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Can your old mobile help to reduce Deforestation? |
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Part 1. Deforestation is the common phenomena throughout the whole world and it threatening the existence of the human civilization while directly the only habitat of wild animals and plants. When we think of about the climate change, the pictures that instantly hit our mind are all those images of transportation/vehicles, industries and ice cap melting. But did you know( My jaws dropped too after knowing this fact), 'Deforestation' is more horrendous than all the vehicles/transportation at least for the climate change. Statistically, deforestation accounts for 17% of contribution in the climate change while transportation for 13%. This is from where the headache begins. We might have several regional/local, inter/national programs and plans and policies to decrease the deforestation rate, emphasize the importance of forest at ground level to the people around. Though the little progress can be seen we are still miles away from the achieving our noble goal. Finding out the reasons is necessary. But knowing some innovative methods and techniques are equally important if we want to seen the result quick. Part 2. Ever since the handset phones were developed, world have already made itself used to such phones. Just answer how many phones you have changed since your first one? The general life expentacy of mobile is 18 months and if you have the same set for a year, that?s great achievement. We eventually discard old one in the pursuit of finding the new one. But rarely we give second thought on how our such behaviour have affected our beloved earth, which has now become a dumping site of the tremendous amount of e-waste.( I would like to take reference to all those awesome and informative Ambassador report which encouraged me to search and rethink about the e-waste) Part 3 There one video that I went through while listening to the TED and title itself quickly catched my eyes. <Click here> for the link. In the video, the speaker talks about illegal logging and use of simple techniques using the technologies we already have. and its our old Phones. The method is really cool and is real time intervention. We use our cell phone ( charged by specially desigend solar power which are too made from the recycled products). The phone pick up the sounds of the chainsaw programmatically and send an alert ( email alert). Conclusion: So, its a win win situation where the old, discarded phone could be an excellent device in reducing the illegal logging while also managing the problem of the mobile wastes. Hence, the answer is ?YES?. |
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14 Comments
For sure we have already solution to the existing problem. only thing we need to do is recognize it .
Its so great to know Christy. You too love TED. High five :D
Posted 27-03-2015 23:59
Absolutely right Unmesh. Its a big issue but we rarely give any focus
Thanks for the comments Unmesh and Kalimbo and Jamaica. I am glad you found it informative
Posted 27-03-2015 23:47
Thanks Manav and Samuel for the comments :)
Posted 27-03-2015 23:45
yeah. I was too quite surprised and amazed that things we discard can still have such value. thank you so much Bindu di for going through the report :)
Posted 27-03-2015 23:01
Thank you so much Arushi for going through the report :)
and yeah it amazing to see we can do incredible things from the materials and ideas that are already in existence
Posted 27-03-2015 22:58
Wow, interesting! Thank you so much for sharing great information, Rahul!
It's not a super-high tech and we already have it in our hand.
It's really cool that we can protect the forests with just used cell-phones.
I enjoyed the TED video clip(it's my favorite contents in Youtube).
Posted 27-03-2015 10:33
Its a matter of e-waste, resources wastage during manufacturing, and rare earth consumption...all together a big but no so discussed issue...thx for raising the same and sharing info...
Posted 26-03-2015 22:05
thanks for the informative report..sharing is caring.
Posted 25-03-2015 04:55
A very thought-provoking, provocative and beguiling report, Rahul. It is indeed "horrendous" to know the major causative agent for the climate crisis-dumping mobiles! Thanks for the conclusive and well-illusidated article:)
Posted 25-03-2015 03:48
Amazing! This is such a great information!! thanks for sharing
Posted 25-03-2015 02:51
Wow, the report is very very informative........thanks for Sharing.........keep up the good work
Posted 25-03-2015 02:39
Wow, the report is very very informative........thanks for Sharing.........keep up the good work
Posted 25-03-2015 02:39
Wow, brother thank you for sharing Such an informative report. For instance, I couldn't believe that old phones can have such invaluable utility in alerting and preventing illegal logging.
It's time we should think not only about the degradable and non degradable waste but also of e-waste growing with increasing advancement in technology.
Keep sharing my dear brother :)
Posted 25-03-2015 01:51
Using old phones , people , connectivity(everything which is already there) and coming up with such a cool system to get alert and stop illegal loggers on the spot(real time intervention)-What an amazing idea. This is wonderful. Thanks for sharing, Rahul.
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