Green and Sustainability

High-strength Biodegradable Films from Grapevine Agricultural waste

This blog entry has been prepared on the basis of information from GlobalSpec e-zine and Paper published in the Journal, ‘Sustainable Food Technology’. https://insights.globalspec.com/article/24084/grapevine-waste-transformed-into-biodegradable-films-for-eco-friendly-packaging?md=250917&mh=72e741&Vol=Vol10Issue37&Pub=133&LinkId=2206339&keyword=link_2206339&itemid=409669&frmtrk=newsletter&cid=nl The paper is entitled as “Valorization of grapevine agricultural waste into transparent and high-strength biodegradable films for sustainable packaging”. It is written by five persons and the corresponding author is Dr.Continue reading “High-strength Biodegradable Films from Grapevine Agricultural waste”

The Amrita School for Sustainable Futures

This is a School of the Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham. Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham is a well-known and reputed multi-disciplinary, research-intensive Private University of India and has 10 campuses across South and North India. The world renowned Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi is the founding Chancellor. Interested readers may kindly see the url https://www.amrita.edu/about The academic programs areContinue reading “The Amrita School for Sustainable Futures”

Food for thought On Earth Day

Are we going to go on a journey where Mother Earth will oscillate between moderate Ice Ages and the current state of warming where we have to worry if the journey is going to take us to Venus with its clouds and their Sulphuric-acid composition? We should figure out a way to reduce warm footprintsContinue reading “Food for thought On Earth Day”

Carbonation effects in Concrete Structures

We are all aware of Global warming where the contribution of Carbon to Global warming has been discussed and deliberated upon extensively, at a global level. We are also aware of the embodied Carbon in Buildings and its contribution to Global warming. In this blog post we show-case and call attention to the harmful effectsContinue reading “Carbonation effects in Concrete Structures”