So tweet the Earth
'ek chidiya, anek chidiyaN; dana chugne baith gayee thi .....' The song conjures up childhood imagery, memories of an entire generation that was still lucky to learn the lessons of life from Mother Nature. For all others who couldn't strike a chord yet, 'ek chidiya, anek chidiyaN' translates to 'a lovely bird and many such lovely birds....'. Those are the opening lines of a beautifully animated song that encouraged harmony and unity in diversity, the mottos that best describe India, through a delightful cameo from Nature.
Most of us used to take delight in watching birds paying us a visit in our very own habitats during our childhood, when todays cities were still attractive enough for nature to cast its beautiful spell with changing seasons, colors, flowers and more. However, all such pleasures of nature are strangers to our cities now. Its something that we have done ourselves, still doing, depriving our younger generations of all such pleasure.
The greater irony is, we seek solace in the virtual worlds. Our bird song comes from MP3s, our greenery in screensavers. And tweet on the web mimicking nature. As we use these products, as we live a synthetic life, we need to think, rethink how our life is affecting our world, our Nature. As creative people, its time we thought about how our creations, the products and services we create and we use impact our world.
Boycott Bad-Design Contest'09 Entries Preview
This elegant design didn't take much room as it appears, but in worst case circumstances, it may easily take one's life into the skies.
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Even today, street lighting is done with conventional bulbs from the past. They are less efficient compared to fluorescent lighting, even less compared to compact fluorescent lamps.
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2009 - 09.20.
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A bookshelf is to keep books in the right shape over the time.
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2009 - 09.20.
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Cigarette smoking is injurious to health. It not only affects the person who is smoking but also harmful to the people around the active smoker in the name of proven 'passive smoking'.
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2009 - 09.20.
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Plates, cups, saucers and other tableware that are made of plastic are not biodegradable, It is possible to decompose ceramic forms but at an expense.
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2009 - 09.20.
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Introducing side middle berths in Indian Railways may have increased the number of passengers.
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2009 - 09.20.
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Opening the tail gate of Maruti 800 is difficult.
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2009 - 09.20.
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Usage of paper napkins for cleaning purpose is increasing at an alarming rate. This again results in rapid deforestation.
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2009 - 09.20.
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