Archive for 11, 2009

NEEM – A Tree For Solving Global Problems

10/11/2009

We had recently published a post on the Neem Tree (The Neem Tree – The Village Pharmacy) and I would like to follow up with this informative video below. The Neem tree has been called “A Tree For Solving Global Problems” by the BOSTID Innovation Program (BOSTID = Board on Science and Technology for International [...]

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Healing a scar

2/11/2009

Along Gujarat’s south-western coastline one can find large limestone pits where ashlars of tuff are being cut out from the terrain. These blocks are used as inexpensive and durable building material and have replaced the low quality clay bricks to a large extent. The pits leave deep scars in the landscape which as a consequence [...]

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