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Our Environment, Our Responsibility: An Appeal to Action

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Our Environment, Our Responsibility: An Appeal to Action Introduction: In the entire universe, the Earth is only known planet till now, which has life on it.  Life on this planet is possible only because of the Environment. It plays crucial role in sustaining life on the Earth. We have been endowed, the air to breath, water to drink and, resources to fulfill our needs. And we ‘The Humans’ are the only living being which understands the relationship between nature and the human. The below Sanskrit shloka expresses this relationship as: शाश्वतम्, प्रकृति-मानव-सङ्गतम्, सङ्गतं खलु शाश्वतम्। तत्त्व-सर्वं धारकं सत्त्व-पालन-कारकं वारि-वायु-व्योम-वह्नि-ज्या-गतम्। शाश्वतम्, प्रकृति-मानव-सङ्गतम्।। Meaning : - “ The relationship between nature and man is eternal. Relationship is eternal.  All the elements of water, air, sky, fire and earth are really the holders and the protector  of the living beings. ” Image courtesy to www.vlr.eng.br The beauty of this relationship could be lon...
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Our Environment, Our Responsibility: An Appeal to Action

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Our Environment, Our Responsibility: An Appeal to Action Introduction: In the entire universe, the Earth is only known planet till now, which has life on it.  Life on this planet is possible only because of the Environment. It plays crucial role in sustaining life on the Earth. We have been endowed, the air to breath, water to drink and, resources to fulfill our needs. And we ‘The Humans’ are the only living being which understands the relationship between nature and the human. The below Sanskrit shloka expresses this relationship as: शाश्वतम्, प्रकृति-मानव-सङ्गतम्, सङ्गतं खलु शाश्वतम्। तत्त्व-सर्वं धारकं सत्त्व-पालन-कारकं वारि-वायु-व्योम-वह्नि-ज्या-गतम्। शाश्वतम्, प्रकृति-मानव-सङ्गतम्।। Meaning : - “ The relationship between nature and man is eternal. Relationship is eternal.  All the elements of water, air, sky, fire and earth are really the holders and the protector  of the living beings. ” Image courtesy to www.vlr.eng.br The beauty of this relationship could be lon...
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ZERO BUDGET NATURAL FARMING

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  ZERO BUDGET NATURAL FARMING   Image courtesy:- Quora.com What is Zero Budget Natural Farming( ZBNF )?   Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) is a method of chemical-free agriculture drawing from traditional Indian practices. It was firstly started by a Marathi agriculturist SubhashPalekar , in the mid of 1990s. He practised it without using any chemical fertilizers and pesticides to cultivate. It is unique model as it relies on Agro-ecology. It aims to bring down the cost of production to nearly Zero and return to pre-green revolution model of farming. Its focus is not to use the expensive inputs like, fertilizers, pesticides, insecticides and intensive irrigation. Some Unique Qualities of ZBNF v In the Zero Budget Natural Farming, nothing has to be purchased form the outside. All the things required for the growth of the plant are available around the root ground of the plant. v More than 98% of nutrients are taken from air, water and solar energy. v R...
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