Testy drive
The multinational ranks third but its performance cannot be a badge of success on its huge corporate shoulders
Setting Out
The Indian automobile industry got a rude shock on October 29 when the Centre for Science and Environment released the environment rating of one …
Harnessing renewables
Auroville moves ahead on the road to energy sufficiency by using non-conventional energy sources
ICAR gives top award to scientist without checking patent claims
ICAR has asked for Rs 245 crore to promote intellectual property rights but is not doing due diligence on patent claims
Solo Performances
Besides the communities who have done exemplary work in the field of environment, several individuals are making a difference in the lives of …
Hamlets reborn
Although Bhaonta-Kolyala village walked away with the Down To Earth-Joseph C John Award, the judges came across several such communities worthy …
Awarded : Bhaonta-Kolyala
... for reviving the Arvari river, for showing that a healthy ecology and good water management mean prosperity, for proving that drought is a myth
India's genome saviours
Farmers and organisations who have won government recognition this year for conserving seeds of indigenous crops and plant species
Driven for and by the people
GRP has emerged as a truly democratic indicator of the direction in which corporate environmental governance is headed
India Biodiversity Awards 2012 go to six pioneers in biodiversity governance
These include three village panchayats, two tiger reserves and informal network of forest protection committees
Mission possible
The Centre gives India just about eight years to free its villages of open defecation. This seems unlikely. But the states of Sikkim, Haryana and …
On paper
The Green Rating Project (GRP) of the Centre for Science and Environment was conceived as a means to track the environmental performance of India'…
Nobel winner Paul J Crutzen on the neglect of nitrogen cycle
Paul J Crutzen received the 1995 Chemistry Nobel prize for showing that nitrogen oxides react catalytically with ozone, thus accelerating …
A plant breeder comes into his own
Awards are finally coming to K Vinod Prabhu, 54, a plant breeder, for his work on building resistance in wheat, mustard and rice through the …
A belief in tradition
It was a unique ceremony for a unique award given to a unique rural community of India. In what is perhaps the first ceremony of its kind, …
Deconstructing science
Nature uses lean sources to get work done. The environmental crises we face today are a result of ignoring this simple paradigm for two centuries.…
No concrete plans
The Centre for Science and Environment's Green Rating Project team has rated the cement industry. Its findings uncovered some surprises. The …
Science for ecology
Down To Earth and the Centre for Science and Environment announce the winner of the 2001 Green Scientist Award. In the exercise to rate the …
Stained steel
The iron and steel sector is regarded as the core of Indian economy. Its players are big and powerful. It is extremely resource-intensive and …
Whitley Award winner's mission hornbill
Hornbills, the awkward-looking birds with over-sized beaks, are important for the regeneration of Himalayan forests in north-east India. They are …
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