Enviro Annotations

21/06/2025

05/06/2025

Restore. Resist. Reimagine: 52nd World Environment Day Spurs Global and National Green Action
https://www.enviroannotations.com/ .ru9mafr58731

03/06/2025

EAC Infra-2 Defers Kahrani CETP and Gajraula CHWTSDF, Returns Re Sustainability’s EC Amendment Proposal, Reviews Report

03/06/2025

NGT Takes Cognizance of Health and Environmental Impacts from Droppings

03/06/2025

Directs PAN India Compliance on Deconcretisation to Protect and Groundwater Recharge

30/05/2025

NGT Warns Officials Over Inaction on Pollution, Issues Show-Cause Notice to Member Secretary, SPCB

30/05/2025

Citizen Complaint Leads NGT to Crack Down on Unauthorized Forest Use by Religious Trust in Uttarakhand
29th May 2025

25/05/2025

25/05/2025

Kaushal Bhawan

16/05/2025

The operation of this car demonstrates its environmental friendliness by avoiding resource exploitation and thereby averting water, air, and soil pollution. Who is responsible for banning such vehicles, thereby affecting people's freedom of movement and harming both the national economy and individual livelihoods? None other than IIT Kanpur and CRRI. Instead of urging manufacturers to develop battery fitment solutions for these vehicles, the government has unfairly placed the burden on individuals, forcing them to endure unnecessary hardships.

14/05/2025

17/04/2025

Origins of Exercise Bikes: The Gymnasticon

Invented in 1796 by Francis Lowndes, the Gymnasticon—the earliest exercise bike—emerged as a product of the newly developed science of orthopedics. In his patent, Lowndes described the machine as intended simply “to give and apply motion and exercise, voluntary or involuntary, to the limbs, joints, and muscles of the human body.” Lowndes claimed that he had successfully used the Gymnasticon to treat gout, palsy, rheumatism, debility, and contraction, but he noted the machine would be equally useful for healthy people in sedentary occupations.

This early exercise machine resembled a stationary bike; it employed and exercised all joints of the body. The Gymnasticon used a set of flywheels connected to wooden treadles and handlebars. Essentially, it was a set of flywheels turned by hand cranks and foot treadle. The Gymnasticon was an early example of a series of new technologies in gymnastics that would lead to the development of physical therapy in the nineteenth century.
(source: ANSI)