Showing posts with label UK. Show all posts
Showing posts with label UK. Show all posts

Thursday, November 22, 2012

Dearest to fight the bulge and stay healthy

It’s time to stop blaming one’s work schedule for those increasing waistlines, and join hands with your nearest and dearest to fight the bulge and stay healthy.

There can be plenty of imaginative ways of working out together, and the truth is that we do them all the time. Except if we’re more conscious about them, we’re more likely to do them more frequently and with more interest. One could plan biking together or just put on some great music and dance with each other! And might we add, family workouts surely are a better way of bonding than over a lavish dinner at a crowded hot-spot of the city!

Adventure in your dna?

Adrenaline rush is no more the privilege of film stars and stunt men alone, rather it is a growing phenomenon in the lives of many a common man. People these days are looking out for action-packed vacations that are by far even more hectic than a regular day at work! “The trend is definitely towards outdoor vacations and active holidays compared to the four-walled five-star getaways. More and more families prefer outdoor camps while couples prefer long expeditions or treks together. Needless to say that lone individuals also seeking some action are present in each kind of group,” says Vaibhav of Aquaterra Adventures. Started in the year 1995, Aquaterra made it to the National Geographic’s list of world’s best adventure travel outfitters in the year 2007. It is the growing popularity of India, land of the mighty Himalayas and very many lofty rivers that a lot of people from the USA, UK and Europe plan their adventure getaways here. While most of the Indian population is “inclined towards river trips due to their proximity to the rivers, especially in northern India,” there are those who go for impromptu vacations for diverse activities.


Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.

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Sunday, October 14, 2012

WORLD: FOOD WASTE

Mind your wallet if you waste...

To make the matter worse, rather horrifying, this phenomenon is not just confined to the US but can be felt and found across the globe. Consider this: half of Australia’s landfill is made out of food waste. Likewise more than 30% (worth £10 billion) of all food purchased in the UK never reaches destination (read: the stomach), 30% of total fish is lost in Africa due to discards, post-harvest loss and spoilage. If one collects all the food found in bins in the UK, the whole of Wembley stadium can be covered eight times in a year! Japan leads the race hands down by wasting 20 million tons of food annually. The other side of the story is even more interesting. The University of Arizona believes that if Americans cut their food waste by 50%, it would reduce the environmental impact by 25%, while researches in the UK estimate that if food wastage is contained, the reduction in CO2 emission would be equivalent to pulling off 20% of cars from the UK’s roads! The whole contention of donating 0.7% of GDP to developing countries will be redundant if the Hayashi Ya model is replicated all across. What an idea Hayashi Ya!
 

Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.

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