http://www.treesouls.com Eco Conservation Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:28:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en First of all, apologies to all those visitors who have tried to reach treesouls using the contact form the past couple of months or so and did not get a response from us. The reason is a malfunctioning contact form that did not work the way it should. The good ... http://www.treesouls.com/treesouls-news/treesouls-contact-form-fixed/ September 2004: A painstaking combing exercise in Sariska Tiger Reserve, Rajasthan, revealed that there were no tigers left. All the tigers were poached out of existence. Total wipe out of tigers from the famed Sariska Tiger reserve was a national embarrassment. The nation witnessed the furore of wildlife activists, nature lovers ... http://www.treesouls.com/eco-conservation/the-sariska-tiger-relocation-project/ Joining, mingling, often dazzling, Streaks of ravishing hues colliding, Cottoness weaving patchy dreams, Culminating into willowy streams, Feathery blues, such peaceful solitude, In acres binding forgotten clues; to absolute enlightenment. Mirrored loneliness, a lofty citadel, Breathless creamy flowers, an endless swell. Challenged by winds, secrets scattering, Cerulean lakes, rivers pregnant, Flowing in love, a sighing tryst. Plummeting ponds betwixt pearly plumes, Icarus leaps, ... http://www.treesouls.com/nature-poems/sky-harvest-an-ode-to-the-clouds/ I sit speechless on ancient pyre, Soul cooled by pagan choir, On charcoal grass my head rolls, Bemoaning to a tireless shore. Is this where Pandora napped? Until her peaceful dreams were snapped! A broken world, a tyrant born, a hectic storm. The human core, by gibberish powered, Devised insane, scribed in glow-tablets, Naïve, her pranks deemed disquieting, But who ... http://www.treesouls.com/nature-poems/pandora%e2%80%99s-kindness-an-ode-to-the-dying-planet/ June. The transition month. Gusts of wind invade the still and sweltering sauna heat of May. Little candy tufts of white cloud scurry across deep blue skies increasingly painted over by a dull grey as the days go by. Dry heat gives way to wet warmth. As the winds of ... http://www.treesouls.com/eco-conservation/life-then-and-now/ We all want to go green, be eco-friendly and be happy about it. The only hitch is that we live in a world which makes it difficult for us. Read on the comments and laments of so many people we have come across. While some have been lip-servicing, some have made ... http://www.treesouls.com/civic-sense/world-enviroment-day-whats-the-big-deal/ Today is World Environment Day. A day set aside by the United Nations to sway non existent emotions or just nudge plain reason to ponder on the state of the living planet. The slogan this year - CO2, Kick the Habit! Towards a Low Carbon Economy. Apt almost to a fault. ... http://www.treesouls.com/eco-conservation/world-environment-day-today/ When it comes to marine biology, vibrant images of sea-animals, corals, sponges and reefs come to our minds. Little is known about the seagrasses - the gentle yet very important residents of the shallow seas. Seagrasses are the lesser-known aquatic treasures of the ocean that are rated as the third ... http://www.treesouls.com/eco-conservation/seagrasses-the-marine-treasures-of-india/ One fine morning, India woke up to the news of famous Bollywood stars involved in killing of the Black Buck and the Chinkara. With this news, the nation not only came to know about the two unique endangered animals but also about the protagonists for nature – the Bishnois. If not ... http://www.treesouls.com/eco-conservation/bishnois-the-sacred-environmentalists/ The voice: That I heard so many years ago, From the distant lakes, Near the forests pure. The voice: Whispers in quickening breaths, Beckoning me to quietness, Calling the wild soul, Knowing what I know not. The voice: Imperceptibly mine now, Not an illusion, Or like this world, a delusion, It speaks through the leaves, Rustling gently, Loving truly. I ... http://www.treesouls.com/nature-poems/the-nearing-spirit-of-the-forest/