Sustainability

All about carbon footprint and ways to reduce it

The six greenhouse gases listed in the Kyoto Protocol (carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulphur hexafluoride) as well as other types of climate impacts like the vapour trails from aeroplanes are all included in the calculation of a person's carbon footprint.

Carbon footprint is the total amount of these greenhouse gases produced by all human actions. The human race is a continuation of the earth. Whatever humans do, they always do it in or on the planet's ecology. Humans and the ecology of the planet Earth are constantly interacting. Therefore, every human action has the potential to either increase or decrease carbon footprints.

Sustainable Fashion

Sustainable fashion is a design, production, and retail approach that prioritizes the health of the environment, people, and communities over the short-term financial gain of the fashion industry. However, it faces major obstacles such as water pollution, air pollution, and toxic chemicals. Sustainable fashion aims to address these issues by promoting practices such as greenwashing, high cost, and buyer inertia. Sustainable fashion in India relies on eco-friendly materials, ethical production, transparent supply chain, innovation, and solar.

How New York Became Sustainable

A category I hurricane hit New York in 2012. As it lashed many Caribbean countries and New Jersey and New York states in the U.S., it was renamed to a Superstorm, surpassing even category I storms.

When it hit New York, Subway lines flooded, suburbs drowned, fires erupted, power outages occurred city-wide, road tunnels entering Manhattan got waterlogged, and 53 people died. The state underwent a loss of 19 billion USD. It was a warning; a disaster could end a state balancing on the edge of an ocean. Since then, the state has focussed on redeveloping safer water-front housing, enacting policies, reducing carbon emissions, and planning green building projects.

Designing A Sustainable Future

The country is like any other living organism. It contains its own environment and ecosystems. Now and then, like any other organism, the country gets damaged, overused, or even erodes with time. To make the country last longer, we try to repair it. Designing a sustainable future does just that. It's medicine, an antidote to improve the well-being of the country and the tiny cells (us) who depend on it. But to understand how to medicate the country, we should understand its symptoms first.

What would it cost to set up a solar power system at home?

The price of installing solar panels varies depending on the region, style of rooftop, and kind of panels utilized. Although more expensive up front, premium solar panels with high efficiency and beneficial warranties provide more potential for long-term savings such as reduced cost of electricity bills, carbon footprint, and annual energy expenditure.

Zero Waste Movement

Zero waste is an ethos and an end goal that seeks to reduce waste and conserve resources through responsible production, consumption, reuse, and recovery. It can have a number of benefits, such as reducing the impact of waste on the environment, conserving natural resources, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. India is working towards zero waste through municipal solid waste management, plastic waste management, community-based initiatives, government initiatives, and business initiatives.

Adoption of Sustainable Living in India

In India, sustainable development consists of a diverse range of policy interventions in the social, clean technology (clean energy, clean water, and sustainable agriculture), and human resources sectors. India is also expected to start replanting its national income accounting, making natural capital wealth depletion a fundamental component in its computation of GDP.

Despite extensive deforestation, commercialization of green lands, and open-air emission of noxious substances, there are endeavors by rare people that practice sustainable living. A major portion of the country's population still lives in villages, some of which have developed as centers of experimentation on sustainable living throughout the years.