Our Dependency on Limited Reserves

Its about three days since the Oil company executives in India have gone on strike demanding an increase in wages and consequences can already be seen. The life of a common Indian man is coming to a stand-still.

The Indian Government is in talks with the striking employees but they still lacks idea to overcome the situation. More than 80% of petrol pumps have gone dry in major cities of the country and situation will go even worse if the matter is not resolved by afternoon.

Many state Governments invoked ESMA but that failed to get all workers back to work.

This strike (which is in its 3rd day now) has shown how much we depend on limited reserves.

• Motorists are finding it hard to commute because of long queues at petrol pumps.
  
• Public transport is also getting affected because frequency of buses in some routes have been cancelled because of shortage of petrol.
  
• Many restaurants in the financial capital - Mumbai will be closing after this afternoon because of lack of gas supplies.
  
• Flights at Mumbai, Kolkata and Delhi airport got delayed by 30-40 minutes because there was not enough trained staff to refuel aircrafts.
  
• The power plants have reduced their production because of absence of fuel. Decrease in electricity produciton will hit all sectors of Indian industries.
  

The above problems gives us a small picture of what can happen if we don't find out alternate sources of energy. Our dependence on limited reserves like OIL and Gas has increased too much and we cannot think beyond that. It took less than 72 hours for lives of one-sixth of world's population to come to a stand still !

We must take lessons from this strike and pledge not to waste the limited reserves and encourage others by participating in making a greener earth!

Green Resolution

At the time when you are deciding on the new year resolutions, remember to add one very important resoultion.

"To be more green in 2009"

Pledge for green and have a blast on the new year, with a tinge of green in your celebrations. ! Enjoy !

5 ways to a green New Year

It is that time of the year again. Time to indulge in festivities and celebrations. Even in this festive season, some simple ways can help you remain green.

1. Green gifts

Go green while you gift to your loved ones. It can be as simple as gifts like home decor made of recycled paper fiber, or the gardening gifts to encourage gardening. Lot of options are available in the market, just ask for the green gifts.

2. Have a dark party

Literally, turn off the lights and have a no-light party on the new year eve. Dark is fun, and you go green too !

3. Commuting

As far as possible, use public transport while commuting. You not only save fuel, but also money !

4. Recycle

After the party, remember to recycle everything can be recycled. Collect all the recyclable waste and send it off for recycling.

5. Pledge

And last but not the least, pledge that you will be green in the new year as well !

Happy 2009 !

Caption Writing Contest on Green Day

In our commitment to save environment and provide green energy future to the upcoming generations, Green 1.0 is organizing an international campaign to save some electricity on December 7th, 2008. We are calling this "Green Day".

You are requested to turn off all electrical appliances for 30 minutes and encourage others to do the same at 2000 hrs local time on December 7th, 2008.

Take the pledge on http://www.pledgeforgreen.com/pledge

Also, to spread awareness amongst youth of the planet, we are organizing a caption writing contest. You can participate in it by submitting a caption on http://www.pledgeforgreen.com/contest before 7th December 2008 2300 hrs (IST). There are exciting rewards for the winners. For details, please visit the contest page at
http://www.pledgeforgreen.com/contest

Hoping to create a Green Energy Future!

And it happened on August 15th!

Green 1.0 is all about the small changes that everyone is capable of making in their lives and building a clean and green energy future. Turning the electricity off, represents turning the lights on in your mind, and making yourself aware to the benefit of emissions reduction.In our commitment to provide a clean and green energy future, we organized its first international campaign on August 15, 2008. People from India, Pakistan, Uruguay, Turkey, US and Canada took pledges on the website and contributed in making their country cleaner for future generations.We will have our next event on September 11. Stay green!

Indian Express, Chandigarh: August 14, 2008

Social Apartments goes green

Green apartment dwellers make better neighbors. When you live in a green apartment, you are helping to make the world a better place for you and all of your neighbors.

We are very pleased to announce our association with CommonFloor.com. CommonFloor provides an online password protected portal for people residing in apartment complexes. While CommonFloor aims at making life better in apartment complexes, we aim to make their life even better by making it green!

You can get your apartment a CommonFloor here. To participate in the International campaign to save energy, you can take a pledge at http://www.pledgeforgreen.com/pledge

100 months only

For all, those who thought that Global Warming is still centuries away, a recent report by BBC News has reported that only 100 months are left to prevent dangerous global warming. With rising greenhouse gas emissions, the d-day is perhaps not far.

The rising emissions need to be curbed now or it will be too late tomorrow. After approximately 100 months, the world will reach a point where the risk of massive climate change will be unacceptably high. Governments across the world are trying their best by formulating policies to curb the emissions. But, as an individual, each one of us have to ensure that we do our best to delay the climate change.

Individually, let us pledge not to waste any energy from today.