Dalai Lama stresses on environment protection
14 Jan 2009, 1925 hrs IST, TNN
VARANASI: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama exhorted people to protect and conserve the environment for healthy life. He also suggested people to follow the spiritual ways for healthy living.
Addressing the gathering of devotees and Buddhist monks at the central institute of higher Tibetan studies (CIHTS), Sarnath, on Wednesday, the Dalai Lama expressed his concern over environment degeneration and said that the uncontrolled material development and exploitation of nature was causing tremendous harm to the environment, particularly the Himalayan environment. "If things remain the same, the ancients rivers will go dry in near future," he said and made an appeal not to use plastic.
Highlighting the importance of healthy living, the Dalai Lama said that people should give attention to their health. Despite the advances in medical sciences diseases like AIDS were posing threat to human life, he said adding that the self-awareness was essential for the protection of health and environment. Lord Buddha in Vinay Pittak had given special emphasis on protection of trees for environment conservation, he said.
Chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh Dorjee Khandu along with others prayed for the long life of the Dalai Lama. The Dalai Lama also released 14 new publications of CIHTS on the occasion.
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Iowa City to consider sacking plastic bags
December 23, 2008
Chris Rhatigan
Iowa City Press-Citizen
Add Iowa City to the list of municipalities considering banning plastic grocery bags.
San Francisco banned plastic bags in 2007, and cities such as Seattle, Boston, Portland, Ore., Madison, Wis., and Phoenix have explored similar measures.
Now the Iowa City Council will discuss a bag ban after council member Connie Champion introduced the idea at a meeting earlier this month.
Champion stressed that she's not necessarily an advocate of a ban, but she thinks the idea should be considered.
"I don't know where I'm going to stand on it, but I think that it's worth discussing," she said.
Mayor Regenia Bailey said banning plastic bags is "not such an unusual idea. I think that the trend is catching on to a certain degree."
She said the non-biodegradable bags often become litter.
"(The bags) create an environmental hazard in our parks and in our waterways," she said.
read more HERE
Chris Rhatigan
Iowa City Press-Citizen
Add Iowa City to the list of municipalities considering banning plastic grocery bags.
San Francisco banned plastic bags in 2007, and cities such as Seattle, Boston, Portland, Ore., Madison, Wis., and Phoenix have explored similar measures.
Now the Iowa City Council will discuss a bag ban after council member Connie Champion introduced the idea at a meeting earlier this month.
Champion stressed that she's not necessarily an advocate of a ban, but she thinks the idea should be considered.
"I don't know where I'm going to stand on it, but I think that it's worth discussing," she said.
Mayor Regenia Bailey said banning plastic bags is "not such an unusual idea. I think that the trend is catching on to a certain degree."
She said the non-biodegradable bags often become litter.
"(The bags) create an environmental hazard in our parks and in our waterways," she said.
read more HERE
Monday, December 22, 2008
Your Plastic Footprint
This may be a bad time to ask, being the holiday season and all, but what's your plastic footprint?
You know what I mean--the amount of disposable plastic stuff your lifestyle generates over the course of a day, a week, a year.
Plastic stuff that you may use for a few seconds or minutes. Then discard into the bin, sending it off into the world where it lasts essentially forever.
A small fraction gets recycled into low grade plastic things, but then lasts forever in that form.
Full disclosure: my plastic footprint is adult-sized. I bring my own bag, avoid drinks in plastic bottles, shun Styrofoam and generally work hard to shrink my plastic consumption.
But it's still amazes me what goes into the recycling bin. And the unrecyclable stuff bugs me even more.
Read more HERE
Your Plastic Footprint
This may be a bad time to ask, being the holiday season and all, but what's your plastic footprint?
You know what I mean--the amount of disposable plastic stuff your lifestyle generates over the course of a day, a week, a year.
Plastic stuff that you may use for a few seconds or minutes. Then discard into the bin, sending it off into the world where it lasts essentially forever.
A small fraction gets recycled into low grade plastic things, but then lasts forever in that form.
Full disclosure: my plastic footprint is adult-sized. I bring my own bag, avoid drinks in plastic bottles, shun Styrofoam and generally work hard to shrink my plastic consumption.
But it's still amazes me what goes into the recycling bin. And the unrecyclable stuff bugs me even more.
Read more HERE
You know what I mean--the amount of disposable plastic stuff your lifestyle generates over the course of a day, a week, a year.
Plastic stuff that you may use for a few seconds or minutes. Then discard into the bin, sending it off into the world where it lasts essentially forever.
A small fraction gets recycled into low grade plastic things, but then lasts forever in that form.
Full disclosure: my plastic footprint is adult-sized. I bring my own bag, avoid drinks in plastic bottles, shun Styrofoam and generally work hard to shrink my plastic consumption.
But it's still amazes me what goes into the recycling bin. And the unrecyclable stuff bugs me even more.
Read more HERE
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