Life Beyond Sunlight “The use of energy from sunlight by plants doing photosynthesis is the basis of life on earth” This is a quote from the Biology NCERT textbook of Class 11th. It may now be time to change this statement. Scientists from the University of California have come up with ‘Artificial Photosynthesis’ that does …
Ozone: A small step towards righting our wrongs A whopping 99 per cent of the banned ozone-depleting substances have been phased-out, reveals the UN-backed Scientifc Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2022. This positive outcome is the result of the Montreal Protocol, an international treaty designated to protect the ozone layer that was agreed upon back in …
Medical Waste Can Impact The Environment Severely The mismanagement of medical waste has dire consequences on the environment. Though 85% of medical waste can be categorised as non-hazardous according to WHO, the remaining 15% could be toxic, radioactive or infectious that pose a huge threat to the environment and public health. Being hazardous and sensitive …
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Discovering local issues in Madurai A three-day comics workshop was organized by World Comics India in association with DHAN Foundation and HCL Foundation in which around 47 participants took part. The group, consisting of NGOs workers and college students, raised a whole lot of issues related to the local environment. They discussed ideas like switching …
Healing with animals Animal therapy or pet therapy refers to the use of animals as a way to help people cope with and recover from some physical and mental health conditions. Animal therapy builds on a concept called the human-animal bond, which describes people’s desire to interact with and relate to animals. Although it is …
A proud moment for HCL Foundation’s water conservation efforts HCL Foundation is proud to have participated in the historic UN 2023 Water Conference, as part of its ofcial side-events agenda, in a session on ‘PPP Model for Rainwater Harvesting and Enhancing Native Biodiversity– Use Cases from India,’ that saw participation from cross-sectional, multi-stakeholder groups united …
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Brining back to life a lost pond The lost ‘Oorani’ Nila Oorani (pond) located in Madurai Corporation (Tamil Nadu), slowly vanished from the memories of the locals and the corporation itself, except in revenue records when HCL Foundation, in partnership with DHAN Vayalagam Foundation with the support of Madurai Corporation and the revenue department took …
Restoring the health of waterbodies To revive and ecologically restore freshwater lakes and ponds across the country, Environmentalist Foundation of India (E.F.I) partnered with HCL Foundation in 2018 to restore Kannagi Nagar Pond and the Alli Kulam in Chennai. Through this association, the organization was able to create a positive impact in the neighborhood where …
Saving lakes in Delhi NCR region For more than 3 years now, HCL Foundation has been collaborating with Green Yatra to rejuvenate lakes & ponds around Delhi NCR region. The partnership began in 2019 with the restoration of Chauganpur lake which was flled with invasive weeds, garbage thrown by locals and with little to no …
Climate change, primarily a water crisis. Climate change is disrupting weather patterns, leading to extreme weather events, unpredictable water availability, worsening water scarcity, and contaminating water supplies. Moreover, increasing global temperatures cause water to evaporate and hence more frequent, heavy, and intense rains in the coming years. This will lead to more foods since more …
