Friday, December 25, 2009

The change in Gardening: Is it a positive one?

Gardening has changed a lot in the past decade. There were innovations in horticulture including the planting styles. Of all that is happening here, where do we expect this to end up in?

A recent article from telegraph, signifies the changes in gardening in Europe over past decade. Plants do not give you fruits, flowers, or medicinal leaves – the innovation in gardening has enabled them to decorate your house and make it much beautiful naturally.

Apart from decoration, the increase in awareness of environmental pollution has many people towards planting trees or plants around their surroundings. I am not sure how much it will help us to retain the ozone layer, but something is always better than nothing.

I have covered decoration and anti-pollution aspects of the plants. Plants can also give you to provide fruits and vegetables (reminding you). So many people are even cultivating plants that fall under this category. The recent recession that hit our economy might have taught you how/why to save money. When you have a vegetable/fruit garden in your backyard, you can cut spending on buying vegetables/fruits. It also gives you a kind of emotional pleasure when you are cooking the vegetables of your garden.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Yours Is An Offline Hobby Or Online Hobby?

It is no doubt that technology has made us a little lazier than ever. Apart from laziness, technology is also creating virtual barriers in human relationship.

Tech gadgets like Internet, mobiles, iPhones, computers, laptops, social networks have made communications much easier between person to person. In the recent times, they slowly have developed a tech syndrome in human beings that makes them totally dependent on their gadgets for even a small thing like making an addition or remembering a friend’s mobile number.

Most of the children are not involving themselves in physical activities as much as they like to play video games, or watching videos online compared to playing soccer/ baseball. A recent study from Sequent partners says that adults spend an average of three hours per day with computer screens and a drastic 8 1/2 hours with TV screens. Lets calculate that you have 24 hours a day. You spent 8 hours on sleeping and 9 hours on media screens – there is very little left to schedule or do any other things.

Another observation is that hobbies or leisure activities like painting, playing music, and many more are rare to find among children. Instead, you can find all these are performed online without any physical exertion, which does not stimulate especially on young minds effectively.