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Cost Effective Solution to save Coconut trees during forth coming water scarcity months due to El Niño : Olla Irrigation - Ancient Wisdom for Modern Droughts. 🏺 Echoes of Ancient Clay pot Irrigation Long before the term olla entered agricultural vocabulary, ancient Tamil farmers practiced remarkably similar methods. In Sangam‑era Tamilakam, clay vessels called “ māṇ paṇai ” or “kulam paṇai” were used to store and seep water near tree roots - especially for coconut, banana, and areca palms.   These pots were often placed in earthen basins (thottam) lined with coir, husk, and leaf mulch, creating a natural moisture‑retention system. Inscriptions and temple garden records from regions like Pollachi, Thanjavur, and Madurai mention such paṇai neer vaḻi (pot‑water channels) as part of sustainable irrigation networks.  This continuity of wisdom - from ancient Tamil pot irrigation to modern olla systems -  shows how indigenous knowledge can guide regenerative farming in the...

Twenty First Century Life

How every one should live in twenty first century: With all the development and sophistication everyone should live in A place with fresh air, A place with clean water, Fresh Air and Clean Water A place where one can produce, eat unadulterated and non artificial chemical induced food. Artificial Chemical Free Foods - Mangoes from EA FARMS An Earth with no wars, racial and religious tensions. A place with no greed, where everyone helps each other and join hands to work towards betterment of Environment (incl. Flora and Fauna) and Human Kind. A World where poverty does not exist. Need truthful leaders who want to give good to people. All the above points look like a dream now. What have human kind done and What is really happening: POLLUTION IS KILLING MORE PEOPLE (I did some google image search (research) on each topic), you can also search and the results would cause heart aches. Air Pollution  is at highest level - see the map . Wa...

Fire from cell phone component industry in Tamilnadu – Environmental Effects - Air Pollution

No one was injured from the industrial fire – that is good news. However the fire burnt inflammable paints, other chemicals and sent smokes all over. This should have caused some damage to the air quality. Lots of people are living around that area and lots of agricultural lands are there near that area (Recently visited that place). Severe Environmental Damage would occur due to this. Tamilnadu Pollution Control Board should assess this damage. News about the Fire People from Finland were worried about the job loss when Perlos moved the jobs to a developing country. Perlos Job loss in Finland However it is only jobs they lost, Think about the Environmental Damage this fire has caused. The Environmental hazard that has happened to Environment and air quality of Tamilnadu is more damaging than just losing few jobs. This area is an agricultural area and this would not only damage crops but also affect the health of the people. Hazardous air pollutants will be inhaled by people ...

Most Polluted in United States Air, Water and Land

Air: Los Angeles particle pollution and ozone pollution Air: Bakersfield, California particle pollution and for ozone Air: Pittsburgh particle pollution Water: Streams and Headwaters in Appalachia mountaintop removal mining Head Water Destruction Water: Gulf of Mexico excess nutrients such as nitrates and phosphates HYPOXIA Water: Chesapeake Bay urban and agricultural resources," she says. "There's runoff from large factory farms, including large poultry farms, and raw sewage from Washington D.C. My Ph.D Research: Toxicity Studies on Chespeake Bay Tributaries. My research was one of the pioneer research on sediments of Chesapeake Bay Tributaries and it indicated that one of the river - Pocomoke River (Later to my study Massive fish kills occured in this river) was highly contaminated with runoff including large poultry farms. Land: The Nelson Tunnel, Creede, Colorado Superfund Site Heavy metals arsenic, cadmium, lead and zinc Land: Iron King Min...