Showing posts with label Indian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Indian. Show all posts

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Where people think BIG ; Story of Barefoot

What is the best form of communication in the world today? Television? No. Telegraph? No. Telephone? No....

Tell-A-Woman!

Watch as Bucker Roy from India, speaks of the Barefoot Movement, how children are trained to think big, where women who are grandmothers from destitute areas turn out to become Solar Engineers.


"you don't have to look for solutions outside... you have to look within, look at the people around you.."

Saturday, September 3, 2011

Oceans..A few facts


Largest Ocean :
The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean covering one third of the Earth. At its widest point it stretches up to 19,800km, almost halfway round the world !

Smallest Ocean :
It's the Arctic Ocean covering about 14,056,000 sq. km.

Coldest Ocean :
The Arctic Ocean. Most of the year, it stays frozen & solid. In some places the ice can measure up to 1.5km thick. The Arctic is also dotted with thousands of icebergs.


Warmest Ocean :
The Indian Ocean is the warmest as well as the third largest ocean in the world. The temperature of the surface water can reach 35.6 degrees Centigrade!

(I did say a few, right? :) )



Reference:100 Questions and Answers ; The Sea and Sealife, Wikipedia
Images : kidsgeo.com