Goa Spice Farms – Enhance some Flavor this monsoon

Goa India beaches are among the world’s best retreat destinations to relish your vacation. This monsoon, add some zing to your travel to Goa by visiting the Spice Farms. 

The Goa Spice Farms are tropical gardening plantations where varieties of spices are cultured for travel purposes. From betel nuts to bulk spices like pepper, nutmeg and chilies are cultivated in numerous spice farms across Goa.

These spice farms which are sited on the foothills of the Western Ghats, are situated at the eastern side of Goa. Nearly all spice farms offer an accompanied tour which would contain a traditional welcome and a welcome drink, visit of the spice farm and a traditional meal. Some also offer lodging conveniences for a complete experience.

Some Noteworthy Spice Farms in Goa are –

Sahakari Spice Farm - Sahakari Spice Farm is situated amongst lush green environs at Curti near Ponda. The Spice Farm is sheltered by thick timberland with a scent of the spices coming from the shrubs grown around everywhere in the farm. The farm provides awareness about diversity of spices and their remedial values.

Pascoal Organic Spice Village - Pascoal Organic Spice Village is enclosed by woodland and is located on the banks of river Khandepar. The Farm shelters three chief plantations of coconut, cashew and areca nuts, inter-planted with spices.

Savoi Plantation - Savoi Plantation is situated in the village of Savoi, 25 kms from the Panjim. Various tours are available which include a demonstrator of old-style beetle nut plucking and many more activities. The Farm serves old-fashioned Goan ‘Saraswat’ food served in mud vessels and banana leaf plates. 

So visit Goan Spice Farms this monsoon and explore a whole new biosphere. JiyoLife

Holiday Time– Keep Technology Away

21st century is an age where our businesses cannot be run without computers and cell phones. Even when we want to take a break from work & retreat on a holiday, we tend to stay linked to our work, thanks to one thing that has transformed our lives– technology.

There are not many of us who can disagree to the fact that we have a habit of checking emails or social networking sites even when we are on a holiday. According to a recent study, it was found that more than 63% of working professionals went operational during their vacation and only about 15% of them could stay away from using the internet during their vacation

Here are a few pointers you can follow in order to make your holiday pleasurable:

• Keep the phone away– Carry your phones with you only when necessary. Try not to use your phone when you are out exploring, doing something wild or just chilling at the beach. 
• Clear your mailbox– Clear your office mailbox before you leave for your holiday. Flag important communications or forward them to a coworker who can keep an eye on them on your behalf while you are gone. 
• Set up the Vacation Auto Response– Fix up your automatic reply declaring that you are on holiday so that individuals will not presume that you would answer back. 
• No Gadgets– Keep all your internet gadgets away like laptops and smart phones. Switch your smart phone for a simple phone that cannot link to the internet.

The greatest thing to do is to go out and enjoy! Odds are that the more you enjoy, the less you feel the need to stay connected to your work. So scrap away the stress and enjoy your vacation.

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Rejoice! Today is Earth Day.

For those of you wondering, 'Yeh Earth Day verth Day kya hai?” let me fill in your blanks. The celebration of Earth Day on April 22nd began in the United States in 1970 and was the brainchild of Senator Gaylord Nelson. And Earth Day is a perfect time to reflect about what you are doing to help protect the environment. There are many ways in which you can celebrate this day both by yourself, and with your friends.

• Plant Trees: Trees are the lifeblood of the planet.  Planting trees helps reduce greenhouse emissions, cleans pollution, secures soil in place to prevent erosion, and provides homes for a lot of biodiversity.
• Build and create: Get together with your family and build a birdhouse, or make a bird feeder to encourage the local bird population, which plays an important role in every ecosystem. Use objects that would've otherwise been thrown away to create ecologically sustainable stuff. The world is your oyster, you can go crazy with your creativity here.
• Educate yourself about the environment: Find yourself wondering what the people at Copenhagen are rambling on about? Well, Earth Day is as good a day as any to find out. Go online and look up issues such as pollution, endangered species, water shortages, recycling, and climate change. Our country is at the centre of climate affairs worldwide, and it’s about time you educated yourself why it matters so much to us and why we matter so much to the world.
• Ban Plastics: Buy from your local grocer and give up packaged foods just for the day. Apart from helping your health, you will also help the environment. Carry a cloth bag for all your shopping.
• Educate your children on the environment: It’s your children who are going to take on the mantle of protecting the environment in the future. It’s about time you got them involved. By giving their old toys and games to younger children who could make use of them, older children learn two lessons: One is about giving to others and the second is about reusing and recycling instead of throwing things away.
• Clean up: Organize clean up rallies in your neighborhood. Go to your nearest hawker infested beach and clean it up. Build a sense of community. Remember, we are all in this together.
• Spread the word: Share what you have done with the world, and with people around you. Awaken them to your concerns. Use the Jiyo life website to connect with people and update your environment concerns. Set an Earth Day facebook status message, or tweet your concerns and thoughts to share them with your friends. #jiyolife it and convey them to a lot of people. Tweet to us and we will spread the word!
• Don’t burn fuel: Use your bicycle or just simply walk to work or school and to run errands. Again you are helping your health and the environment. Use public transportation if walking is not viable

And last but not least, remember that every day you wake up in the morning is Earth Day. The planet has bred the very life that we are living. And we must pay back when it needs us. Don't restrict yourself to just one day a year. Keep yourself updated. There are people who are doing useful things every day. Look up the people at Intellectual Ventures and at TERI, and see what they are up to. And do it every day.

Let our planet Jiyo its Life too.