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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”

Interesting products from Nanokriti Private Ltd., India

The technology and product details are posted in the articulation presented below A nano-bubble is a breakthrough technology in the Gas liquid system. This can revolutionize processes like – Aeration, Water treatment, Gas-liquid mixing, Flotation, Drip irrigation, Bio-film renewal, Anaerobic Digestion, Carbon-di-oxide Capture. These processes can be found in applications like  Horticulture, Agriculture, Aqua culture,Continue reading “Interesting products from Nanokriti Private Ltd., India”

About SugarCrete Building Material

A very interesting Construction technology article that came in Constrofacilitator. This talks about an innovative technology derived from bagasse, a waste generated during the manufacturing of cane sugar.https://constrofacilitator.com/indias-first-sugarcrete-classroom-in-noida/?utm_campaign=IN-BRIEF&utm_medium=email&utm_source=SVCN

One Water One Soil and One Health

This day long seminar conducted by IEEE Standards Association and CDAC in Bangalore on 4th July 2025.Important takeaways from the presentations were:– Sustainability research is Inter-disciplinary;– Need to break past research Silos;– It is important to solve Farmers problems in Agriculture; and– Surveillance of Diseases is important, especially True after SARS, MERS and Covid outbreaksContinue reading “One Water One Soil and One Health”

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”

Factors Shaping Effective Green Strategies

This is a summary of the discussion Professor Alex Pfaff of Duke University had with Srijana Mitra Das of Times Evoke in March 2024. He is a Professor of Public Policy, Economics and Environment. He is essentially an Economist working with different disciplines. His take is that ‘From debt relief for nature to the biggestContinue reading “Factors Shaping Effective Green Strategies”