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Book review: “The New Health Rules” By Frank Lipman, M.D. & Danielle Claro (part 1-Eating)
Once in a while you come across a book that’s both visually appealing and content wise sharing-each and every page. This book is one of...

Tamanna Mohapatra
May 22, 20154 min read


Book review: “The New Health Rules” By Frank Lipman, M.D. & Danielle Claro (part 2-Moving)
Continuing the book review, here’s what’s recommended in regards to physical habits. Moving: Core workout, Yoga, Cardio- all three are...

Tamanna Mohapatra
May 22, 20151 min read


Book review: “The New Health Rules” By Frank Lipman, M.D. & Danielle Claro (part 3-Boosting)
This section has some easy yet powerful medical guidelines. Boosting: Get 15 minutes of sunshine a day For a good night’s sleep, you need...

Tamanna Mohapatra
May 22, 20153 min read


Book review: “The New Health Rules” By Frank Lipman, M.D. & Danielle Claro (part 4-Healing)
This section covers overall life changes to make for a healthier existence. Healing: Meditation is worth it-use it anywhere, anytime, to...

Tamanna Mohapatra
May 22, 20152 min read


Book review: “The New Health Rules” By Frank Lipman, M.D. & Danielle Claro (part 5-Living)
And finally, the last section on making life for more enjoyable and getting the most out of it! I hope you enjoyed this 5 part book...

Tamanna Mohapatra
May 22, 20151 min read


HBR on Green Business Strategy
I recently bought this Harvard Business Review on amazon.com as a research insight into one of my papers for my Sustainability Management...

Tamanna Mohapatra
May 15, 20153 min read


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...

Tamanna Mohapatra
Apr 3, 20151 min read


Picking Up: On the Streets and Behind the Trucks with the Sanitation Workers of New York-summary
This is a wonderfully written book - chockfull of facts and empathy. That makes it even harder for me to do a summary of the book but...

Tamanna Mohapatra
Mar 30, 20152 min read


Book Review: What the Fork Are You Eating?
I read this for both the content and the catchy book title. I found a good book review for it and have also supplemented it with some of...

Tamanna Mohapatra
Mar 23, 20153 min read


Hiking down the Grand Canyon..an experience to remember and redo
The Grand Canyon, I just found out, is considered one of the seven natural wonders of the world. To me, in addition, it’s one of the 58...

Tamanna Mohapatra
Mar 22, 20153 min read


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...

Tamanna Mohapatra
Mar 7, 20152 min read


Mystic India -may it always remain so!
I am from India and within India, from a state called Orissa. Although Orissa is famous for its thousand and one temples, (it’s known in...

Tamanna Mohapatra
Feb 24, 20155 min read


Corporate Food Waste..as observed through the lens of a Food Waste Audit
November of 2014 was an exciting month for me. My semester was nearly over, I was going to sunny LA after having won a sweepstake (I...

Tamanna Mohapatra
Feb 10, 20155 min read


Tackling Food waste- a personal journey
About a year and a half ago (summer of 2013), I took a class in Writing for Science. It was a wonderful class taught by a wonderful...

Tamanna Mohapatra
Jan 23, 20154 min read


Random thoughts on Sustainability- From last years Farm to Fork event
Looking for a job in the field of science?- try naturejobs.com; not an accurate name but it does seem to have some interesting listings....

Tamanna Mohapatra
Nov 22, 20141 min read


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...

Tamanna Mohapatra
Nov 20, 20142 min read


Mindless EATING by Brian Wansink
This book was recommended to me by the person who heads the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (part of the USDA) based in DC. I...

Tamanna Mohapatra
Nov 14, 20143 min read


Teachings from a food conference
I believe Michael Pollan was the one who said food serves money purposes. For satisfying hunger, to keep us healthy, part of nature’s ...

Tamanna Mohapatra
Nov 4, 20143 min read


People’s Climate March..A positive highlight of 2014
What can I say about the People’s Climate March except that, it, was a huge success. According to EDF, (a very prominent Environmental...

Tamanna Mohapatra
Sep 24, 20142 min read


Understanding Organics Recycling in the context of cities:
When I had initially moved to Manhattan 3+ years ago, I used to get very depressed, overwhelmed, and appalled at seeing all the trash...

Tamanna Mohapatra
Aug 30, 20144 min read
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