Geotextile Fabric: A Sustainable Solution for Environmental Protection

Welcome to the world of geotextile fabric – a game-changer in sustainable environmental protection! As we navigate towards more eco-conscious practices, finding solutions that not only benefit our landscapes but also preserve our planet is essential. Geotextile fabric emerges as a versatile and effective tool in this quest for sustainability. Let’s delve into the realm of geotextile fabric, exploring its various types, uses, and how it contributes to safeguarding our environment.

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Costs and Benefits of Double Storey Extensions: Is It Right for You?

Homeowners often contemplate about the next step in increasing the space and value of their property. A popular solution that comes to mind is a double storey extension. However, it can be a daunting project to undertake without ample consideration and analysis of its costs and benefits. This post will delve deeper into these factors to help you decide if a double storey extension is right for you.

The Costs

Firstly, let’s speak the language of money. While costs vary depending on the property’s specific needs and your location, a double storey extension typically incurs a more significant expense than a single storey alternative. Standard costs include architect fees, groundwork, materials, and labour. Moreover, the overall project cost of…

Experience The Magic: Best Family Adventure Tours and Holidays & Travel Ideas

India, with its rich cultural heritage and stunning landscapes, is the perfect place for a family adventure holiday that combines fun and discovery in one plan. From the glorious palaces of Rajasthan to colorful festivals that are celebrated all over the country, there is something the whole family can enjoy. We have put together one a local tour guide that will walk you through all the best time together as a family tips in India which is sure to help lay out a plan for your well-anticipated cultural experience. And to sweeten the trip even more make sure to access that is available online from any place in India.

Popular Family Adventures and Destinations in India
Live Like Royalty: Stays in Heritage Forts and Palaces For An Unforgettable Travel Experience

The best relaxat…

POLITICS: UN Bodies Survive US Funding Threats

Thalif Deen

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 9 2006 (IPS) – The United States, a major funder of the United Nations and its myriad agencies, has a longstanding notoriety for exercising its financial clout to threaten U.N. bodies refusing to play ball with Washington.
Back in 1984, it withdrew from the Paris-based U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), citing disagreement over its management, and also opposing a proposed plan for the creation of a new international information order.

The withdrawal resulted in a substantive 25 percent U.S. cut in UNESCO s annual 180-million-dollar budget. But despite the sharp cut, UNESCO continued to survive minus the United States. In 2003, however, Washington returned to the fold, arguing it could live with the then new…

ENVIRONMENT: Critics Weigh In as IFC Tightens Mining Rules

Abid Aslam

WASHINGTON, Sep 10 2007 (IPS) – The International Finance Corporation (IFC) faces pointed criticism in coming days as an effort to lessen the damage wrought by large mining projects enters a new phase.
Mining pollution in the Philippines Credit: IUCN/CEESP

Mining pollution in the Philippines Credit: IUCN/CEESP

At issue are updates and enhancements to environmental, health, and social guidelines from the World Bank s private sector arm. Green groups and international charities say the proposed changes lack adequate standards in critical areas such as water contamination and the disposal of toxic …

FINANCE: Critics Press IMF on Social Spending

Abid Aslam

WASHINGTON, Oct 4 2007 (IPS) – When Dominique Strauss-Kahn takes over as head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) next month, he will confront demands for the agency to more actively support health and education spending in the world s poorest countries.
Strauss-Kahn has pledged to revitalise the fund s development efforts as IMF managing director.

Africa Action and 100-plus other pressure groups, in a letter to the former socialist finance minister from France, demand decisive action within the first 100 days of his five-year term, due to start Nov. 1.

If Mr. Strauss-Khan is serious about IMF reform, these issues must be at the top of his agenda, said Marie Clarke Brill, interim executive director at Washington-based Africa Action.

Th…

PAKISTAN: Emergency Contraception More Popular, But Myths Abound

KARACHI, Pakistan, Mar 2 2010 (IPS) – The first time he and his wife had an ‘accident’, 40-year-old Kamran Rehman worried that they may have inadvertently paved the way for child number three. A chemist he consulted, however, recommended that his wife try the emergency contraceptive pill (ECP).
She did. Today, Rehman and his wife Aasia still have two daughters. Says Aasia Rehman: It was a big relief for both of us as we don’t plan to have another child.

It’s good to have a back-up in case of a mistake or an accident, she adds, confessing she has taken the drug when we were short of condoms at home and still had sex .

The ECP is essentially a high dose of female hormones – estrogen and progestin – that are normally in the daily-use oral contraceptive pi…

Aung San Suu Kyi: A Leader in Denial?

UNITED NATIONS, Sep 20 2017 (IPS) – After finally breaking silence with a much anticipated address on the ongoing crisis in Rakhine State, Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has disappointed the world as she refuses to acknowledge the plight of her country’s Rohingya community.

Aung San Suu Kyi

In a 30-minute televised address, Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi said that her government does not fear “international scrutiny” over its management of the crisis in Rakhine.

Suu Kyi, who decided not to attend the ongoing UN General Assembly in New York, said she nevertheless wanted the international community to know what her government …

A Breath of Fresh Air in India

Vehicle ownership in India is projected to hit 400 million by 2040 from the 170 million recorded in 2015, which could prompt a five-fold increase in poisonous gases emitted by cars and trucks. Credit: Neeta Lal/IPS

Vehicle ownership in India is projected to hit 400 million by 2040 from the 170 million recorded in 2015, which could prompt a five-fold increase in poisonous gases emitted by cars and trucks. Credit: Neeta Lal/IPS

NEW DELHI, Mar 20 2018 (IPS) – With India’s citizens clamouring for breathable air and efficient energy options, the country’s planners are more receptive than ever to explore sustainable development options, says Frank Rijsberman, Director-General of…

No to Ageism, Yes to Intergenerational Equality

Srinivas Tata, is Director, Social Development Division, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

 
Eduardo Klien, is Regional Director, Asia, HelpAge International

BANGKOK, Thailand, Oct 1 2019 (IPS) – As we are celebrating the International Day of Older Persons today, we recognize that population ageing is a human success story, a story of longer and often healthier lives of the world’s people. The many faces of older persons that we see in Asia and in the Pacific, and, indeed, all over the world, attest to this fact. Still, however, ageing is considered a threat. There is talk about the “burden of ageing”, exploding healthcare costs, and concerns about plummeting economic growth due to the shrinking labour force. In many c…