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Looking Back - My Week of Environmentally Responsible Living

November 6, 2009

Posted by Shravya Reddy in Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming

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carbondioxide, carbonfootprint, climatechange, energy, globalwarming, noimpactweek, showerhead, sustainability, temperature, thermostat, vegan

No Impact Week is long over, but unfortunately I haven't had a chance to blog and record my experiences during the last few days of the effort. Things got seriously busy, but here I am, back in action now, and...continued

Days 3 and 4 – My Week of Environmentally Responsible Living

October 22, 2009

Posted by Shravya Reddy in Living Sustainably

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bicycling, carbonfootprint, climatechange, emissions, noimpactweek, organicfarming, simplesteps, sustainability, transport, vegan, vegetarianism, water

For those participating in No Impact Week, Tuesday was all about transportation and taking action on any one environmental issue, and Wednesday's focus was on eating sustainably and making the best food choices. I wish I could say that I...continued

Day 2 Assessment – My Week of Environmentally Responsible Living

October 20, 2009

Posted by Shravya Reddy in Living Sustainably

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carbonfootprint, climatechange, energy, india, newdelhi, newyork, recycling, sustainability, transport, trash, vegan, waste

Monday's goal for all those participating in No Impact Week (or as I call it, my Tread Lightly Week) was to minimize trash, and to monitor one's own production of trash and waste. I think I managed pretty well, in...continued

Walking the Talk – My Week of Environmentally Responsible Living

October 19, 2009

Posted by Shravya Reddy in Living Sustainably

Tags:
carbonfootprint, climatechange, consumption, energy, food, globalwarming, noimpactweek, renewables, simplesteps, toxics, vegetarianism, water

My first thought when I learned of No Impact Week was, "Why couldn't this have been three weeks ago, when I was in Alaska?!" My carbon footprint that week would certainly have been admirably low, with the credit going to...continued

The Indian Monsoon and the Economy: how a changing climate could turn the waltz into a danse macabre

June 29, 2009

Posted by Shravya Reddy in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
adaptation, agriculture, climatechange, drought, economy, flood, gdp, globalwarming, india, mitigation, monsoon, rainfall, water

The Indian monsoon was late by more than two weeks this year, and steadily decreasing rainfall estimates for the rest of the season have raised the specter of drought in India for the first time since 2002. In mid-June, water...continued

The Indian Diet: Unintended Beneficial GHG Impacts?

June 17, 2009

Posted by Shravya Reddy in Living Sustainably

Tags:
climatechange, cuisine, diet, emissions, food, globalwarming, greenhousegas, greenliving, india, lifestyle, livestock, meat, nutrition, vegetarianism

  That the livestock industry - sustained by meat and poultry consumption by people - contributes significantly to climate change is not really up for debate. Any questions that remained were quelled by the FAO report in 2006, Livestock's Long...continued

India - Attention to Climate Change is Need of the Hour

June 5, 2009

Posted by Shravya Reddy in Solving Global Warming

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chikungunya, climatechange, copenhagen, dengue, drought, floods, foodsecurity, glaciers, globalwarming, himalaya, india, malaria, manmohansingh, monsoon, poverty, pratibhapatil

 What better day to start this blog than on World Environment Day (June 5th)! To paraphrase an old adage, "Every Day is Environment Day" for us environmentalists, but a day like today is nevertheless significant, as it provides an opportunity...continued

Shravya Reddy
Shravya Reddy
Special Executive Associate
New York
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