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Third Edition of Air-O-Thon in New Delhi Organized by VProspurs and IPCA

Puneet Verma Green Initiatives, Green Thinking, News October 10, 2018October 23, 2018Air Pollution Control, Air Pollution Control in Delhi, Air-O-Thon in Delhi, Delhi Pollution Control 0 Comment

The wind will change again and bless Delhi with lung-killing toxic gases. News and media channels will again start blooming with AQI status updates. People will start blame game by passing on responsibility to vehicles on road, farmers in Punjab & Haryana and Polythene users. On the other hand the demon of pollution is going to penetrate in our bodies through soil, water and air, making our life worse than it is now.

Government, Supreme Court and National Green Tribunal(NGT) along with citizens of Delhi are devising policies and regulations to control air pollution, but impact is still invisible. Need of an hour is monitoring and evaluation of what had worked so far and what has not. With an objective of proving what is working to curb air pollution, i heard today that third edition of Air-O-Thon is arriving in New Delhi on 26th Oct 2018 organized by VProspurs and IPCA. The conference will focus on understanding effects of pollution on our health, and how to leverage technology to mitigate risks to human lives in the state.

Thanks VProspurs for inviting me for this wonderful initiative and providing us an opportunity to leverage ourselves from knowledge and expertise of great environment industry leaders.

Let’s see what experts are going to discuss in this New Delhi edition of Air-O-Thon:

Role of Business and Technology
Impact on health: Good Air, Good Health – For a cleaner Delhi
Technology Innovations: Electrostatic precipitation efficiency and ozone control technology, Use of low-cost sensors and IT
Research status and development trend of indoor air pm 2.5 contamination control
Road Traffic Emissions and Dispersion in the context of Delhi
Policy Measures: Trees for Air Pollution Tolerance/Developing Green Belts as an Ecological Mitigation

To have complete overview of agenda of this conference and exhibition at India International Centre (IIC), please visit http://airothon.prospurs.com

Bio-diversity Loss can be Controlled by Knowledge of Invasive Plants

Puneet Verma Green Initiatives, Green Thinking, News October 9, 2018Importance of Native Plants, Invasive Plants in Delhi, Knowledge of Invasive Plants, Native Plants in Delhi 0 Comment

Do you know why it is important to control expansion of non-native plant species in particular country. This is because most of the invasive plants leads to low down the growth of native plants due to which our ecosystem gets negatively affected. Let’s take example of United states, Lythrum salicaria, the plant they have imported from Europe and temperate Asia, dominates the growth of native plant species due to it’s intense speed of growth and expansion.

Most of such invasive plants disperse through wind and birds, crowding out the native species. The biggest danger is for human beings & wildlife who are dependent on native plants which are ultimately suppressed by these invasive species.

Many plants which foreign countries introduce as ornamental plants, spread extensively and inhibit growth of plants which farmers generate their livelihood from. Vilayati Keekar is one of such invasive species that was introduced to India due to it’s drought tolerance and fuel wood, but now has shown great expansion in all over India, transforming agricultural lands forcing people to seek new livelihood opportunities. There is loss of billions of dollars due to damages caused by invasive species to agriculture and forestry. And this is not only about invasive plants, but also include other species like snails, fishes and insects.

There should be holistic study done to understand the effect of these invasive species, to control their expansion. On the other hand, it become extremely important to grow native trees and plants around us. Prevention of the introduction of invasive species is of utter importance for us. To carry out preventive efforts is a big task but anyone who is doing mass plantation needs understanding about invasive and native plants.

Celebrated Khushigram Global Sustainable Development Festival on Gandhi Jayanti

Puneet Verma Green Initiatives, Green Thinking, News October 7, 2018October 7, 2018 0 Comment

On Gandhi Jayanti, Khushigram Foundation organised festival for self-sustainable development in Delhi at Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts. The program was started with lighting lamp and laughter yoga for peace. Sessions were given given by Mission Green Delhi members Ranju Minhas for waste management, vertical and kitchen garden by Pravin Mishra.

Ajit Kumar, Founder of Khushigram Foundation, launched his book on happy living. Sustainable Development experts shared their thoughts. And then program proceeded with Sustainable Development awards. Also children participated in creative writing and painting contest and were given awards.