Spiritual Thought of the Day-2

Science and Technology can never solve all problems of life, along with scientific knowledge we should be to lead a life of faith, integrity, self-discipline, and service to the distressed to make life truly satisfying....

Seeking huge material possessions paves the way to mental turmoils, not to peace in any manner...

Patience and tolerance are great human qualities....
Silence is most of the times a great answer to the seekers of truth...

Knowing is not enough, realizing is more important....
Feelings come only after realization....

To be happy , we should seek the path of self-realization...

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Spiritual Thought of the Day-1

Prayer to the Alimighty is the greatest healer in one's life

We should try to live ONE DAY AT A TIME, BY LIVING IN THE PRESENT, WORRYING LEAST ABOUT FUTURE, APPLYING LESSONS OF THE PAST, DOING WORK BY ' DO IT NOW',AFTER CLEASING THE MIND BY ENCHANTING THE HOLY NAMES OF GOD, AND BY LEADING A MORE REGULATED AND DISCIPLINED LIFE....AS FAR AS POSSIBLE....BY CONTINUOUSLY SEEKING THE PATH OF SELF-DEVELOPMENT AND SELFLESSNESS..

HAPPINESS LIES IN NOT RUNNING AFTER IT, IT LIES WITHIN, SO LET US LOOK INWAARD...LET US TRY THE PATH OF YOGAS INCLUDING MEDITATION, AND CONSTANT SELFLESS WORK WITHOUT NOT BEING GREEDY ABOUT ITS FRUITS....

BYE BYE

Alternative/Renewable Sources of Energy

Alternative energy is an umbrella term that refers to any source of usable energy intended to replace fuel sources without the undesired consequences of the replaced fuels.[1]
The term "alternative" presupposes a set of undesirable energy technologies against which "alternative energies" are contrasted. As such, the list of energy technologies excluded is an indicator of which problems the alternative technologies are intended to address. Controversies regarding dominant sources of energy and their alternatives have a long history. The nature of what was regarded alternative energy sources has changed considerably over time, and today, because of the variety of energy choices and differing goals of their advocates, defining some energy types as "alternative" is highly controversial.
• In a general sense in contemporary society, alternative energy is that which is produced without the undesirable consequences of the burning of fossil fuels, such as high carbon dioxide emissions, which is considered to be the major contributing factor of global warming according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Sometimes, this less comprehensive meaning of "alternative energy" excludes nuclear energy (e.g. as defined in the Michigan Next Energy Authority Act of 2002).[2]

Definitions
Source Definition
Oxford Dictionary energy fuelled in ways that do not use up natural resources or harm the environment.[3]

Princeton WordNet energy derived from sources that do not use up natural resources or harm the environment.[4]

Responding to Climate Change 2007 energy derived from nontraditional sources (e.g., compressed natural gas, solar, hydroelectric, wind).[5]

Natural Resources Defense Council energy that is not popularly used and is usually environmentally sound, such as solar or wind energy (as opposed to fossil fuels).[6]

Materials Management Services Fuel sources that are other than those derived from fossil fuels. Typically used interchangeably for renewable energy. Examples include: wind, solar, biomass, wave and tidal energy.[7]

Torridge District Council Energy generated from alternatives to fossil fuel. Need not be renewable.[8]

History
Historians of economies have studied the key transitions to alternative energies and regard the transitions as pivotal in bringing about significant economic change.[9][10][11] Prior to shift to an alternative energy, supplies of the dominant energy type became erratic, accompanied by rapid increases in energy prices.
Coal as an alternative to wood
Historian Norman F. Cantor describes how in the late medieval period, coal was the new alternative fuel to save the society from overuse of the dominant fuel, wood:
"Europeans had lived in the midst of vast forests throughout the earlier medieval centuries. After 1250 they became so skilled at deforestation that by 1500 AD they were running short of wood for heating and cooking... By 1500 Europe was on the edge of a fuel and nutritional disaster, [from] which it was saved in the sixteenth century only by the burning of soft coal and the cultivation of potatoes and maize. "[12]
Petroleum as an alternative to whale oil
Whale oil was the dominant form of lubrication and fuel for lamps in the early 19th century, but the depletion of the whale stocks by mid century caused whale oil prices to skyrocket setting the stage for the adoption of petroleum which was first commercialized in Pennsylvania in 1859.[13]
Alcohol as an alternative to fossil fuels
Main article: Ethanol fuel
In 1917, Alexander Graham Bell advocated ethanol from corn and other foodstuffs as an alternative to coal and oil, stating that the world was in measurable distance of depleting these fuels. For Bell, the problem requiring an alternative was lack of renewability of orthodox energy sources.[14] Since the 1970s, Brazil has had an ethanol fuel program which has allowed the country to become the world's second largest producer of ethanol (after the United States) and the world's largest exporter.[15] Brazil’s ethanol fuel program uses modern equipment and cheap sugar cane as feedstock, and the residual cane-waste (bagasse) is used to process heat and power.[16] There are no longer light vehicles in Brazil running on pure gasoline. By the end of 2008 there were 35,000 filling stations throughout Brazil with at least one ethanol pump.[17]
Cellulosic ethanol can be produced from a diverse array of feedstocks, and involves the use of the whole crop. This new approach should increase yields and reduce the carbon footprint because the amount of energy-intensive fertilizers and fungicides will remain the same, for a higher output of usable material.[18][19] As of 2008, there are nine commercial cellulosic ethanol plants which are either operating, or under construction, in the United States.[20]
Coal gasification as an alternative to petroleum
In the 1970s, President Jimmy Carter's administration advocated coal gasification as an alternative to expensive imported oil. The program, including the Synthetic Fuels Corporation was scrapped when petroleum prices plummeted in the 1980s. The carbon footprint and environmental impact of coal gasification are both very high.
Most common types of alternative energy
• Solar energy (generating of electricity from sun)
• Wind energy (generating of electricity from wind)
• Geothermal energy (using hot water or steam from the Earth’s interior for heating buildings or electricity generation)
• Biofuel and Ethanol (plant-derived substitutes of gasoline for powering vehicles)
• Hydrogen (used as clean fuel for airplanes, spaceships, and vehicles)
Hydrogen alternative energy and nuclear energy are also frequently mentioned as the alternative sources of energy; however, they are surrounded by growing disputes on their safety for the environment, so it is still unclear how long those energy sources will remain marked as alternative and environment friendly energy sources.[21]
Renewable energy vs non-renewable energy
Main article: Renewable energy
Renewable energy is generated from natural resources—such as sunlight,[22] wind, rain, tides and geothermal heat—which are renewable (naturally replenished). When comparing the processes for producing energy, there remain several fundamental differences between renewable energy and fossil fuels. The process of producing oil, coal, or natural gas fuel is a difficult and demanding process that requires a great deal of complex equipment, physical and chemical processes. On the other hand, alternative energy can be widely produced with basic equipment and naturally basic processes. Wood, the most renewable and available alternative energy, burns the same amount of carbon it would emit if it degraded naturally.[23]
Ecologically friendly alternatives
Renewable energy sources such as biomass are sometimes regarded as an alternative to ecologically harmful fossil fuels. Renewables are not inherently alternative energies for this purpose. For example, the Netherlands, once leader in use of palm oil as a biofuel, has suspended all subsidies for palm oil due to the scientific evidence that their use "may sometimes create more environmental harm than fossil fuels".[24] The Netherlands government and environmental groups are trying to trace the origins of imported palm oil, to certify which operations produce the oil in a responsible manner.[24] Regarding biofuels from foodstuffs, the realization that converting the entire grain harvest of the US would only produce 16% of its auto fuel needs, and the decimation of Brazil's CO2 absorbing tropical rain forests to make way for biofuel production has made it clear that placing energy markets in competition with food markets results in higher food prices and insignificant or negative impact on energy issues such as global warming or dependence on foreign energy.[25] Recently, alternatives to such undesirable sustainable fuels are being sought, such as commercially viable sources of cellulosic ethanol.

Relatively new concepts for alternative energy
Algae fuel
Algae fuel is a biofuel which is derived from algae. During photosynthesis, algae and other photosynthetic organisms capture carbon dioxide and sunlight and convert it into oxygen and biomass. The benefits of algal biofuel are that it can be produced industrially, thereby obviating the use of arable land and food crops (such as soy, palm, and canola), and that it has a very high oil yield as compared to all other sources of biofuel.
Biomass briquettes
Biomass briquettes are being developed in the developing world as an alternative to charcoal. The technique involves the conversion of almost any plant matter into compressed briquettes that typically have about 70% the calorific value of charcoal. There are relatively few examples of large scale briquette production. One exception is in North Kivu, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where forest clearance for charcoal production is considered to be the biggest threat to Mountain Gorilla habitat. The staff of Virunga National Park have successfully trained and equipped over 3500 people to produce biomass briquettes, thereby replacing charcoal produced illegally inside the national park, and creating significant employment for people living in extreme poverty in conflict affected areas. [26]
Biogas digestion
Biogas digestion deals with harnessing the methane gas that is released when waste breaks down. This gas can be retrieved from garbage or sewage systems. Biogas digesters are used to process methane gas by having bacteria break down biomass in an anaerobic environment. [27] The methane gas that is collected and refined can be used as an energy source for various products.
Biological Hydrogen Production
Hydrogen gas is a completely clean burning fuel; its only by-product is water.[28] It also contains relatively high amount of energy compared with other fuels due to its chemical structure.[29]
2H2 + O2 → 2H2O + High Energy
High Energy + 2H2O → 2H2 + O2
This requires a high-energy input, making commercial hydrogen very inefficient.[30] Use of a biological vector as a means to split water, and therefore produce hydrogen gas, would allow for the only energy input to be solar radiation. Biological vectors can include bacteria or more commonly algae. This process is known as biological hydrogen production.[31] It requires the use of single celled organisms to create hydrogen gas through fermentation. Without the presence of oxygen, also known as an anaerobic environment, regular cellular respiration cannot take place and a process known as fermentation takes over. A major by-product of this process is hydrogen gas. If we could implement this on a large scale, then we could take sunlight, nutrients and water and create hydrogen gas to be used as a dense source of energy.[32] Large-scale production has proven difficult. It was not until 1999 that we were able to even induce these anaerobic conditions by sulfur deprivation.[33] Since the fermentation process is an evolutionary back up, turned on during stress, the cells would die after a few days. In 2000, a two-stage process was developed to take the cells in and out of anaerobic conditions and therefore keep them alive.[34] For the last ten years, finding a way to do this on a large-scale has been the main goal of research. Careful work is being done to ensure an efficient process before large-scale production, however once a mechanism is developed, this type of production could solve our energy needs.[35]
Floating wind farms
Floating wind farms are similar to a regular wind farm, but the difference is that they float in the middle of the ocean. Offshore wind farms can be placed in water up to 40 metres (130 ft) deep, whereas floating wind turbines can float in water up to 700 metres (2,300 ft) deep.[36] The advantage of having a floating wind farm is to be able to harness the winds from the open ocean. Without any obstructions such as hills, trees and buildings, winds from the open ocean can reach up to speeds twice as fast as coastal areas.[37]
Investing in alternative energy
Over the last three years publicly traded alternative energy have been very volatile, with some 2007 returns in excess of 100%, some 2008 returns down 90% or more, and peak-to-trough returns in 2009 again over 100%.[citation needed] In general there are three subsegments of “alternative” energy investment: solar energy, wind energy and hybrid electric vehicles. Alternative energy sources which are renewable, free and have lower carbon emissions than what we have now are wind energy, solar energy, geothermal energy, and bio fuels. Each of these four segments involve very different technologies and investment concerns.
For example, photovoltaic solar energy is based on semiconductor processing and accordingly, benefits from steep cost reductions similar to those realized in the microprocessor industry (i.e., driven by larger scale, higher module efficiency, and improving processing technologies). PV solar energy is perhaps the only energy technology whose electricity generation cost could be reduced by half or more over the next 5 years. Better and more efficient manufacturing process and new technology such as advanced thin film solar cell is a good example of that helps to reduce industry cost.[38]
The economics of solar PV electricity are highly dependent on silicon pricing and even companies whose technologies are based on other materials (e.g., First Solar) are impacted by the balance of supply and demand in the silicon market.[citation needed] In addition, because some companies sell completed solar cells on the open market (e.g., Q-Cells), this creates a low barrier to entry for companies that want to manufacture solar modules, which in turn can create an irrational pricing environment.
In contrast, because wind power has been harnessed for over 100 years, its underlying technology is relatively stable. Its economics are largely determined by siting (e.g., how hard the wind blows and the grid investment requirements) and the prices of steel (the largest component of a wind turbine) and select composites (used for the blades). Because current wind turbines are often in excess of 100 meters high, logistics and a global manufacturing platform are major sources of competitive advantage. These issues and others were explored in a research report by Sanford Bernstein. Some of its key conclusions are shown here.[24]
Alternative energy in transportation
Due to steadily rising gas prices in 2008 with the US national average price per gallon of regular unleaded gas rising above $4.00 at one point,[39] there has been a steady movement towards developing higher fuel efficiency and more alternative fuel vehicles for consumers. In response, many smaller companies have rapidly increased research and development into radically different ways of powering consumer vehicles. Hybrid and battery electric vehicles are commercially available and are gaining wider industry and consumer acceptance worldwide.[40]
For example, Nissan USA introduced the world's first mass-production Electric Vehicle "Nissan Leaf".[41]
Making Alternative Energy Mainstream
Before alternative energy becomes main-stream there are a few crucial obstacles that it must overcome: First there must be increased understanding of how alternative energies work and why they are beneficial; secondly the availability components for these systems must increase; and lastly the pay-off time must be decreased.
For example, electric vehicles (EV) and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV) are on the rise. These vehicles depend heavily on an effective charging infrastructure such as a smart grid infrastructure to be able to implement electricity as mainstream alternative energy for future transportations.[42][unreliable source?]
Disadvantages
There are a number of issues that would arise from switching to alternative energy. “Increasing the nation’s use of natural gas for electricity generation could result in adverse economic consequences”, especially since “natural gas currently costs about four times more than coal”.[43] Furthermore, if there were a widespread switching to natural gas from coal the United States would become increasingly dependent on international supplies. Also, “large-scale fuel switching would require substantial investments in pipeline storage and storage capacity and new terminals to process imported natural gas”.[43] There is also the question of whether to convert existing coal-burning plants or to construct new ones. “Burning natural gas at an existing coal plant would require a pipeline with the ability to meet the plant’s fuel supply requirements”.[43] It would also require “expansion of interstate and intrastate pipelines to transport increased volumes of natural gas” [43] Overall it would be more feasible and cost-effective to construct new natural gas units than to switch coal-burning plants.
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Ethical Issues relating to Whistle Blowing...

• Whistle blowing can be defined as the disclosure by organizational members (former or current) of illegal, immoral or illegitimate practices under the control of their employers,to persons or organizations that may be able to affect action.

• While the reporting of sensitive issues may be part of the individual's role within the organization (e.g., internal auditors, inspectors), when the individual finds it necessary to reveal ethically sensitive issues to organizational members outside the normal chain of command, it is also considered whistle-blowing through internal channels.

• Whistle blowing is done by the individuals who go out of the organizational hierarchy and make information available to public or other external authorities to get a positive action.

• If there is a misdeed or illegal activity in the organization, associated with the perception of an individual employee that either the management can prevent a malpractice/unethical/illegal transaction etc. within an organization, whistle-blowing takes place for initiation of appropriate and corrective actions by the top management. This occurs because some people believe that t some action should be taken against the illegal / unethical activity that would cause enormous public loss/harm.

• There should sufficient concrete evidence with the whistle-blower, where appropriate legal action could be taken up for resolving the issue of any illegal/unethical activity.

TWO MOST IMPORTANT POINTS IN WHISTLE-BLOWING:
• the availability of the information.
• The sensitive information would be available only to a selected few or understanding the issues in the information is possible only by particular individuals.
• Employees at large would generally feel that the information or the illegal activity is part of the organizational functioning and tend to avoid making bold moves to correct them.
• It can be generalized to a certain extent that whistle blowers have a high level of moral responsibility, guts and concern for the organization and society at large.


• In the industrial/organizational context, some of the activities which the employees feel are misdemeanors will be exposed in the form of rumors in the organization. The rumors about misconduct/illegal practices/ unethical transactions of business processes also help to elicit organizational response.
• In the whole process the various stakeholders play a major role. The managers, other employees and the society at large can be seen as major stake holders. The whistle blowers are often treated as traitors by the organization. People within the organization tend to treat them as outcasts and blame the whistle blowers for putting the organization in a difficult situation.
• Study of some of the cases show that whistle blowers often leave the organization or face employer or coworker retaliation. This creates an unsafe and difficult situation for whistle blowers and employees often take the stance of avoiding getting into trouble.
• Organizations that have strong ethical background can do things to support whistle blowers and take actions at the right point of time. The most important managerial action would be keeping the issue from getting out of control, avoiding criticism from public and preventing image loss. Responding at the right time to issues and encouraging people to bring out problems concerning the functioning and governance of the organization would be critical here.
• HR department can set up policies and systems that would track down the internal voices of the employees. For HR, setting up communication channels and other mechanisms that not only allow but also promote healthy, and an employee friendly culture.
• Employing accountability/ethics officers and providing special telephone numbers and e-mail accounts encourage employees to bring out sensitive issues by maintaining anonymity. Setting up a clear value system in the organization which is implied in recruitment, training, performance appraisal etc would help in developing and nurturing an open, honest culture.

Managing whistle blowing :
• Whistle blowers should confirm whether the practice followed in the organization will cause harm to an individual or the general public if uncorrected, make sure that the facts in hand are reliable and not mere rumors, be fairly certain that by bringing the matter before an outside group/ the general public/the media so that the problem can be corrected and harm avoided.
• Law can be a big tool for the whistle blowers in some cases. Support from the law can help prevent sufferings of whistle blowers, e.g. in the US, Whistle-blowers Protect Act of 1989 protects federal employees who make public interest disclosures.

• The guts and high moral responsibility of whistle blowers shows that whistle blowers can play a vital role in fighting loose ethics and slack corporate governance. Many of the times whistle blowers have to undergo insult and injury in form of job loss, ridiculing, retaliation and boycott. An important aspect here would be the tolerance of the society towards corruption and unfair practices. In the Indian context it is of high importance that organizations takes a serious view of instilling high sense of ethics and compliance of laws that are generally formulated to protect the employees who play the role of whistle blowers against corruption both in the private and public sector.

Appropriate Technology and Human-centered Technologies

• Appropriate technology is an ideological movement (and its manifestations) originally articulated as "intermediate technology" by the economist Dr. Ernst Friedrich "Fritz" Schumacher in his influential work, Small is Beautiful.
• Though the nuances of appropriate technology vary among fields and applications, it is mostly about technological choice and application that is small scale, labor intensive, energy efficient, environmentally sound and locally controlled.
• Both Schumacher and many modern-day proponents of appropriate technology also emphasize the technology as people centered or Human-centered Technolgy

• The main concept of Appropriate technology is proposed for application in relationship to economic development and as an alternative to transfers of capital-intensive technology from industrialized nations to developing countries.
• Appropriate technology movements can be found in both developing and developed countries.
• In the developed countries, the appropriate technology movement evolved out of the energy crisis of the 1970s and takes up issues mainly on environmental and sustainability issues.
• Some of the prominent examples of Appropriate technology are : bike- and hand-powered water pumps (and other self-powered equipment), use of renewable sources of energy for human benefits, green technologies that have least environmental impact, self-contained solar-powered light, bulbs and streetlights, and passive solar building designs.
• These forms of technologies would address the core issues of the common people who might not possess specialized skills/training and would bring benefits of science to millions of people without detrimental impact on natural environment as well as human health.
• Mahatma Gandhi, Vinoba Bhave, the great Indian philosophers , had advocated these concepts in relation to education where physical labor would be applied by everyone, for generating basic necessities of life as well as wealth by using some kind of human skills for sustenance of a natural and happy living.

The Club of Rome (Contd.)

• The Club of Rome is a global think tank that deals with a variety of international political and environmental issues. Founded in 1968 at David Rockefeller’s estate in Bellagio, Italy, the CoR describes itself as "a group of world citizens, sharing a common concern for the future of humanity."
• Members of the club consist of current and former Heads of State, UN bureaucrats, high-level politicians and government officials, diplomats, scientists, economists, and business leaders from around the globe.
• It raised considerable public attention in 1972 with its report The Limits to Growth.
• The mission of CoR can be stated as: its mission is "to act as a global catalyst for change through the identification and analysis of the crucial problems facing humanity and the communication of such problems to the most important public and private decision makers as well as to the general public."
• There are national CoR associations in many nations, including a number of European nations, USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, and Asian nations.
• These associations analyze national problems in terms of the same factors and give advice nationally to decision-makers.

Read more about The Club of Rome. and Appropriate Technology

The Club of Rome, a global think-tank formed in 1968 , focuses upon some fundamental issues of international importance such as

• depletion of fossil fuel and natural & mineral resources reserves
• global warming
• climate change
• use of environment-friendly technologies
• environmental degradation: air, water, soil etc.
• dangers and safety issues of nuclear power plants
• deforestation and afforestation issues for the global community

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Engineering & Environment: core issues

• personal honesty and integrity of the Engg. professionals...very very important
• upholding self-dignity in all situations
• taking special of health, safety and organizational environment so as to ensure an ambiance that provides best possible facilities such as proper lighting, proper ventilation, good drinking water, clean sanitation, food canteen, medical facilities, smoke-dust-free environment, hazardous-substance-free place,
• and providing accessories such as safety shoes, helmet, ear-protector etc., as needed in a particular work-place
• having concern for employee welfare
• having concern for Corporate Social Responsibility by communicating with the top management personnel
• creating an ethical climate that discourages all sorts of human discrimination in terms of caste, creed, race, culture, sexual orientation, sexual harassment of any kind, illegal transactions
• encouraging and nurturing talents and innovations for organizational and social benefits....
  

Personal Ethics

Major personal traits:

• honesty
• integrity of thoughts, actions and words
• keeping commitments
• helping other fellow-beings in need
• not accepting any bribe
• truthfulness
• doing no harm to others
• having respect for others
• upholding self-dignity & discharging duties and responsibilities with dedication
• sense of social responsibility

Some Issues on Non-conventional Energy Sources will be uploaded shortly...

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Ecology and its stability

Instability is caused by many factors:

• DESTRUCTION OF NATURAL VEGETATION AND ANIMAL SPECIES PARTLT OR COMPLETELY


• mindless industrialization resulting into introduction of toxic substances and pesticides, and toxic gases in the natural environment


• unbridled growth of population and resultant scarcity of vital resources


• deforestation and desertification


• intentional destruction of water-bodies in the hands of the greedy


• global warming due to green house effect


• climate changes and its effect on food resources and human health


• ozone layer destruction and adverse effect on health


• imbalance in the inter-relationships of the biotic and physical environments

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An engineer's ethical responsibilities

• having high level of personal integrity and honesty



• ensuring health and safety of all personnel, and inculcating safe habits and awareness among all



• providing sufficient lighting and ventillation, preventing exposure to noise and air pollution for the personnel who work in an industrial undertaking



• installation of ESPs in chimneys, Effluent Treatment Plants as needed in a plant



• inculcating safety habits and rehearsing of fire-extinguishing techniques



• safety measures for emission of hazardous chemicals and gases, if needed



• being a responsible technocrat for taking decisions as well as for all consequent actions and their effects



• taking care of CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY for general well-being of the people in the surrounding areas



• taking care of legal and other ethical issues such that the ethical environment is conducive for one and all, irrespective of caste, creed, sex, race, or different cultural orientation.....

Emerging issues in ethics

The biggest issue concerned with the long-term sustainability of human civilization is:

conservation of energy

We have had eleborate discussions on simple techniques of Energy Conservation(EC), especially using Electric Energy more judiciously, using only * rated energy efficient appliances, switching the devices when it is not used, maintenance of the appliances etc.

It is more about habit and attitudes of the end-users of ENERGY.

Second big issue is about plantation and affortation efforts whereever, we get opportunity, or we should create opportunity for ourselves for planting new siblings/plants. Trees are the greatest assets of Mother Nature.

Thirdly, we should continuously try to evolve ourselves for more natural living: reducing pace of living, avoiding fast foods, soft drinks, and having sufficient sleep & rest periods between our systematic, planned work or duties.

Natural living also encompasses eating more green vegetables, and less of meat etc, caring for and helping family members and others in distress, and keeping a cheerful mood under all circumstances of trials and tribulations...bye

Components of Ethics

It really takes a lifetime to realize the importance of ethics. As most people are infatuated by the dreams of 'name,fame,wealth,money,pleasure,power and mortal immortality', a few know the right path to true happiness...The misguided souls then fall into the darker side of life and gets entrapped by dishonesty,cheating, falsehood, and unethical ways that ultimately lead to a life of mental restlessness, sleeplessness,unhappiness, and painful days....

Greed leads to violence and pain in the long run...many people forget:

• business ethics


• environmental ethics


• engg/technological ethics


• effects of technological growth


• appropriate technology movement


• human-centered technology


• professional ethics


• personal values and ethics


• social, cultural ,psychological and aesthetic values


• and many more ...