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Swami Nigamananda fasted and died for the cause of saving Ganga from Pollution. Praying for his soul to rest in peace and his wish to come true. Everyone should work towards getting Ganges Clean. Polluted environments can spring back to normal if proper actions are taken and followed ( One such action ). Ganges River Pollution Also saw videos from war atrocities that had happened recently. Saving environment topics are nothing when considering these abuses against humans. Only God has to give a solution for these happenings. Let us pray for peace all around the globe. We will be doing whatever we can do that is to work towards good environment and motivate others to do.

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 ...

There is no denying that one enjoys when present in green surroundings, pristine and clean environment. Viewing green mountains, water falls, streams, creeks, chirping birds, majestic animals and wonderful environment make you feel better. Recently, I visited Great Smoky Mountains and enjoyed the great environment when I was there. As an environmental scientist, I felt great to be in Great Smoky Mountains. Everyone I saw there (different and variety of people) had one thing in common, happiness. They were happy when doing variety of activities such as diving, swimming, hiking, walking and camping. Pictures from Great Smoky Mountains: Logging Photos Link Before and After Logging Pictures Link All these happiness in a green environment was possible due to people who thought about it and conserved this place. Only few years back the trees were cut and almost made the mountains bald. Due to the conservation effort by great leaders and people who thought of future, the greenery...

Recently Tamilnadu people did their democractic duty excellently. Every type of people voted to make the change. Once Tamilnadu had great leaders. Those political leaders had excellent visions for people. They had less money in their pockets. Tamilnadu was growing with the vision of those leaders. Recent leaders want to fill their pockets. Truth is they never cared about people. During their rule what have they done? Mostly increased the corruption and have no proper infra structure. Think about roofless schools in the villages. Recent leaders still follow the caste system and caste based politics. They use the language as a tool to do regional politics and curb the growth of their people. They really back off when language, regional based politics is needed to save their people. Instead they go after greed of power and money. We destroy oceans, forests, agricultural lands, trees, and soil resources. Recent leaders are mostly opportunistic, liars and aim to increase their wea...

At EA Farms, We use traditional and natural methods to improve agricultural sustainability by rearing and using effective ruminant livestock for agricultural purposes. View Larger Map Ruminant Animals Digestive System and Agricultural Sustainability Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com They work for few days during the plouging season. Remaining days they graze in farm and rest. They have very good days during Pongal season. MakeSH

EARTH DAY Our actions: Sustainable land development project is moving forward. We created swale in our EA Farms. We hope after the rains we should increase the ground water. Soon fruit trees, medicinal trees and other useful trees will be planted along with existing trees. We also thank people sending seeds in advance. Trying to bring water to all parts of the land and we will achieve that soon. We will be using minimum water for the growth. Soon we will be starting to rear animals. BEES As soon as irrigation is ready we will be making the land more and more green. We are slowly but steadily achieving our goal - From Barren Pesticide Applied Land to Organic Natural Sustainable Land. We Pray to God and Earth to make this project more success. We also welcome ideas from all who wants to contribute to Environment Well Being. Thank You. Happy Earth Day. MakeSH

02/09/2007 - Started the blog What started as a small idea has grown into bigger environmental project. Four Year Achievements: Stopped applying harsh chemicals in the land. EA FARMS SLIDE SHOW May 2009, KC moved to EAFARMS to work on the following projects: EAFARMS Environmental Project is progressing: 1) Fence around land along with gate is completed 2) Ground water source identified and borewell dug 3) Obtained electricity for the farm - for bringing the ground water to the surface 4) Apiary - Honey & Pollination - Started with 10 bee boxes 5) Planted Teak trees - around the farm and in the eco-agroforestry area of the EA Farms. 6) Hired a farm worker and built facility for him to stay @ EA FARMS. Scheduled Activities: 1) Drip Irrigation 2) Green Houses 3) Get cows for Dairy and natural fertilizers 4) Mushroom Culture 5) Plant fruit trees along with existing trees, flowering plants and vegetables 6) Crops and Inter crops 7) Extent coconut farm 8) Swal...

Oil Spills are always major environmental disasters - As we witnessed recently in Gulf of mexico. As a Marine Estaurine Environmental Research Scientist, I am always fascinated by each and every part of the Marine ecosystems and how they are interconnected for the balance of the whole earth. Now we started to dig more and more new wells in new areas of the oceans - Recently 3 wells in - GULF OF MANNAR. It is already a fragile environment with more than 3000 species of fauna and flora : Environmental Impacts The people (companies) who are drilling should take caution and do the necessary safety measures, so that Gulf of Mexico kind of spills do not occur in Gulf of Mannar. Apart from that all we can do now is Pray that Environmental disasters such as Gulf of Mexico oil spills do not happen again.

BRAIN, LIVER, STOMACH, HEART, KIDNEY and almost all organs are affected by alcohol. CANCER, High blood pressure, several deficiencies and diseases are caused by alcohol. As an Environmental Toxicologist I studied about the damages that alcohol can do to the human body. So many articles on effects of alcohol and alcoholism are available in internet. Even though these many dangers exist - young people tend to drink more and more alcohol. Again due to the greediness of people , young people's life are put into danger. This year's alcohol sale in TamilNadu reached 13 crore Rs. Kerala also has equal amount of sales. Where is the youth going towards? During my last visit to Tamilnadu and Kerala, I saw so many people flocking towards the liquor stores. Whole society is turning bad, we are losing youth to alcohol monster and it is going to haunt us for long. Human resources are going waste because of the alcohol consumption. Hoping and praying to God that youngst...

I just read this in a Tamil newspaper. In Tamil In a city called Kanchipuram (famous for silk), one elderly person (90 years old) could not take care of his handicapped daughter because of hunger. Both of them fainted because they did not have anything to eat. The elderly person did not even know that his daughter died because he himself was not in sense due to hunger. To Politicians & Administrators of Tamilnadu: Do something SOON - You have the power to help people and please admin properly. You have got enough money to build a buiding for supportless senior citizens. This would not cost much. If you have a program for senior citizens it will create jobs and elderly people will be taken care. I pray to God to give you the right heart to do atleast some good, so we do not hear such tragedies. True leaders were there long back and they have guided you. Those golden words were never followed and these tragedies are occuring even now. Senior Citizens" But...

A picture says more than lots of writing: While politicians steal (uncountable zero digits after a normal number) large amount of money, I pray to God that they do something good for their fellow mankind. One more prayer: We dont need one more senseless war. Praying to bring peace for North and South Korea brothers and sisters.

I had written an earlier blog post: Industries over Environment Just saw a program on how indusries (especially foreign industries) are built by covering dried water bodies. Even though these industrial programs have programs towards greening the environment, they have done everything against environment in building these industries in Sriperumbudur, India. Another earlier blog: Eco Vs Eco One future environmental engineer asked me the following question regarding the above blog post: hello dr.makesh, Considering your opinion on the Environment Ministry's decision on disallowing Vedanta from mining bauxite in Orissa I have a doubt. Where do you think should we draw a line between environmental importance and economic importance? Since I am new to this field I am still confused what viewpoint to take! I have an opinion that in the name of environmental protection we should not be a barrier to development (in this case bauxite is very important for us too). Please cor...

In an earlier post I had said about eco Vs ECO (eco represented environment and ECO represented ECONOMICS) and always the later won. Also was hoping that one day that tables would turn. I did not think it would turn that way this soon. Earlier Post on 07/2010 Now it ECO vs eco - here ECO is environment and eco - is economic. This time Environment is saved: Environment authorities of India rejected proposals to mine the mountain (Billions of $s), which would have affected the tribes. The government has also stopped a $12-billion steel plant proposed by South Korea's POSCO in Orissa. Earlier Post on 08/2008 What people do not consider is the economics involved in environmental disasters. Health related expenses due to environmental and ecological issues. A day will come when economics of environmental disaster will be added to overall economics. That time Environment (Eco) will take over Economics(eco). Makesh Karuppiah, PhD Environmental Scientist & Information Techno...

The Hindu : Cities / Chennai : DRI seizes 127 tonnes of imported e-waste Good these eWastes are sent back. My earlier eWaste Postings: India Dumping Ground for eWastes One more Dumping site Watch out for eWastes - they are hazardous.

Sustainable Land Development Project: eco vs ECO - Title implies that lower case eco is for environmental and UPPER CASE ECO for ECONOMICS. May be one day we can change that. As our aim is to use natural resources, we tried to bring in the solar and wind power to EA Farms. However initial queries for these ended up with huge cost estimates. We contacted a company that produces water from wind. Their technology is good, but the quote for the system was above our limits. Then we contacted another company for solar and wind energy Combo unit. This cost was also high. Our power requirement will be minimum and hence we are planning to go with regular power resources (which we have several issues also :-)) rather than SOLAR & WIND Energy for time being. As always Economics take over precendence over Environment. But we will not give up. EA Farms will conform with minimal usage of power and try use renewable resource as we move forward.

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Water for the farm. As water is one of the key elements of farming, and our land has no water resource we were all praying for the help and guidance from heaven. The prayers were always there in the back of my mind even though I was involved in other activities. 14-06-2010 Finding water points at the land. I spoke to Ravi aka captain on finding the water points at the land. This is an amazing exercise. Few humans are blessed with this power of locating the water points. Their body reacts to the ground water. Different people have different techniques, some use wooden sticks, some use metal rods, while some use water in a plastic pot. The water pot jumps around when they carry it around at the location where there is water beneath. Though Ravi himself has this capability he did not want to try for a huge land, as he has done only for building plots, which is much smaller in size. But he recommended one Mr. Ramasamy, an aged man; I guess he should be in his late 50s or early 60s who ...

I recently visited India. Positives I noted: Highways between cities - were good. Road travel is getting better ( Still improvements are needed such as Direction Boards, Solar lights, more trees on the side of the roads etc. More work needs to be done inside the cities regarding traffic and roads. It is ultimate chaos inside the cities). Businesses are blooming. Business buildings are excellent with International standards. Negatives: Unfortunately, I had to attend a funeral. The burial ground was horrible. It was not at all walk able. Cleanliness was never there. The last ritual should be done in a clean place. Here it was opposite. There are so many rich educated people living in each and every town (especially this town), I am not sure why they left the burial grounds like this. Also, I saw so many young people standing in long lines in liquor shop. I was so much worried how many resources are going waste. Already so many people's health are deteriorating be...

Next step in EA Project. We have the main person in the project area now. He sacrificed the following things for EA Project: PR from a foreign country. Senior level job at a bank IT department. Comfortable life - to look after EA Projects, Farming activities and To development an environmental research area which is even without power as of now. Hats off to my brother Karuppiah Chandrasekar (KC). Healthy Activities - Healthy Lifestyle

In 2008 I wrote the following in my blog: My View: With all the profits IPL made, they should atlease provide shoes, gloves and equipments to the underpriviliged children who play cricket in villages of the corresponding teams. RICH-POOR INJURY DUE TO PLAYING CRICKET WITHOUT SHOES: It is the third successful IPL season (moneywise)- IPL has become second to NBA based on first-team salaries on a pro-rata basis (Global Sports Salary Review). I read in news only about - main IPL cricket people fighting for millions and billions for cricket franchises. News: Pune was bought by Sahara Adventure Sports Group for $370 million, the Kochi franchise was bought by Rendezvous Sports World Limited for $333.3 million We were offered $50m to quit - Kochi franchise WIKI ON IPL Never ever read that these teams provided any shoes or cricketing materials (may cost only thousands for them) to any village school children playing cricket.

How can people do this: Bringing back Expired drugs into the retail market by fixing fresh labels bearing new manufacturing and expiry dates. As a person who loved studing Toxicology, I was astonished to see how people could do this. How many people would have been affected by this. Drugs would act differently after expiry date. It sure would have killed so many people and would have created toxic reaction to various people instead of treating them. Is money that important for these people above the health of the other person. Will this person give expired medicines to his mom, dad, children and dear ones? Please people never do these type of business. Central Drugs Standard Control Organization, India should perform regular test on random samples from market to eliminate this type of business. We have visionary leaders who wanted to take countries forward. Think about their sacrifices. Even if you cannot do 1% of Good that they did, do not do anything bad. I am sorry ...

We are in 21st century and still facing enormous amount of deaths due to natural calamities. We know about the plate tectonics several years before. We know several countries lie in the Earth's fault layers. We have excellent structural engineers and several quality institutes conducting geological, civil and structural engineering, environmental and monitoring research. Authorities who work for welfare of World such as United Nations should provide monitoring devices to countries that mandatorily require monitoring systems. These systems can monitor future natural disasters and can signal or alert people to move to safe zone. Builidngs should be built with earth quake resistance capability. Several studies have been made for earth quake resistance capability building with minimal cost. These information needs to be provided and implemented in all countries atleast along the fault lines. This type of work should have been started in 20th century even. Better Late than Ne...

Couple of weeks back I had the privilege of driving Erode Mahesh from Orlando to Tampa. While driving we had good conversation and found that he is not just a Tamil Standup comedian.He had great views over the future with excellent positive thinking. I thank God that I got this opportunity and talked about EnviroApps Projects. He said he will spread out Environmental awareness in his talks. It goes deep into the minds of people when such people deliver the message to all kind of audiences. I wish him great success.

In one of my earlier blogs I wrote: Praying to God to bring more people into Earth, who contributes to betterment of the Earth, it's inhabitants and it's future generations. Last weekend I had the pleasure of seeing Dr. Adbul Kalam in person at Casselberry Hindu temple auditorium near Orlando, FL. He gave an excellent speech and I thank God for letting me to see such a person. He wanted each and every person to always think ...what can I give. He said even if you cannot help monetarily, you can help by teaching or doing any voluntary work, wherever you live. Our EnviroApps Sustainable Land Development Project will be done following his words. Again praying to God - One day there should be a peaceful world as Dr. Kalam envisioned. People living in harmony, creating a sustainable future without any selfishness must be the future, I Pray. Please give and do Good....

Drywalls - smells like sulfur (rotten eggs) and it tarnishes metals and ruins appliances and electronics by corroding pipes and wires - newly added to the long lists of Contaminated toothpaste, lead-tainted toys and defective tires. Children are growing in these toxic environments rather than healthy environment. People (Manufacturers) - Please atleast try to do Good things...so future generations can live in a proper environment.

Good Speech: Hopefully after watching this video, each and every one of us should atleast do something good for the future. Makesh

As an environmental scientist, I am always fascinated by the forest resources near my house in India (Pollachi) and Asian elephants living there. My previous article on Elephants . I got an opportunity to write a proposal to save these great animals and submitted it to a funding agency - Asian-Elephant-Conservation-Fund : EASMSAE PROJECT SUMMARY: A. EnviroApps Sustainable Model for Saving Asian Elephants Proposal Summary: EnviroApps Inc, an environmental application entity, is proposing a model project directed to save the Asian Elephants with a committed team. Our previous experience includes providing GPS consulting to government authorities to capture dangerous illegal poachers who had destroyed several threatened fauna and killed invaluable Asian Elephants for their tusks. Also we have created awareness through our blogspot and other partners about Environmental Awareness and Eco-Justice. Proposed areas of the project -: Area (Figure 1): Tamil Nadu – India – Western Ghat...

My Friend and Great Environmental Scientist, Dr.Hatha will be leading the 2nd Indian Arctic Expedition (2009) to Indian Arctic Research Station Himadri on the northern outskirts of Norway . Himadri ('Mountain top of snow') View Larger Map Seven of them(Scientists) from different parts of India are there in the team. I am praying for their mission to be most successful one. I am also proud to have him as one of my very close friend and important contributor to our Project. Article from www.expressbuzz.com - Express Buzz Expedition to study climate change - Sudha Nambudiri First Published : 08 Jun 2009 10:59:00 PM IST Last Updated : 08 Jun 2009 08:48:35 AM IST KOCHI: India’s second Arctic expedition to study climate change and bacterial life, coordinated by the Goabased National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR), has a Kochi connection. Leading the team is A A Mohammed Hatha, Reader, Department of Marine Biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry, Coc...

Hazardous pesticides and industrial chemicals that can kill people, damage the nervous and immune systems , cause cancer and reproductive disorders and interfere with normal infant and child development. The nine new chemicals now listed under the Stockholm Convention are: Alpha hexachlorocyclohexane to Annex A; Beta hexachlorocyclohexane to Annex A; Although the intentional use of alpha- and beta-HCH as an insecticide was phased out years ago, these chemicals are still produced as an unintentional by-product of lindane. Approximately 6-10 tons of other isomers including alpha- and beta-HCH result from each ton of lindane produced. Hexabromodiphenyl ether and heptabromodiphenyl ether to Annex A; Tetrabromodiphenyl ether and pentabromodiphenyl ether to Annex A; Bromodiphenyl ether congeners are a group of brominated organic substances that inhibit or suppress combustion in organic material, which are used as additive flame retardants. Brominated diphenyl ethers are main...

Ten ways to save the environment: 1. Use less water. 2. Commute without polluting. 3. Save electricity. 4. Reduce, reuse and recycle. 5. Test your home for radon. 6. Check your local air quality. 7. Use chemicals safely. 8. Reuse and recycle electronics. 9. Enjoy the outdoors safely. 10. Spread the word to family and friends. At least picking five would contribute to saving the environment. Start on the Pick 5 for the Environment Web site You can share your thoughts: On Facebook On Flickr On YouTube More you can do on Earth Day Mail I received from EPA and I did more than my pick 5 today. MakeSH

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...

SPAM AFFECTING THE ENVIRONMENT - ARTICLE FROM McAFEE Spam mails sent (only in 2008 ) - 62 trillion spam e-mails . Energy required for processing and filtering - 33 billion kilowatt-hours (comparable to electricity used in 2.4 million homes). Emission level compares to 3.1 million passenger cars using 2 billion gallons of gasoline. Countries with higher emissions per e-mail users: United States of America and India . Article Spam Expert Mr. Richi Jennings ICF International STOP THE SPAM POLLUTION. MakeSH

What on earth is that? Space Junk and debris (NOT STARS),  As technologies increase we will have more and more satellites floating causing Space Junk especially without any regulations. We would not just be polluting our Mother Earth, but also will be polluting our space. More space exploration  will continue and addressing the problem of space junk will be essential. The responsibility falls on governments and private companies to ensure cleaner orbital paths for future generations. Without effective action, Earth's orbit could become dangerously congested, limiting space exploration and satellite deployment.   Efforts to remove and regulate space debris today will determine the sustainability of our presence in space tomorrow. Update on March, 2022 - Science Article .

ScienceDaily (Feb. 7, 2009) — Many of the substances in the most common medicines are manufactured in India and China. Some of these factories release large quantities of antibiotics and other pharmaceutical substances into the environment. There is an obvious risk of these releases leading to resistant bacteria. Cetirizine, ciprofloxacin, citalopram, levofloxacin, losartan, metoprolol, norfloxacin, ofloxacin and ranitidine were used in this study. University of Gothenburg (2009, February 7). Pharmaceuticals Sold In Sweden Cause Serious Environmental Harm In India, Research Shows. ScienceDaily. Retrieved February 12, 2009, from Link

So many bailouts (trillion dollars) going on and a news that a 93-year-old man in central Michigan, who owed some unpaid electric bills froze to death inside his home because the electric company cut the power, made me to think something is not right. However most of the world is not running smoothly now: Economic Problems, Joblessness and Wars: Problems in MiddleEast Problems in Africa Problems in Asia... Problems Everwhere! When people begin to do good things even to their enemies, then everything will be alright. Praying to God to bring that mind to each and every person in the world. Also praying to God to bring more people like the following great people to earth: Good News: So many Green Jobs are going to come. At least we are going towards a good path.

After hardwork and setbacks in the end of the year (2008), took a break to get more positive energy. I drove to Keywest, Florida and Everyglades. As a marine estuarine environmental scientist I enjoyed my every moment at Keywest, Florida. Lots and lots of beautiful marine environment. Fauna & Flora at Everglades. Driving through long bridges surrounded by water never get erased from your mind. Hopefully we can preserve these type of environments all over the world. This trip gave me more required positive energy. However seeing some gruesome pictures of children bleeding from war made me to pray to all Gods (irrespective of religion) to give human beings more peace.