Tamanna Mohapatra

Sometime this September, a few of us waste geeks got invited to tour a municipal waste facility as well as a company trying to convert...

Originally posted: http://greenhomenyc.org/blog/a-greener-future-for-waste-management/ All of us living or working in New York City...

Part two of this blog focuses on the observed sustainability initiatives at a few US/international chains of hotels. I chose some based...

Part one of this blog talks about the hospitality industry and the urgent need to embrace sustainability as part of an overall business...

Styrofoam® is a type of plastic product made from oil. Styrofoam® chemically is Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) and is also known as plastic...

I recently visited Seattle and having heard that it’s one of the sustainability meccas of America; I was hoping to feel happy, pleasantly...

It’s encouraging to note and see that many airlines are trying to reduce their carbon footprint in both the conventional manner (greening...

I was the original author of this post hence posting it here. Since then a editor friend of mine had a go at it to make it a little...

This is a short and mostly educative blog piece. The idea for the piece started based on a discussion I had at a sustainable networking...

I have to visit Sweden. This urgent need of mine came to light after attending the Swedish American Chamber of Commerce’s (SACC for...

Below is an article from the amazing food think tank website  highlighting 24 TED talks specifically around food issues that they find...

Hello everyone and a happy summer to you all! Every time I learn something new that helps clarify some concept or makes me realize the...

As part of one of my course works this semester, we were asked to read Andrew’s latest book called,’The Big Pivot’.  It was quite a fast...

Bill McKibben’s latest book with a subtitle of ‘The Education of an unlikely Activist’ was no doubt a good read. I was and am impressed...

I had an amazing day today visiting a silk road exhibit at the Penn museum, PA. It was a wonderful day and I decided to make the most of...

University of Pennsylvania has named 2010-2011 academic year the “year of water”(more info on that at http://yearofwater.org). The point...

Last year I was not able to take part in the National Trails day which made me even more determined to take a hike this year in honor of...

The first thing special you will feel about this book is how it actually feels. And there is a good reason for that. In going with the...

Not sure how I stumbled upon it, but I am very happy to have come across this term ’permaculture’ and learn more about it. According to...

The other day I was talking to my mother about the really hot weather in my town back in India. My mother keeps complaining the...