Category Archives: Asia & Pacific

#Voice: 8 ways to cut waste from our lives by Amna Haq

#Voice is GBox’s community content platform. This article has been written by a young environmentalist, Amna Haq. Amna is a third year BSc Environmental Sciences student at Bahria University, Islamabad, Pakistan. She wishes to bring about the environmental steward in herself and at least one more person during her graduate studies. More power to suchContinue reading “#Voice: 8 ways to cut waste from our lives by Amna Haq”

Pakistan has planted a billion trees in just 2 years!

A province in Pakistan has planted a billion trees in just two years as part of an effort to restore forests wiped out by decades of felling and natural disasters such as floods. The project – dubbed Billion Tree Tsunami – aims to slow down the effects of global warming in Pakistan which ranks inContinue reading “Pakistan has planted a billion trees in just 2 years!”

Inspiring life of Ruth Pfau – the Savior of Leprosy Patients

A symbol of selfness Dr. Ruth Katharina Martha Pfau was a German nun who dedicated her life to eradicating Leprosy in Pakistan and has been called Pakistan’s ‘Mother Teresa’. Dr. Ruth Pfau was born on 9 September 1929, in Leipzig Germany was fourth of five daughters. During World War II as a teenager she barelyContinue reading “Inspiring life of Ruth Pfau – the Savior of Leprosy Patients”

Household and ambient air pollution in South Asia Region

Around 3 billion people still heat their homes and cook using solid fuels (that is, using wood, crop wastes, charcoal, coal or dung) in open fires and leaky stoves. The use of such inefficient fuels and technologies leads to high levels of household air pollution. In 2012, such household air pollution caused 4.3 million deathsContinue reading “Household and ambient air pollution in South Asia Region”