Sayan’s BlogWorld

Leave it as it is. You cannot improve it. The ages have been at work on it, and man can only mar it….
President Theodore ‘Teddy’ Roosevelt commenting on seeing the Grand Canyon
Read more about the US National Parks and President Teddy Roosevelt at http://www.nps.gov and  http://blogs.nashualibrary.org/reference/2009/09/leave_it_as_it_is_1.html

October 2nd, 2009 | Tags: climate, eco-living, ecology, environment, footprint, green, impact | Category: all, conservation, discovery, nature, science, social | Leave a comment

Mint.com (now owned by Intuit) has put an interesting set of easy to understand visual comparisons of India vs. USA. Here are the charts / graphs

September 27th, 2009 | Tags: development, economy, electricity, human, social | Category: all, social | Leave a comment

Just found out that TED is organizing a TED India conference (November 4-7, 2009) in Mysore at the Infosys campus. Check it out here

September 27th, 2009 | Tags: change, development, impact, social, technology | Category: ICT4D, all, science, social, technology | Leave a comment

Turn any water into drinking water… $20 billion can provide safe drinking water for the entire world… this would an ideal stimulus plan…. healthier people can improve their own lives and contribute to their and society’s development

August 9th, 2009 | Tags: change, clean, development, green, human, impact, social, technology, water | Category: invention, social, technology | Leave a comment

Treehugger has a great article on the hybrid car technology turning 100. Actually about a 100 years ago there were more electric or hybrid cars than pure gasoline / petrol driven cars.
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March 4th, 2009 | Tags: footprint, green, hybrid, oil dependence, transportation | Category: all, conservation, invention, science, social, technology | Comments (2)

Cleantechnica has a post on Forward Osmosis. It is better explained here. The authors description in a gist:
…conventional desalination and reuse technologies use substantial energy. “forward osmosis,” exploits the natural diffusion of water through a semi-permeable membrane. Their process “draws” pure water from its contaminants to a solution of concentrated salts, which can easily [...]

February 5th, 2009 | Tags: clean, development, eco-living, environment, green, impact, recycling, technology, water | Category: all, conservation, discovery, invention, science, social, technology | Leave a comment

CNN reports that scientists after over 10 years of research have successfully developed a new strain of flood-tolerant rice through precision breeding. Read the article to know more about the inspiring work being done to positively impact the lives of hundreds of millions.
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January 31st, 2009 | Tags: development, social | Category: all, discovery, invention, nature, science, social, technology | Leave a comment

Aaron Patzer (CEO and founder of Mint.com) has posted an article titled The Economy According To Mint on Techcrunch. This is probably one of the best real looks at the real economy. Mint.com is a personal finance site used by close to 1 million US consumers to keep track of their spending. Mint’s data is [...]

January 30th, 2009 | Tags: economy | Category: all, social | Leave a comment

Local communities can probably leverage ideas like these to implement open-source design democratized green urban housing. BTW, how can you make a paper house fireproof? I understand that by using resin / coatings you make it waterproof but how it be made fireproof like bricks and not just fire-resistant?
Your thoughts / comments are welcome. [...]

January 23rd, 2009 | Tags: eco-living, green, housing, recycling, urban | Category: all, invention, social, technology | Leave a comment