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Landscape Garden: Guide for making your own Topiary garden

Thursday, May 24th, 2012

Planning a Landscape Garden or topiary? Outdoor topiaries in your garden can give a striking effect to the surroundings. Creating topiary in your garden can make the place a focal point as well as can give a classy look. Topiary garden is nothing but a horticulture art of cultivating live perennial plants by clipping the [...]

Home Garden: Design your miniature garden

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012

Have you ever regretted for not having a home garden only because you stay in an apartment? You can make your wish come true by discovering various arts of landscaping. The latest gardening rage is the miniature gardening, a technique of cultivating ornamental plants in small containers depicting various figures and sceneries. Mini gardens are [...]

Rainwater Harvesting Structures should be monitored

Monday, May 14th, 2012

Rainwater Harvesting in Bangalore minimizes the demand for groundwater and can reduce up to 30% of the water requirement. Rainwater Harvesting is a technique in which the rainwater is accumulated and stored for reusing. This recycled water is used for an array of purposes like drinking, irrigation, for livestock and other typical uses. The rainwater [...]

Bangalore Tops in water losses among all major Indian cities

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012

20 to 50 per cent water losses from leakages in major Indian cities and Bangalore accounts for one of the highest in all major Indian cities. Other than leakages, the city also has water scarcity due to increased population growth, use of usable water in thermal plants etc. It was also predicted that by the [...]

Aerocon Bricks an excellent Alternative for Construction Materials

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

Aerocon blocks are widely used in residential, commercial and industrial buildings. The current era of real estate has ripened and the clichéd bricks and mortar are replaced with alternative construction materials like aerocon bricks. Innumerable properties in India are constructed with aerocon bricks and the method is rapidly flourishing. The newly invented aerocon blocks are [...]

Rainwater Harvesting A Must to get Building Clearance in Mumbai

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

In the wake of water level in the state’s rivers going down the water supply department soon to hold a meeting with chief minister and plans a proposal to ensure that building cleraneance is given to new buildings in Mumbai only if it has rainwater harvesting facilities. Rainwater harvesting is one of the major steps [...]

Privatization of Lakes in Bangalore

Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

Bangalore city which had more than 250 lakes in mid of last century now has less than 20 healthy lakes. The reason for vanishing lakes in Bangalore can be due to unplanned urbanization, land mafia encroaching lakes, unchecked deterioration of lakes etc. When Karnataka Government and BBMP Bangalore failed to take right measures, the Honorable [...]

Indoor LED Lighting in Your Apartment

Monday, April 23rd, 2012

Home lighting forms a vital part of the ambiance created in your home. LED (light-emitting diode) lighting is recommended lightings for apartment in India. This can cater your needs of creating unique ambiance. You can create an array of atmospheres in your apartment by using varieties of LED lights. These lights can be accelerated or tuned down [...]

Earth Day Activities for Kids

Friday, April 20th, 2012

Since the Earth day is universally celebrated to define the importance of environmental aspects, most of us must be thinking of various activities for the kids on this occasion. But first, we all need to know the origin, importance and facts concerning the celebration of the “Earth Day”. Let us take you to some of [...]

Tips for Green Living in Your Apartment

Thursday, April 19th, 2012

Most of us crave to re-model our properties in India with different concepts. Few of us would like to concentrate on interior design while few others would like to convert the apartment into a healthy place to live in. One of such concepts is turning your home/apartment eco-friendly. Going green does not literally mean permanently renovating your [...]