Arctic Heroes #3 - Robert McClure

Arctic Heroes #3 - Robert McClure

Arctic Heroes #3 - Robert McClure Robert McClure and his crew were the first people to transit the North West Passage - by ship and sled.  They were also the first to circumnavigate the Americas…
Plastiki On The Conveyor Belt

Plastiki On The Conveyor Belt

Plastiki  is made out of – you guessed it – plastic. Plastiki, the plastic bottle version of Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki  , was carried from San Francisco to Sydney on a conveyor belt....and…
The "Mays" of Notre Dame

The "Mays" of Notre Dame

Goldsmiths of Paris, in May offered trees to Mary in the city of Eieffel tower as is written on an inscription kept in Notre Dame reminds me of Indian tradition , Japanese tradition role of…
Arctic Ice July - Update #4

Arctic Ice July - Update #4

Arctic Ice July - Update #4 Once again my focus is on Nares Strait.  This time I want to show how glaciers can be affected indirectly by sea ice. There are two major glaciers in the Nares Strait…
Jatropha myth or reality

Jatropha myth or reality

During recent visit to France I encountered my old friend working on biofuels telling me" Jatropha is a means of keeping underdeveloped countries underdeveloped"That was contrary to all the ideas…
Barcelona has all green roads

Barcelona has all green roads

It great to see all the roads of Barcelona so green:  Its a natural way of green house gas mitigation and to reduce pollution.