Global Q&A: ‘What environmental innovations have you seen in your country?’

Shyamala Suresh, 23, Consultant, Bangalore, India. Indians, in the face of an environmental disaster are tailor fitting past practices—tailoring them to suit the prevailing situation. For example, Mr. Manshukbhai Prajapati, a man from a small village, has launched mitti cool—a range of household items, which includes a natural refrigerator ... [that] is an improvisation on the use of earthen utensils to keep things cool. To manage their huge amounts of waste Bangaloreans are advocating source segregation with innovative methods of home composting and recycling. ... India is slowly and steadily heading into the future, taking with it, valuable lessons from its rich past. (The Epoch Times)

To nurture the environment, countries around the world are turning to past practices of conservation as well as modern practices, such as solar power plants. This is what Epoch Times reporters from Dubai to Sweden discovered when they asked locals:

“What environmental innovations have you seen in your country?”

 

Look for the Global Q&A column every week. Epoch Times correspondents interview people around the world to learn about their lives and perspectives on local and global realities. Next week’s global question: “How is the economic outlook for 2013 in your country?”