*kiran muses » Environment

Bicycling in Toronto ~ Lovin’ the ride

Kiran — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:24:57 +0000

Earlier this summer, my partner and I bought these cute, functional, folding bikes that have already become our primary mode of transportation. I used to bike when I was a wee teenager, growing up in New Jersey, while my partner had never biked before. So lately, we have been going out biking almost everyday, getting [...]

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Economics 101

Kiran — Thu, 08 May 2008 07:12:38 +0000

My dad forwarded me this pic that just says it all… Economics 101 is a post from: *kiran muses

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Care about the environment?

Kiran — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:52:24 +0000

Eat less meat Not only are meat and dairy production & processing immensely energy-inefficient and polluting, the animals we eat are saturated with hormones and genetic modifications. My partner and I decided on my last birthday (August 2007) to go veggie . It’s been at times inconvenient and at times very easy to keep it [...]

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Look what the catfish dragged in

Kiran — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 06:59:43 +0000

You never know you’ll find on just another ordinary stroll… A huge, unknown container of something unidentified washed up on a Scottish beach recently. The tank, which is 27m high, has no markings and is thought to have fallen from a ship before being washed up on the west of Benbecula. It was discovered by [...]

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The Children of Climate Change

Kiran — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 23:31:11 +0000

Children play in a flooded street after rising sea levels in Penjaringan subdistrict, North Jakarta. (The Globe and Mail) My generation grew up accepting things like AIDS, cell phones and DVDs as part of our reality. For the generations growing up today things like Climate Change will be part of their framework when they think [...]

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Seeking Common Ground

Kiran — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 06:49:03 +0000

“Seeking Common Ground (SCG) was co-founded by five women in response to a growing desire to apply their corporate education and publishing skills to topics closer to heart and home.” I am deeply inspired and in search of such a group here in Toronto. Who knows… maybe I’ll just create one! Seeking Common Ground is [...]

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Humans are worse

Kiran — Tue, 27 Dec 2005 07:10:24 +0000

An article in the Malaysian Times claims that humans are worse than any of the natural disasters that occured in 2005, in terms of the amount of destruction, extinction, death and decay that we bring upon the world.

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