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Hindustan Times
Who’s the greenest of them all? India

Indian consumers are the greenest in the world, said a global survey of 17 countries, released on a day when the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) became the nation’s first municipal body to cash in on cutting down carbon emissions warming the planet.

A municipal compost plant in south Delhi run by the private sector ILFS group generated a first modest cheque of Rs 5 lakh in carbon emission reduction (CER) credits for its plan to keep more than 9,000 tonnes of carbon over the next 10 years by stopping methane leaks from garbage.

“In an age in which American consumerism has nudged most of the developing world into aping its values, such success stories illustrate that a publicprivate
partnership model is the way to go,” said Dr Rajendra K. Pachauri, chairman of the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change.

CERs or carbon credits are environmental currency issued by the United Nations after a rigorous procedure that can last two years; the Delhi plant was cleared in one to a project that cuts carbon emissions.

The credits can then be traded on international exchanges. Conducted by the National Geographic Society and Globescan, an international opinion research consultancy, the global survey of 17,000 consumers said India has not only retained its first position from 2009 but also increased its lead.

Brazil is ranked No.2, while US consumers are ranked last, just below Canada.

The survey uses an index of consumption habits and their environmental impact in five categories: goods, food, housing, transport and attitudes.

India’s proclivity for small cars, its relatively low vehicle density (India has 12 vehicles per 1,000 people; the US has 765 per 1,000), the penchant Indians have for fruits and vegetables and locally grown foods over imports these contribute to the score.

“India has a good baseline,” said Anumita Roy Choudhury, a transport expert with Delhi’s Centre for Science and Environment.

“Our carbon footprint is low in part due to our sustainable transport practices high usage of public transport and nonmotorised transport.”

Indians prefer motorcycles or scooters and are likely to choose to live close to their destinations, the survey noted. But, as experts note, this is changing.

“There is a huge risk if we are not conscious of our baseline,” said Choudhury. “A shift towards buying big cars has begun.

“The emphasis of transport infrastructure should be to enable public transport, walking and cycling, not build expressways, cloverleafs and flyovers meant for cars.”

Other experts said there wasn’t much difference in the consumption patterns of the rich in India or the West. The middle- class is not driven by environmental concerns but by what it can afford.

“The use-and-throw mentality has not set in, yet,” said Chandra Bhushan, CSE’s associate director.

“As prosperity rises, so does the carbon footprint. China is a clear example.”
 
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Cow dung energy indeed should be applied by all farmers and rural areas.
But the title is quite misleading, India is not the greenest in a sense that it is very polluted.
 
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I read somewhere that the plan is to increase forest cover from 33% to 44%, if we can achieve it will be great. A little something we all can do for our planet:

Don't use SUVs or big cars (ride a bicycle instead)
Walk More
Don't use Plastics
Be a vegetarian
RE-cycle
Plant Trees
Pollute less (air, soil, water)
Use solar energy, less dependency on fossil fuels
Use eco friendly stuff
Use CFLs, energy efficient
Dispose electronic waste properly
 
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I read somewhere that the plan is to increase forest cover from 33% to 44%, if we can achieve it will be great. A little something we all can do for our planet:

Don't use SUVs or big cars (ride a bicycle instead)
Walk More
Don't use Plastics
Be a vegetarian
RE-cycle
Plant Trees
Pollute less (air, soil, water)
Use solar energy, less dependency on fossil fuels
Use eco friendly stuff
Use CFLs, energy efficient
Dispose electronic waste properly

:disagree:
 
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I read somewhere that the plan is to increase forest cover from 33% to 44%, if we can achieve it will be great. A little something we all can do for our planet:

Don't use SUVs or big cars (ride a bicycle instead)
Walk More
Don't use Plastics
Be a vegetarian
RE-cycle
Plant Trees
Pollute less (air, soil, water)
Use solar energy, less dependency on fossil fuels
Use eco friendly stuff
Use CFLs, energy efficient
Dispose electronic waste properly
Dude forest policy of india says that forest cover should be atleast 33% we dont have even 28%
 
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I read somewhere that the plan is to increase forest cover from 33% to 44%, if we can achieve it will be great. A little something we all can do for our planet:

Don't use SUVs or big cars (ride a bicycle instead)
Walk More
Don't use Plastics
Be a vegetarian
RE-cycle
Plant Trees
Pollute less (air, soil, water)
Use solar energy, less dependency on fossil fuels
Use eco friendly stuff
Use CFLs, energy efficient
Dispose electronic waste properly

I dont do anything from it:cheesy:

Ride the Pulsar and drive the scorpio............thats how much greeener I am:lol:
 
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Cow dung energy indeed should be applied by all farmers and rural areas.
But the title is quite misleading, India is not the greenest in a sense that it is very polluted.

Your rant reflects your frustration, cow dung contribute equally to the global warming as petrol/gas. But you think that' the reason of India ranked the greenest. What about china? which ranked 2nd after India?
 
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im actually agreeing with growler lol

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I read somewhere that the plan is to increase forest cover from 33% to 44%, if we can achieve it will be great. A little something we all can do for our planet:

Don't use SUVs or big cars (ride a bicycle instead)
Walk More
Don't use Plastics
Be a vegetarian
RE-cycle
Plant Trees
Pollute less (air, soil, water)
Use solar energy, less dependency on fossil fuels
Use eco friendly stuff
Use CFLs, energy efficient
Dispose electronic waste properly
being a vegetation does not help the environment
 
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Being a vegetarian increases the population of animals such as cow which studies have shown recently are one of the biggest cause of Carbon dioxide and monoxide.
 
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well this is the only law of ecology i know is animals eat to survive and eat what ever they can digest humans can digest most types of meat so noting wrong in being non vegi
 
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in my district plastic covers are completely banned. use of plastic cover could fetch some 200-500 rs fine. the officials recently sealed the shop for using plastic cover... and we people welcome it from the heart... now we use paper like covers which are degradable in 1 or two weeks... jai ho India...
 
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in my district plastic covers are completely banned. use of plastic cover could fetch some 200-500 rs fine. the officials recently sealed the shop for using plastic cover... and we people welcome it from the heart... now we use paper like covers which are degradable in 1 or two weeks... jai ho India...
where is that ???
Paper coves don't help the enviornment
 
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