Since 1970, April 22 has marked the celebration of Earth Day, started by Gaylord Nelson, an American Senator who sought to put the environment on the national agenda.
The first Earth Day saw 20 million Americans take to the streets to demonstrate for a healthy, sustainable environment.
Earth Day went global in 1990 mobilising 200 million people in 141 countries, giving a huge boost to recycling efforts that paved the way for the 1992 United Nations Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro.
Since then, Earth Day has gone from strength to strength, linking people across the planet in the fight for a clean environment. Now it’s your turn. Think green and find ways to save energy, recycle used items and clean up your environment - be it at home, at school or at the office.
(Excerpt from 7Days.ae)
From the same article, here are a few ways to participate and make our Earth a better and safer place:
Green your school>> Say NO to Plastic Bags Get your school art class to start a project where students design a reusable cloth shopping bag. Get out the paint jars and print a personal environmental message on your own reusable bag and don’t forget to take it along with you when you hit the shops.>> Start Recycling - If your school doesn’t have one already, organise a recycling programme that will reduce waste and recycle materials. Hold elections to vote in classmates to become ‘governors’ of school recycling, in order to make sure the job gets done.
>> Take Notes - Create an Earth Wall in your school, where students can write down a note stating one way to help the Earth, and keep track of how many tasks you can accomplish.
Green your office
>> Stay Online - Pay your bills online and eliminate the endless trail of bank statements, receipts and paperwork. Use email instead of sending out printed documents when possible.
>> Carpool Party – It may sound revolutionary for Dubai’s drivers, but carpooling with your officemates could reduce your carbon footprint with every mile travelled. And imagine how many fewer cars there will be on the roads - the instant traffic solution too!
>> The Switcher - Elect someone to be the designated switch-off monitor and cut carbon emissions by reducing electricity use. At the end of a long day at work, walk the walls and make sure computers, monitors, printers and lights are turned off daily.
Green your home
>> Watch your Water - Take shorter showers and use a low-flow showerhead; wash your clothes in warm rather than hot; collect larger loads instead of small ones; let your clothes air dry and run your dishwasher only when it’s full.
>> Re-energise your Home - Invest in energy efficient appliances and immediately replace frequently used light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs to reduce your home’s carbon footprint. Energy saver bulbs can be found at most supermarkets and at ACE.
>> Make it a Family Affair - From the food you eat to the clothes you wear every member of the family can pitch in for a greener household. Try to create family meals using organic products, local if possible, as the pesticides and chemicals sprayed on conventional food are very hazardous to the environment and your health.
Wearing hand-me-downs may not be considered the coolest thing by kids, but if they knew the impact even an old black T-shirt has an on the environment, they may be encouraged to change their minds.
Green Beginnings
A wedding is one of the most important days in a couple’s life. If you care about the planet, why not integrate your principles into your big day? With the average cost of a wedding running into the thousands it seems obvious that weddings have a huge footprint, both ecological and economical. Going green doesn’t mean you have to compromise on your big day, though. By taking a look at the bigger picture, you can move beyond the usual decadence and consumption to create a truly personal, moving, and sustainable celebration that people will remember for years. You may even open a few eyes in the process.
GREEN TO THE VERY ENDIt’s no longer enough to live a greener life - now people are being encouraged to be environmentally friendly when they leave the Earth too. A little morbid perhaps, but true.In a green funeral, bodies are not embalmed, but are dressed in pure fibre clothes; cardboard coffins, which are as thick as their wooden counterparts, are used as they biodegrade within three months, and burial plots are in a natural setting - green funerals attempt to be eco-friendly at every stage. “People are trying to think about what’s the best way to live and with that, what’s the best way to die,” said Roslyn Cassidy, a funeral director for Green Endings in the UK, which provides eco-friendly funerals.
WORRYING FACTS
By 2030 the number of automobiles in the world will increase by 50 per cent
The world consumes two barrels of oil for every barrel discovered
It is predicted that global temperatures in 2100 will be 1.4 - 5.8°C warmer than they were in 1990
The five warmest years over last century have likely been: 2005, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004. The top ten warmest years have all occurred since 1990
The current pace of sea-level rise is 50 per cent faster then in the last century
Agriculture and biodiversity are already being impacted by global warming. Ten per cent of all known plant species are under threat of extinction
Automobiles count for almost a third of the US’s Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions - the largest emitting source after power plants
Oil and gas currently provide more than half of the world’s energy supply, and according to the International Energy Agency, they - along with coal (which also releases CO2) - will continue to be the major sources of energy well into the 21st century unless things are changed
(Excerpt from 7Days.ae)
A decade since Nitric Oxide research won the Nobel Prize - BNT paves the way for the future.
BNT, Dr.NO's Desk, Go Green 3 Comments »Featured above is a news clipping from 1998, when NO researchers were awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine. It’s been 10 long years. The future of Earth and mankind is at the crossroads. BNT Technology can definitely pave the way for a new era of green living.
An excerpt is reproduced below from the Nobel website about the revolutionary discovery of the health benefits of Nitric Oxide (on which BNT is based):
Importance in medicine today and tomorrow
Heart: In atherosclerosis, the endothelium has a reduced capacity to produce NO. However, NO can be furnished by treatment with nitroglycerin. Large efforts in drug discovery are currently aimed at generating more powerful and selective cardiac drugs based on the new knowledge of NO as a signal molecule.
Shock: Bacterial infections can lead to sepsis and circulatory shock. In this situation, NO plays a harmful role. White blood cells react to bacterial products by releasing enormous amounts of NO that dilate the blood vessels. The blood pressure drops and the patient may become unconscious. In this situation, inhibitors of NO synthesis may be useful in intensive care treatment.
Lungs: Intensive care patients can be treated by inhalation of NO gas. This has provided good results and even saved lives. For instance, NO gas has been used to reduce dangerously high blood pressure in the lungs of infants. But the dosage is critical since the gas can be toxic at high concentrations.
Cancer: White blood cells use NO not only to kill infectious agents such as bacteria, fungi and parasites, but also to defend the host against tumours. Scientists are currently testing whether NO can be used to stop the growth of tumours since this gas can induce programmed cell death, apoptosis.
Impotence: NO can initiate erection of the penis by dilating the blood vessels to the erectile bodies. This knowledge has already led to the development of new drugs against impotence.
Diagnostic analyses: Inflammatory diseases can be revealed by analysing the production of NO from e.g. lungs and intestines. This is used for diagnosing asthma, colitis, and other diseases.
NO is important for the olfactory sense and our capacity to recognise different scents. It may even be important for our memory.
Dr.Chandrasekhar has carried the findings further with BNT and demonstrated its applications in the food preservation industry, as a bio-shield, smoke filter etc.
Why don’t you try out our BNT stickers and experience the effects first-hand? You can purchase from this link. And don’t forget to share your experiences with us, just leave a comment here.
In his previous experiment with eggs, it was demonstrated how BNT (Bharath Natural Nitric Oxide Technology) was effective in preserving eggs and keeping the yolk fresh. This will boost have a tremendous impact in the egg industry. Dairy industry folks, are you listening?
Now, Dr.Chandrasekaran sends in a few notes of some more of his experiments with naturally produced nitric oxide technology through his BNT Stickers. Reproducing some of his notes below:
Study of BNT Milky Way sticker of cell phone and its capacity to prevent biodegradation of cut banana fruit in NPT (4 a.m, 26 deg C)
Protocol: Fresh banana fruit cut cleanly into two halves . One half is taken as control in plain hand and other half held in palm with BNT MW stickered cell phone.
Naked eye changes, enlarged with hand lens and digital microscope studies were done at 10, 20 minutes, 6 hours, 12 hours, 24 hours , 7 days . The results were tabulated to measure the degree of preservation offered by BNT MW stickered cellphones.
AIM: To prove the biopreservative properties of BNT MWS is due to the nanotechnology and electron transfer through the medium of human body.
Conclusion:
All the parameters go to prove the BNT MWS ability to preserve the vegetable cells at NTP for double the life time by preventing the enzymatic biodegradation through the property of nanotech transfer.
The results clearly prove the presence of Natural Nitrogen monooxide molecule released by BNT MWS acting through the medium of atmospheric air. The above technique will be useful to preserve animal tissues also safely,simply and economically eg. Human blood,organ transplants etc.






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