and International Medical Corps. Donation is done through Google Checkout, which accepts...

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Tsunami Slams Japan After 8.9 Earthquake

2011-03-11T23:52:00.000+06:00

The biggest earthquake on record to hit Japan rocked the northeast coast on Friday, triggering a 10-meter tsunami that killed hundreds of people and swept away everything in its path, including houses, ships and cars.The Red Cross in Geneva said the wall of water was higher than some Pacific...

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500 year old tamarind tree at Surola village

2010-10-23T17:41:00.001+06:00

The country's oldest tamarind tree, 500 years of age, can be found at Surola village in Nachole upazila in Chapainawabganj, according to Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) officials. Every year hundreds of people from all over the country come to see the oldest tamarind tree. Locals say...

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Biodiversity of Nijhum Island, Climate Change Impact On Nijhum Island's Biodiversity And Proposals To Mitigate The Problems

2010-05-10T00:48:00.001+06:00

Nijhum island is an offshore island in the Bay of Bengal, located in the extreme south of Hatia island separated by Hatia channel. It is a scenic treasure trove having 20 kms long sandy and grassy beach. Accredited on the estuarine Meghna river and the Bay of Bengal, Nijhum is a virgin island...

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Surface Water Consevation and Mitigation of Water Crisis

2010-05-06T10:21:00.004+06:00

With most countries in Africa and Asia facing humanitarian crisis with the inadequate water and sanitation provision that has led to wide spread attack of cholera, diarrhea and other intestinal diseases resulting in high fatalities, the observance of World Water Day every year on March 22...

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10 Tips to Survive in Earthquake

2010-05-03T17:17:00.002+06:00

1) Almost everyone who simply 'ducks and covers' when buildings collapse are crushed to death. People who get under objects, like desks or cars, are crushed.2) Cats, dogs and babies often naturally curl up in the foetal position. You should too in an earthquake. It is a natural safety/survival...

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South Talpatti; A Dispute resolved By Global Warming

2010-04-28T11:12:00.002+06:00

Nature truly has her very own way of settling things. Reminiscing the age-old saying, tide, along with time, waits for no one, the recent submerge of a tiny isle minutely located in the coastal, shallow Bay of Bengal is an ideal example of nature's supremacy over mankind's often irresolute...

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Reversal Thinking About DDT Ban

2010-04-26T00:42:00.002+06:00

Six years after the insect killer DDT was globally outlawed on grounds of environmental damage, two researchers say there are new reasons for doubting the chemical is harmful and are urging its use against malaria.In a book which was launched recently, Donald Roberts, professor of tropical...

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Controversy Between Development & Environmental Sustainability

2010-04-21T09:48:00.003+06:00

AT the UN Millennium Summit held in September 2000, world leaders came together to establish the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), a set of eight objectives, each with their respective targets, to be achieved by the year 2015. These were: eradication of extreme poverty and hunger; obtaining...

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EIU Ranking Shows Dhaka as the Second Worst City in the World

2010-04-12T12:08:00.003+06:00

Harare, capital of Zimbabwe is rated as the worst city of the world by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) of the renowned weekly magazine “The Economist” published from London. The rating also revealed the finest city of the world. Vancouver of Canada is the best city of the world according to...

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Successful Strategy Taken By Singapore Transport Authority to Cut Carbon Emission

2010-04-10T10:51:00.007+06:00

Couple of months ago I got the opportunity of participating in a training programme in Singapore. The main focus of the programme was on climate change and sustainable energy. One of the topics was the transport system in Singapore and how it was helping to reduce the traffic congestion as well as...

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Improvement of Crop Quality to Tackle Global Warming

2010-03-24T12:06:00.003+06:00

Global warming has significant impact on conditions affecting plans, including temperature, carbon dioxide, precipitation and the interaction of these elements. Climate change induced by increasing emission of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide is likely to affect...

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Drinking Water and Sanitation Problem In Dhaka

2010-03-22T12:36:00.001+06:00

While complaining about the gas and power crisis, most seem to overlook the diminishing supply of water against the increasing population in both urban and rural areas of Bangladesh. In the urban areas, even in the past few weeks, there has been headlines on stinking water being provided by the...

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Implementation of Green Energy In Bangladesh

2010-03-21T18:46:00.003+06:00

THE discovery and control of various forms of energy is one of the greatest achievements of man as energy is a strategic input necessary for socio-economic development. We want energy supply at the flick of a switch to turn on a light, fan or any utility device. In fact our way of life now depends...

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Global Warming Changinhg Natural Event

2010-03-20T14:46:00.001+06:00

Scientists have established the first casual link between climate change and the timing of a natural event, which is namely the emergence of the common brown butterfly.Although there have been strong correlations between global warming and changes in the timing of events such as animal migration...

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Impact of climate change on Saint Martin's Island

2010-03-15T20:07:00.004+06:00

Watch some photos on Saint Martin Island And Chera Dip Global climate change poses a high risk to the biodiversity of coral reefs of St. Martin's. The major threats to the coral reefs are high levels of sedimentation, cyclones, storm surges and beach erosion. Global warming is a matter of major...

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Climate change and sea-level rise in the Pacific islands

2010-03-13T16:25:00.001+06:00

The west pacific islands [such as the Territory of Guam, Republic of Palau, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and American Samoa (Fig. 1), and other neighbouring islands are among the world's most vulnerable communities...

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Biodiversity of The Sundarban Is In Risk Due To Climate Change Impact

2010-03-12T20:18:00.004+06:00

Climate change resulting in sea level rise would cause severe environmental impact on the living resources including people and biodiversity in the affected areas. There are so many coast line associated islets and islands in the Bay of Bengal in the southern part of Bangladesh, e.g. Shandip of...

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Ship breaking activities and its impact on the coastal zone of Chittagong, Bangladesh

2010-01-02T22:51:00.004+06:00

Pollutants discharged from shipbreaking and its impac Though shipbreaking has earned a good reputation for being a profitable industry in developing countries there are a number of environmental and human health hazards. Depending on their size and function, scrapped ships have an unladened weight...

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Biking

2009-12-25T21:21:00.000+07:00

In the USA it is hard to find an 8 year old, a male or a female, who does not know how to bike. Though biking is not much used as a means of primary transportation, many people take their bikes out in the summer for recreational touring. In Holland bikes are used as a means of primary...

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Community-led Adaptation Is Much Needed

2009-12-23T19:26:00.002+07:00

BANGLADESH is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change impacts. The major impacts of climate change are, the high frequency of natural disasters (cyclones, floods and tidal surge), sea-level rise and salinity increases in soil and water, which have direct and indirect...

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What can Bangladesh do to combat climate change?

2009-12-23T19:18:00.006+07:00

we need to realize that even if we diligently implement all the protocols and embrace all the best practices available to control emission of greenhouse gases, the results on the earth's temperature will not be significant for at least two or three more decades. I might also add that in spite of...

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Different Ways To Combat Climate Change(Part 02)

2009-09-13T13:41:00.002+07:00

Invest in offsets and cleaner alternatives : There is a limit to how much efficiency we can squeeze from our lifestyle or our organization's operations, or how much renewable energy we can employ. The choice for those who wish to compensate for their remaining emissions is to fund an activity by...

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Different Ways To Combat Climate Change(Part 01)

2009-08-21T16:52:00.000+07:00

THE theme for World Environment Day this year was “Your planet needs you-Unite to combat climate change”. It reflects the urgency for nations to agree on a new deal at the crucial climate convention meeting in Copenhagen in December next. Make a commitment : Reducing the carbon footprint is no...

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