Comps Electronic waste, or Ewaste, is becoming a large problem as electronics are being replaced and thrown out on a regular basis. As much as we love our useful gadgets, they can be dangerous to the environment and even our health. The waste created by old cell phones, televisions, ink cartridges, stereos and batteries release harmful toxins into landfills as they attempt to decompose. With technology becoming more a part of our lives with each day, there are a few things you can do to minimize this growing problem:

Part of the Green Office campaign - a video production by InSite TV in collaboration with SIFE UMT.

Buying an air conditioner once considered a sign of luxury, is now becoming quite common in India. Many urban homes are equipped with air conditioners in one or more rooms. But everyone who owns an air conditioner knows that it comes at the cost of increasing electricity bills. Although cooling does take a lot of electricity but taking effective steps can surely get it down. One of the main things that can help is maintaining the right temperature for the air conditioners

For most of us urban dwellers, home is a box of an apartment in a concrete jungle. Access to a garden or a park is increasingly becoming a luxury in most cities and towns. We can curse city mandarins for the lack of planning, or we can create our own little green zones in our balconies. But gardening is no mean task. Sriram Aravamuda, cofounder of Bangalore-based My Sunny Balcony, which designs gardens in small spaces, says you must be prepared to invest a lot of time and energy in the maintena

Remember how Indian trains used to serve chai (tea) in clay cups? After drinking the tea, passengers used to simply throw the cup out of the train window, which was fine because the cup was biodegradable. Today train chai is served in plastic cups – but the cups are still thrown out of the train window, and the mountains of plastic along India’s railway tracks keep growing. (The tea is not the same anymore either; instead of the traditional sweet milky chai you’re now more likely to get a tea bag and some lukewarm water). Plastic usually ends up on the street in India Responsible travel is more than just eco travel – read more about sustainable travel in my previous blog post – but being environmentally responsible is part of being a responsible traveller. Here are a few very easy ways to reduce your impact on the environment while travelling in India.