Tamanna Mohapatra
Learning about Anaerobic Digestion through a live tour
Sometime this September, a few of us waste geeks got invited to tour a municipal waste facility as well as a company trying to convert...
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Tamanna Mohapatra
- Sep 30, 2015
- 3 min
A Greener Future for Waste Management
Originally posted: http://greenhomenyc.org/blog/a-greener-future-for-waste-management/ All of us living or working in New York City...
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Tamanna Mohapatra
- Sep 15, 2015
- 3 min
Sustainability in the Hospitality Industry (Part 2)
Part two of this blog focuses on the observed sustainability initiatives at a few US/international chains of hotels. I chose some based...
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Tamanna Mohapatra
- Sep 7, 2015
- 3 min
Sustainability in the Hospitality Industry (Part 1)
Part one of this blog talks about the hospitality industry and the urgent need to embrace sustainability as part of an overall business...
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Tamanna Mohapatra
- Aug 27, 2015
- 2 min
Styrofoam USE in the USA
Styrofoam® is a type of plastic product made from oil. Styrofoam® chemically is Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) and is also known as plastic...
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Tamanna Mohapatra
- Aug 7, 2015
- 3 min
Are we truly sustainable?- From a sustainable city’s perspective
I recently visited Seattle and having heard that it’s one of the sustainability meccas of America; I was hoping to feel happy, pleasantly...
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Tamanna Mohapatra
- Jun 21, 2015
- 3 min
Sustainability in the airline industry
It’s encouraging to note and see that many airlines are trying to reduce their carbon footprint in both the conventional manner (greening...
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Tamanna Mohapatra
- Apr 3, 2015
- 1 min
Aquaponics Tour in Brooklyn, NYC
I was the original author of this post hence posting it here. Since then a editor friend of mine had a go at it to make it a little...
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Tamanna Mohapatra
- Mar 7, 2015
- 2 min
Aquaponics vs. Hydroponics vs. Ecoponics
This is a short and mostly educative blog piece. The idea for the piece started based on a discussion I had at a sustainable networking...
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Tamanna Mohapatra
- Nov 20, 2014
- 2 min
From Farm to Fork- The Swedish Way
I have to visit Sweden. This urgent need of mine came to light after attending the Swedish American Chamber of Commerce’s (SACC for...
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Tamanna Mohapatra
- Aug 4, 2014
- 5 min
24 TED Talks That Will Help Save the Food System (from foodtank)
Below is an article from the amazing food think tank website highlighting 24 TED talks specifically around food issues that they find...
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Tamanna Mohapatra
- Jul 13, 2014
- 4 min
Glaciers, ppm, and Chasing Ice
Hello everyone and a happy summer to you all! Every time I learn something new that helps clarify some concept or makes me realize the...
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Tamanna Mohapatra
- May 31, 2014
- 3 min
The Big Pivot- By Andrew Winston
As part of one of my course works this semester, we were asked to read Andrew’s latest book called,’The Big Pivot’. It was quite a fast...
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Tamanna Mohapatra
- Apr 21, 2014
- 4 min
Oil & Honey- A book review
Bill McKibben’s latest book with a subtitle of ‘The Education of an unlikely Activist’ was no doubt a good read. I was and am impressed...
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Tamanna Mohapatra
- Mar 18, 2011
- 3 min
Silk road adventures
I had an amazing day today visiting a silk road exhibit at the Penn museum, PA. It was a wonderful day and I decided to make the most of...
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Tamanna Mohapatra
- Mar 11, 2011
- 2 min
Year of water..a local panel to celebrate and discuss water issues
University of Pennsylvania has named 2010-2011 academic year the “year of water”(more info on that at http://yearofwater.org). The point...
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Tamanna Mohapatra
- Jun 10, 2010
- 2 min
Celebrating National Trails day in Delaware Water Gap
Last year I was not able to take part in the National Trails day which made me even more determined to take a hike this year in honor of...
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Tamanna Mohapatra
- May 16, 2010
- 2 min
Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the way we make things
The first thing special you will feel about this book is how it actually feels. And there is a good reason for that. In going with the...
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Tamanna Mohapatra
- May 5, 2010
- 1 min
Permaculture..never heard of that! (till now)
Not sure how I stumbled upon it, but I am very happy to have come across this term ’permaculture’ and learn more about it. According to...
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Tamanna Mohapatra
- Apr 21, 2010
- 2 min
Greenbelt Movement and Nobel Peace Prize
The other day I was talking to my mother about the really hot weather in my town back in India. My mother keeps complaining the...
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