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I had the opportunity to teach Environmental Sciences to small kids (bunch of 3rd graders) during this week. I have taught the subject to under and post graduate students. After few years of break, I had this opportunity. Since, lots of news about BP oil Pollution (They were going to pay billions of dollars as fine) was going on, I choose to create a model that explains how oil pollution happens and how it gets cleaned. Marine Oil Pollution and Clean Up: I bought some sand from Home Depot. I used a plastic box, shoe box and filled with the sand sliding from top to bottom. I created blue water using water and blue colored ink. It turned out as a good Ocean model. All the kids were watching with full curiosity. I made an 'Oil Barge' with simple small candle light stand on small ship shaped wooden plank which I got from 'Michaels' store. I used left over cooking oil (which I take to recycling center) and colored it with some black color. That cooking oil now looked lik...

Idiots are still killing majestic animals for wrong reasons: Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news , world news , and news about the economy Rhinos  - Poached in a National park.                                              A majestic rhino crossing  - view from my car: Tiger  - Poached in Zoo. A Tiger relaxing at Disney Animal Kingdom: For God sake, there are medicines available  now for your dysfunctions. Rhino's horn and tiger parts wont do it. Animals are not even safe in National Parks and Zoos. How one can protect these animals from these greedy morons?. These greedy mongers want to erase all the national wealth including majestic animals. Great Dr. Kalam is saying to give whatever you can and these low lifes are doing exactly the apposite of what he says. Recently, on Gandhiji's birthday Dr. Kalam  told that children s...

It is becoming norm and every year number of victims are increasing - One fire accident in a fire cracker unit has killed several poor working people. Why dont people learn from previous mistakes. What is the necessity of greed in making crores of ruppees playing with life of poor people. Safety Measures in this type fire cracker industries is Zero.  (I think when bought in bulk, gloves, masks would have been cheap and the owners could easily afford that). Pollution Control Board - Environmental Inspectors, Occupational Health Inspectors and other authorities should inspect these places frequently. I think above mentioned personnel are well educated and should do their part instead of getting bribe and keeping quiet if these industries violate the rules. Innocent poor workers are lost. It is sickening to see the families suffer because of some ignorant and greedy people. India had great leaders who had great visions. Our Mahamata Gandhiji's vision was foll...

தமிழன் என்று சொன்னால் தலை நிமிர்ந்து நில்லடா என்ற காலம் போய் இப்படி செய்து கொண்டே போனால்: மலையை, மண்ணை  சுரண்டி எடுத்தாலும் ... Mountain Mining மரத்தை அறுத்து போட்டாலும்... Deforestation Cutting Trees பல மணி நேரம் மின் வெட்டு செய்தாலும்... தண்ணீரே கிடைக்காமல் போனாலும்... இயற்கை வளத்தை அழித்தாலும்... Titanium Mining விவசாய நிலத்தல் வீடு கட்டினாலும்... Industries Flocking கழிவுகளை கொட்டினாலும்... Cancer Village , Dumping அரசாங்கமே சாராயத்தை விற்று மக்களை குடி மகன்களாக்கினாலும்... Liquor தமிழ் மீனவனை சுட்டாலும்... இனத்தையே அழித்தாலும்... Innocent Deaths கோடி கோடியாய் ஊழல் செய்தாலும்... Food Adulteration அரசியல்வாதிகள் என்ன சொன்னாலும்... என்ன செய்தாலும்.. Selling Expired Drugs தமிழ் நாட்டு மக்கள் சகித்து  கொண்டே இருப்போம்... தமிழன் என்று சொன்னால் தலை குனிந்து நின்று விடுவோம் போல்.... What we can do and are doing: Grow trees, Grow agricultural products with out contamination, Treat people equally and give opportunities, make sustainable awareness, create enviro...

Every day we hear about aggressive mining of Granite for making crores of rupees. Greedy irresponsible people who don't care about future of the country make huge mountain disappear. Mountains are there for a reason. They are very important resource for the country. They provide minerals to the ecosystem. By mining aggressively along with cutting numerous trees these people for sure, will turn the nation into a desert. In doing so, they affect the health of poor people who work there. Mining causes to release dust and radon gas that are inhaled by poor workers which affects their lungs that leads to lung cancer. Mining also can cause voids, affecting balances in rocks that leads to seismic waves which induces earth quakes. Environment and Health deteriorates because of such mining practices. With all that money, they and their future generations will be only enjoying the Desert Environment in the future. Rocks are very important for soil for...

It is been a while I posted. I was on tour to South Western USA (California, Nevada and Arizona). I had the chance to see the Mojave Desert , Yosemite Valley and the Grand Canyon . Enjoyed every minute of the nature tour and the different Biomes. Each time you see these places, it looks different. I had a chance to take a snap with statue of John Muir , one of pioneer Environmentalist. Because of him everyone could enjoy these Natural National Parks. Grand Sequoia Trees are unimaginable and one feel the greatness of them when you are close to them. These giant trees grow from a small seed. Year by year they store their history as rings and grow into these grand giant trees. All over the parks there are different kinds of trees and when you are there, you breathe fresh air and you feel healthy. One thing I noticed during the national park tours is they strongly insist to never even take anything from these areas, which is good. These parks will be preserved f...

By maintaining a bird feed you see all types of birds eating from it. Watching this makes time go fast and enjoy every nature moment. Children love when they see the birds feeding from the bird feeders. Birds can also help by eating insects and act as a natural insect controller. ( Click the pictures for slide show ) Cardinals: BlueJay: Dove: Mocking Bird: Ducks: Grey Crane: Sandhill Cranes: Hawk: Birds can help in agriculture by controlling weed growth and aiding pollination. They can be your natural outdoor pets and you can watch, photograph and enjoy every moment of Bird feeding. Some times unwanted non-bird guests - squirrels can pose a huge threat. I am not against the squirrels, but they eat voraciously and consume all food themselves. They would do any thing to get to the food source even biting the plastic that covers the food. Squirrel: Old Used CD as Squirrel Baffle along Fan light Dome: I have tried several methods to...