Redefining The Definition Of Celebrity! UR Chance To Become A Celebrity For The Right Cause
When the needs of the present are met without compromising the capacity of future generations to meet their requirements, there is sustainable development. Closely related with each other and significant predictors of sustainability are social, economic and environmental development. We need to become more aware and be more active in our life, rather than living passively to protect the environment for future generations. Understanding what we are utilizing and why we are utilizing it is a great way to begin. The way forward is to promote a conscious lifestyle by which we can protect the environment. One of the most powerful ways to attract attention to social problems is celebrity endorsement. There are numerous celebrity activists who stand up for the environment and who have raised awareness about the environment, global issues and climatic change. They not only try to reduce their own carbon footprint but are also involved in many eco-friendly campaigns. Many celebrities are successful in motivating people to care for the planet. A celebrity who observes sustainable practices can be a role model and set an example for others. Be it making compost for the garden, recycling clothes, speaking of energy-saving, promoting organic produce and so on - celebrities can make an impactful difference by endorsing sustainability and the joy associated with it. People may not immediately follow the whole idea of sustainability, but can start practising it in their own small way to do their bit for the environment. What makes you a sustainability celebrity? A good start is to make UR house eco-friendly with solar panels and appliances that conserve energy. You can also go a bit further and include plants that can absorb carbon dioxide. Mentioned below are some more ways to help protect our environment. Adopt vegetarianism and veganism and post your meals on social media. Campaign for animal rights, promote a lifestyle that helps to protect animals, reduce waste, and avoid plastic. Raise awareness about single-use plastics and launch campaigns to cleanse our beaches and oceans from plastics. Use natural and organic ingredients and use products that are vegan and a healthier substitute to other skincare products available. Not only will these products be kind to your skin, but to the environment as well – due to the lack of herbicides or pesticides used. Draw on your status to stand up for indigenous communities, the underprivileged and for those affected by the effects of climatic change. You can offer donations to various environmental organizations and speak about the condition of our planet. Adopt and promote sustainable fashion brands. Inspire people to reduce their carbon footprint by advocating sustainable brands. Show your dedication to the environment by inspiring people to wear clothes made from reusable and recycled materials. Use your popularity to create awareness and provide financial backing to some companies working to save our planet. You can even think about launching eco-friendly and sustainable establishments to ensure future generations will get a thriving and flourishing environment. Sustainable Home Practices • Conserve energy: Our simple product choices like compact fluorescent bulbs (CFLs) or LEDs over incandescent bulbs conserve about 70% of the energy. Overuse of any renewable energy is the predominant cause of climate changes. Natural disasters in recent years have occurred due to climate changes. So conserving energy by using products and appliances that are energy-efficient has a positive impact on the environment. • Reduce the usage of one-time-use materials: Most of these products are plastic and are harmful to us and the environment too. Disposable products go to the landfills and if not appropriately monitored, these release toxic gases into the atmosphere. By avoiding the use of such products, we reduce landfills and effectively recycle the existing trash. • Recycle things: Instead of disposing of unnecessary things, find a way to recycle them. Try some DIY ideas to give them a new twist! If throwing them away is UR only choice, make sure you are disposing of them in the right way that doesn't end in increasing the landfills which cause water and air pollution. When we reduce waste, we help to conserve our resources. • Buy fairtrade products: In a fairtrade, producers offer a better deal and improved terms of trade. It allows them the opportunity to locally sustain by improving their lives and invest in their future, their environment and their communities. Fairtrade offers consumers a way to ensure environmental sustainability through their buying decisions. When a product carries the Fairtrade Mark, it means it upholds the fairtrade standards. These standards provide balance in trading relationships, stable markets and curb the injustices of conventional trade. Workers also get a stable income and working conditions are improved. Sustainable Office Practices Many offices might not have the funds to install solar panels for clean and sustainable energy. This doesn't mean you cannot help the environment at all. Here are some small things you can do at UR office to encourage and promote sustainability. • Travel co-dependently: Using a car or bike independently to commute increases carbon emission. So it’s best to carpool with your colleagues. Lesser carbon emission transforms in reducing impacts of climate change. You can also make a healthy choice of choosing cycling as your mode of transport. • Maintain digital files and use recycled paper: Whenever and wherever possible, try to avoid using paper. Promote afforestation or at least do not indirectly participate in deforestation by using virgin paper. In this digital age, there are various effective means to store files and prepare presentations that are not on paper. If there is an absolute necessity to use paper, opt for recycled paper. This simple step will help preserve forests, conserve resources and also contribute towards generating less pollution which is required for manufacturing. • Follow the 3Rs: Reduce, reuse and recycle products like printers, papers, stationery and so on, at every chance you get. This is not only cost-effective but also helps in reducing landfills. It decreases the toxin emission into the atmosphere effectively and efficiently. Following the 3Rs also results in innovative ideas that work in favour of sustainability. • Go green: Encourage employees to place indoor plants on their desk. Let it be a gift from the organization or a personal choice. Indoor plants like succulents, Swiss-cheese plant (Monstera deliciosa), Devil's Ivy (Epipremnum aureum), Mass Cane (Dracaena Massangeana), Peace lily (Spathiphyllum) are fantastic for absorbing pollutants in the air. They also provide a refreshing sight and fresh oxygen. • Choose biodegradable products: While choosing office supplies, pick biodegradable products to help reduce pollution. These products will not harm you and make UR office space safe. Biodegradable materials don’t take years to break down but rather break down quickly and don’t leave back anything harmful. Be a lover for sustainability – help conserve nature by making environmentally-friendly choices because every initiative and action can make a massive difference to our environment and help save our planet.
When the needs of the present are met without compromising the capacity of future generations to meet their requirements, there…
Plant-Based Diets To Save Our Planet
Plant Based Diets To Save Our Planet Many millennials are now switching to plant based diets due to many pressing concerns like our health, safeguarding our planet, animals and climate change. With many farmers ending their lives in India, we should be more concerned on what we choose to feed and fuel our body. In the world of health, you can do many things to enhance UR wellbeing and live sustainably. Here’s how you can play UR part. What exactly is a plant based diet? Plant-based eating is a life-changing and actionable approach to boost UR health through food and helps sustain our planet in the long run. Plant-rich diets majorly include vegetables, fruits, seeds, nuts, oils legumes, whole grains, beans, etc. A plant-based diet consists of a few animal products such as honey, milk, fish and eggs too. Majorly, this diet includes plant products and minimal to no animal products. A sneak peek into plant based diets Chose UR plant based diet In the world of health, you can make many enhancements to improve UR wellbeing and live sustainably. Choose the best Plant Based diet that suits UR lifestyle and budget. 1.Vegan diet Vegan diet has no animal products and the diet revolves around plants. Lacto vegetarian diet When you shop on an empty stomach, you tend to fill-up on impulse purchases that are unhealthy. Eat a light meal or snack before heading to the grocery store and you will more likely stick to UR list. 2.Lacto vegetarian diet When you shop on an empty stomach, you tend to fill-up on impulse purchases that are unhealthy. Eat a light meal or snack before heading to the grocery store and you will more likely stick to UR list. 3.Vegetarian (sometimes referred to as lacto ovo vegetarian diet) Vegetarian (sometimes referred to as Lacto Ovo vegetarian diet) includes eggs and dairy foods, but no meat, poultry and seafood. 4.Semi vegetarian (or flexitarian diet) Semi vegetarian (or flexitarian diet) includes eggs, dairy foods and occasionally meat, poultry and seafood. 5.Pescatarian diet Pescatarian diet is a plant-based diet along with seafood, no meat and poultry. Fill half of UR plate with locally sourced vegetables during lunch and dinner. Top 5 ways to switch to a plant based diet Millennials are switching to a plant-based diet due to pressing concerns like health, safeguarding the planet, animals and climate change. Change the way you think about meat Treat meat as a condiment and a salad as a meal, especially for dinner. It’s light, fresh and easily digestible Include high fibre whole grains for breakfast UR day with a healthy breakfast that includes oats, fruit, yoghurt, millets or any other whole grain Eat loads of vegetables and fruits Fill 50% of UR plate with locally-sourced vegetables. Consume fruit as a snack before 4pm. Refrain from eating fruit after a meal. Choose good fats Fats in olive oil, olives, flaxseeds, walnuts, chia seeds, peanuts, almonds and seeds (pumpkin, sunflower, watermelon) form excellent fat sources. Go for greens Add spinach, methi and moringa greens at least 3 times a week to UR diet. Add to dal to improve their nutritional content. The upsides of plant based diets 1.Better weight management Those who follow a plant-based diet have lower BMI and lower rates of obesity. They are also more active all day as this diet reduces sluggishness. Many plant foods are low in calories and fats too. 2.Better satiety Plant-based diets are high in fibre that keeps you full for a longer time. 3.Saves water Animal agriculture requires stupendous amounts of water when compared to plant agriculture. 4.Lowers risk of damaging the environment A plant-based diet is better than an animal based diet because there are fewer greenhouse emissions produced. 5.Helps our local farmers Fend for themselves. Buying locally sourced vegetarian food will help increase our local farmers and boost our health too. Plant based dishes are the fad these days, and apart from jackfruit curries and soya kheema, there is a new vegan food trend that’s doing the rounds in the food courts, called mock meat. They are also known as meat analogue, faux meat or vegan meat, which are a delicious substitute for animal-derived meat. They look, can be cooked like meat and even taste like meat but are healthier and better for the environment. They are made from different ingredients like soy, vegetable protein, wheat gluten, coconut, peas etc. Some of the companies that have mastered the art of vegan cheese have reached the shores of India, and if your love for cheese was holding you back to go completely vegan, here is UR chance! From companies like Urban Platter to Violife and from Live Yum to Artisan, there are many players in the market who are ready to give you a taste of this phenomenon. How to make coconut milk yogurt We never encourage canned foods but canned coconut milk preserves the fat coconut milk that doesn’t exist in tetra pack or fresh coconut milk. It’s not harmful for the body and therefore we use it in this case. Ingredients 1.Full fat coconut milk can 2.Probiotic capsules per can of coconut milk 3.Maple syrup or vanilla extract Preparation Shake the coconut milk well. Then pour into a clean, sterilised, dry glass jar or bowl. Empty the probiotic capsules into the coconut milk and use a wooden or plastic spoon to stir. Stir until creamy and smooth, pushing the probiotic up against the side with a spoon to evenly disperse. Cover the mixture with cheesecloth or a very thin, clean dish towel. Let the mixture be for at least 24 hours and up to 48 hours in a warm place. The longer it rests, the tangier the yogurt will become. Once the yogurt has reached the right amount of tanginess and thickness for your liking, cover securely with a lid and refrigerate until cold. After cooling, you can add maple syrup and/or vanilla extract.
Plant Based Diets To Save Our Planet Many millennials are now switching to plant based diets due to many pressing…
Patra
Start by making a paste out of garlic, ginger, chillies and onion. Add the paste to gram flour and add a pinch of salt and turmeric. Now pour in water until the batter has a thick consistency. Spread this paste on each colocasia leaf and stack them on a plate. Fold and tie them into a roll. Boil the patra rolls in water for 2 minutes. Cut the roll into pieces, and shallow fry them and serve. India’s diverse geography and climate conditions can be reflected by its vegetation range, which includes an assortment of edible greens. Leafy Indian greens are a quick source of fibre and chlorophyll that can transform UR health. Interestingly, chlorophyll's molecular structure is similar to haemoglobin in the blood. Leafy greens are a great addition to UR diet and offer countless health benefits. Colocasia Leaves also known as Arbi-ke-Patte are a powerhouse of β-carotene and vitamin A and K. These greens are grown throughout the year in subtropical and tropical regions. When growing these greens at home ensure you plant the colocasia tubers at least 2-4 inches deep and always keep the plant moist. Here are some more benefits of these leaves. Rich in antioxidants: Antioxidants help reduce inflammation in our body and takes care of our overall well -being. In the long run, it prevents diseases and boosts your heart health. Research states that body inflammation leads to autoimmune diseases and increases the risk of heart health. Using colocasia leaves in your diet helps you to reduces these risks. Healthy Heart: Due to the nutrients present in these leaves like vitamin C, folate, vitamin A and antioxidant, it is an excellent choice to boosts your heart health. Studies have shown that including these leaves in the diet has given significant results in reduced heart diseases risk and promote healthy blood pressure. Adding a few leaves to your soup regularly, keeps your body, especially heart, healthy. Aids in weight loss: Since more than 90 per cent of the leaf content is water and is filled with nutrients, it easy to include them in your diet. The high fibre promotes satiety and helps you minimise your food portions. They are low in carbohydrates and fats, helping in maintaining a healthy Body Mass Index (BMI).
Start by making a paste out of garlic, ginger, chillies and onion. Add the paste to gram flour and add…
Potato and Veggie Pancakes
Rinse grated potatoes in cold water, squeeze out as much liquid as possible & pat dry. Combine all veggies (potatoes, carrots, green onions, coriander leaves and green chillies). Add salt, pepper, ground cumin, garam masala in the given quantities & mix well. Add milk and lightly beaten egg to the mixture and mix well. Step 3 : Now, add the besan and maida to the given quantities and mix thoroughly. The mixture will be slightly runny but once cooked, the pancakes will come out nice and crispy. Step 4: Drop 2 tablespoons of mixture for each pancake into a large, lightly greased, non-stick frying pan & cook over medium heat for about 5 min on each side or until golden brown & carrot is tender. Repeat the cooking process for the remainder of the mixture. Microwave for a minute to reheat before serving. Serve with ½ cup of sour cream or plain greek yoghurt.
Rinse grated potatoes in cold water, squeeze out as much liquid as possible & pat dry. Combine all veggies (potatoes,…
Dalia Porridge (Vegan)
In a pressure cooker add oil and when the oil becomes a little hot, add dalia and sauté it till it is well-roasted. Add in the water, close the lid and cook for 4 whistles. Remove the pressure cooker from the heat and allow the pressure to be released slowly. Remove the lid once all the pressure has been released. Step 2 : Melt the jaggery with 4 tablespoons of water and pass it through a sieve. Place the dalia pan back on the heat, add coconut milk and the jaggery. Heat till the dalia has completely finished cooking, and you get a porridge-like consistency. Remove the pressure cooker off the heat. Sprinkle in the cardamom powder and serve warm.
In a pressure cooker add oil and when the oil becomes a little hot, add dalia and sauté it till…