National Plantation Day:
Harvesting Blue Gold
Pakistan faces
increasing challenges at many levels and with the upcoming Independence
Day, it is time to rethink usual means to address these. The National
Plantation Day is an opportunity to take action on many such basic issues,
including a dwindling green cover and related loss of water resources.
Combining rainwater harvesting with plantation drives will bring both
these major losses back to our nation.
Planting
peace
The National
Plantation day instills a peaceful message for Pakistan – a nation
haunted by violence and agitation. With citizens planting trees and
taking care of these sustainers of life, increased consciousness will
also possibly reverse the disturbing trend of aggression across the
country.
Growing
ginger as a cash crop
Pakistan
is spending millions in foreign exchange to procure ginger—a wonder
culinary and medicinal spice, that can be grown as a cash crop given
our fertile lands and varied landscape.
Organic
pest control
As promised
in last month’s issue, we are now going to take a look at some
simple, low cost, methods of organic pest control, which can easily
be implemented in your garden and are completely safe if you happen
to have children and pets running around in between your plants and
trees.
Europe’s renewables-based supergrid
Europe
is bracing itself for the future by building a joint energy supergrid,
which derives its power solely from renewable energy sources.
Climate change nosedives at the G20 Summit
Toronto
became a war zone during the G20 Summit with the largest number of arrests
in history, while leaders ditched Climate Change with inaction, funding
pledges and promises for economic tools as interventions.
Opinion
HRH The Prince of Wales’ Talk on:
Islam and the Environment
On 9th
June 2010, The Prince of Wales gave a speech titled “Islam and
the Environment” at the Sheldonian Theatre at Oxford. Here are
excerpts of his speech on how Islam values the environment and how it
can guide us for its care.
SN
Tennis National features emerging talents
Held at the
Pakistan Tennis Federation Complex in Islamabad, the Subh-e-Nau National
Tennis championship featured both established and emerging talent from
players across the country. Both the juniors and ladies sections featured
spectacular tennis, despite the sweltering heat.
A sweet and sour treat
Literally
translating to “Potato from Persia,” Aloo Bukhara
or plums are a delicious, sweet and sour fruit, with many health benefits
to offer.
Taking
breaks from computer work
Taking short
and frequent breaks while working on the computer can be quite beneficial
for your health and overall well-being.
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