How many of you, or even someone you are acquainted to, have the habit of using environmentally-friendly bags? I tell you, it’s not ludicrous answering ‘none’. What is the reason behind this? Just Today, I can recollect vaguely, that I saw a mother with her daughter as I walked past a supermarket. They must have done […]
Workplace flexibility leads to healthier lifestyle
It has been proved that a flexible work life, including telecommuting and job shares, is good for your health. So now you have one more reason to ask for workplace flexibility from your boss. Researchers have proved scientifically that if companies provide workplace flexibility and if employees perceive that flexibility as real, then healthier […]
Car-free day should be celebrated to avoid pollution
Car Free Day is celebrated on September 22. The concept, which originated during the 1960s emerged as a strong movement during the 1990s in the U.K. and Germany. Busy shopping streets were closed to four wheeled vehicles. This was done to reduce traffic jams and to enhance pedestrians’ easy mobility. No one then thought that […]
Greenpeace Issues BlackList of Electronics Companies
Greenpeace issued the 2007 rankings of electronics companies according to how environmentally friendly they are. Sony Ericsson was named as the most environmentally friendly company, pipping Nokia from its post. Nokia sank to ninth place. At the bottom of Greenpeace’s list of environmentally friendly electronics manufacturers is Nintendo. This company is, in Greenpeace’s words ‘very […]
Park built on rubble opens
A recreation park built on rubble of the 2005 earthquake was inaugurated here on Wednesday. US Agency for International Development Mission Director for Pakistan Ms Anne Aarnes and ERRA deputy chief Lt-Gen Nadeem Ahmed performed the inauguration of Makri Park, named after the area in which it is located. Around 40,000 square feet of land […]
NEW PX5 LCD TV SERIES
Sharp India Limited, a subsidiary of Sharp Corporation, Japan, launches in India its latest range of AQUOS LCD Televisions. These Televisions employ the latest LCD panels made from the 8th-generation mother glass substrate manufactured at Sharp’s second Kameyama Plant in Japan, which started operations in August 2006. The latest Sharp AQUOS LCD TVs include […]