No cars in your part of town? You must be in Vauban, Germany

mandayamr - 12-MAY-2009

Not related to Bangalore ... Just read this article on NYT, and thought of sharing the idea.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/12/science/earth/12suburb.html?th&emc=th

I think that my tags of "wishful thinking" "foolish expectations" are appropriate.

Doctor saves two 200+ yr old uprooted trees...

Ravi_D - 29-APR-2009

Cardiologist Dr Ramana Rao spent around a lakh to save two 200yr plus old peepal trees uprooted on Tumkur Road.

See this report in DH: Doctor Injects life into trees.

Sign online petition to save Lalbagh from Metro

Vasanthkumar Mysoremath - 25-APR-2009

Dear all

For your kind information and necessary action from - www.hasiruusiru.org

Pictures of the protests are on flickr:

[flickr-photoset:id=72157616949941876,size=m]

Alternative to Tree 'Cutting'

Ravi_D - 23-APR-2009

We see a lot of discussion these days about this tree 'choping' business. If us, and our beloved civic agencies are really that concerned about them, why can't we look at the alternatives. How about 'moving / relocating' them instead?

Bagging it the green way

psaram42 - 20-APR-2009

 There was a big hue and cry sometime back as I remember about plastic bags. However I see that use of plastic bags continues unabated.

Ethanol - An Alternative Fuel

Naveen - 17-APR-2009

It is heartening to know that KSRTC is testing a bus using ethanol as an alternative fuel to diesel.

Crossing of Arkavathi Tore - How vibrant it was !

L.C.nagaraj - 15-APR-2009

[promoting a nice comment from Mr Nagaraj's other post - moderator]

The Future - Grim Realities

Naveen - 15-APR-2009

An interesting presentation that I came across about the grim future :

competition city ? No thanks!

Public Agenda - 14-APR-2009

How long can we live with such a Competition city ? Will cities prostrate at the altar of global capital? We need to invite investment but on what terms? Can all industries benefit us if the peace and quiet of residential life is cut into? What is the cost and who pays it?

Innovative solutions for cleaner / Greener Bangalore

psaram42 - 10-APR-2009

I attended the CISTUP seminar lecture by Vivek Menon on 8^th April 2009 at IISC. It was attended by several companies and BCCF members as well. Vivek Menon is a first Runner up Lead India contest of TOI.