iConservationist

As waste is one of the major concerns in today’s world, iConservationist is ready to share some insights from the story of waste management.  Annually 2.01 billion tons of municipal waste is generated around the world.  The mismanagement of waste has become a great concern in many municipalities. Even in Sri Lanka, waste management has become a national level concern and in despite of both national and international level policies and regulations, authorities have failed to make a change in the current system of waste generation. Before moving forward let’s learn about waste! What is Waste? Waste are  any material that will be discarded after its primary use, considering it is no use any longer . It could be the PET bottle you carried around or the wrapping paper of your biscuit packet. Waste could be consisted of plastic, papers, leftover food, glass and metal. If not managed in a proper manner, waste could lead into many environmental and social complications. ...

As this year’s International Day for Biological Diversity is coming up on 22 nd  May, iConservationist thought to share some remarkable innovations made throughout the last few decades. As this year’s theme – “our solutions are in nature” suggests the International Day for Biological Diversity 2020 is dedicated to identifying solutions from the nature. Innovating human applications after closely monitoring natural phenomena is the concept behind this ideology. This is basically called mimicking the nature – ‘ Biomimicry ‘.  For the last few years naturalists, scientists, researchers and inventors have paid a close attention to nature to achieve an inspiration for their creations and designs. This has resulted a rapid development in the sustainability of many sectors such as transport, agriculture, architecture, medicine, energy etc. The most important quality of these innovations are their eco-friendly nature and the efficiency. There are hundreds of nature-inspired human appl...

Writing content related to environmental conservation for general public was a dream I had since the beginning of 2019. My work for the last 3 years have inspired me to begin this blog. I am passionate about writing and I believe that this blog will motivate its community to be bold and take actions towards conservation practises.  iConservationist basically focuses on spreading the awareness among the communities on environmental conservation and environmentally related issues and conflicts.  At the same time, it aims to enhance the knowledge on conservation science and environmental science throughout the general public.  This blog will be all about the  environment . I am planning on writing about both floral and faunal world. Apart from that, common practices we can take to minimise the damage on environment will be discussed here to give you a practical exposure on conservation. Since I am from Sri Lanka I will especially focus on writing about the island’s ende...