Green Options » Himalayas http://greenoptions.com/tag/himalayas Posts tagged 'Himalayas' Sat, 29 Aug 2009 11:06:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en 100 Days to Copenhagen Climate Conference Marked by Ice Sculptures in China and India http://ecoworldly.com/2009/08/29/ice-sculptures-in-china-and-india-to-mark-100-days-to-copenhagen-climate-conference/ http://ecoworldly.com/2009/08/29/ice-sculptures-in-china-and-india-to-mark-100-days-to-copenhagen-climate-conference/#comments Sat, 29 Aug 2009 11:06:39 +0000 Zachary Shahan http://ecoworldly.com/2009/08/29/ice-sculptures-in-china-and-india-to-mark-100-days-to-copenhagen-climate-conference/
Yesterday, marking the 100-day countdown to the world-changing climate change conference in Copenhagen, Greenpeace presented beautiful ice sculptures in China and India to “to symbolise the ‘disappearing future‘ for the 1.3 billion people in Asia at risk of water shortage as a result of climate change” and “to show ‘the world washed away’ by glacial melts. They also engaged in several other creative demonstrations around the world to encourage climate action in Copenhagen in December.

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]]> http://ecoworldly.com/2009/08/29/ice-sculptures-in-china-and-india-to-mark-100-days-to-copenhagen-climate-conference/feed/ Himalayan Forest and Leopards Saved! http://ecoworldly.com/2009/08/22/himalayan-forest-and-leopards-saved/ http://ecoworldly.com/2009/08/22/himalayan-forest-and-leopards-saved/#comments Sat, 22 Aug 2009 17:31:54 +0000 Zachary Shahan http://ecoworldly.com/2009/08/22/himalayan-forest-and-leopards-saved/
In an uplifting and rare story from a very precious and endangered area of the world, we can see why those of us who are working for better environmental preservation should continue to work for good in all situations.

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]]> http://ecoworldly.com/2009/08/22/himalayan-forest-and-leopards-saved/feed/ Brown Clouds - Not CO2 - Melting Himalayan Glaciers http://ecoworldly.com/2009/08/10/brown-clouds-not-co2-melting-himalayan-glaciers/ http://ecoworldly.com/2009/08/10/brown-clouds-not-co2-melting-himalayan-glaciers/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:43:53 +0000 Michael Ricciardi http://ecoworldly.com/2009/08/10/brown-clouds-not-co2-melting-himalayan-glaciers/ brown clouds near Pune, India

Brown cloud near Pune, India

The legendary glaciers of the Himalayan and Hindu Kush mountain ranges have been losing volume at an increasing rate over the past twenty to thirty years. And over this same time period, much data has piled up confirming the role of increased CO2 emissions in global warming trends. Given this, it would be “natural” to assume that CO2-induced warming was also to blame for the glacial melting. But it turns out that much stronger evidence points to the impact of “brown cloud” events.

There have been other extensive brown cloud events elsewhere, such as in Central and Eastern China (which first made headlines back in 2005). They can be several miles wide / long, and extend hundreds of meters or more high. The clouds would be more aptly described as massive, moving blankets of thick haze (similar to smog). They typically last anywhere from a few days to a week before they dissipate. The clouds are indeed lethal to some (asthmatics, elderly, young children, those with bad hearts) and have also been known to suffocate livestock.

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]]> http://ecoworldly.com/2009/08/10/brown-clouds-not-co2-melting-himalayan-glaciers/feed/ Utah Man Climbs Everest to Highlight Climate Change http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/05/21/utah-man-climbs-everest-to-highlight-climate-change/ http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/05/21/utah-man-climbs-everest-to-highlight-climate-change/#comments Thu, 21 May 2009 17:01:50 +0000 Shirley Siluk Gregory http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/05/21/utah-man-climbs-everest-to-highlight-climate-change/ Uwe Gille at Wikimedia Commons under a GNU Free Documentation license)If you think it’s tough to help fight climate change by riding your bike to work instead of driving, Utah resident Apa Sherpa will probably make you feel like a wimp. That’s because he’s just climbed to the top of Mount Everest to unveil a banner reading, “Stop Climate Change, Let the Himalayas Live!”

A resident of Salt Lake City since 2006, Apa, 49, has now climbed Everest a record 19 times since 1990 — including twice in 1992. His most recent ascent was part of a WWF Nepal campaign to raise awareness of how climate change is impacting the Himalayas.

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]]> http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/05/21/utah-man-climbs-everest-to-highlight-climate-change/feed/ Hemp Makes Love with Allo in Nepal http://feelgoodstyle.com/2008/10/04/hemp-makes-love-with-allo-in-nepal/ http://feelgoodstyle.com/2008/10/04/hemp-makes-love-with-allo-in-nepal/#comments Sat, 04 Oct 2008 06:01:35 +0000 Delia Montgomery http://feelgoodstyle.com/2008/10/04/hemp-makes-love-with-allo-in-nepal/ Ecotextile News is a business-to-business magazine dedicated to the production of sustainable fashion materials. Ready to ride the green waves with everyone else, they get pretty excited about innovative green fibers. Recently they announced a new project in Kathmandu on the production of nettle fibre.

The setting is the foothills of the Himalayas. Giant Nettle, a/k/a Allo in Nepal, is a plant that grows wild, – up to three meters (or 9.84 feet) in forests. Like hemp, the plants don’t require fertilizers or pesticides. Also like hemp, the plants prevent soil erosion. In fact hemp grows well in this region too.

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