Bangalore lakes get a refill

While most of Bangalore is anxious to see the heavens open, the city's Lake Development Authority must be thanking its lucky stars that the …

Common science

A website helps people observe and understand nature while gathering scientific data

Charaka and Sushruta reborn

Bangalore University's new BioPark has medicinal gardens that incorporate the near-forgotten science of India's ancient medical treatises

Ragi is back - but only as exotica

No body knows for sure how the ragi bandwagon started, but all of a sudden the urban elite became curious about the grain. Today, it is being …

Virtual realities

Bangalore is in the throes of a water privatisation debate. But the most critical flaws in a new plan for its suburbs have got missed out. s …

COVID-19: India should act now to avert a bus sector collapse

The Centre should provide stimulus packages and chalk out long-term plan to revive te bus sector

NGT halts construction on wetland between Bengaluru lakes

The construction projects violated the Master Plan of 2015 as well as environmental guidelines

Reaping organic

Karnataka was the first state to adopt a policy on organic farming in 2004. Since then, several initiatives have helped farmers fight drought, …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 31, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

Bengaluru, Lucknow flooding: What do we mean by water-sensitive cities?

Inadequate urban planning means thirsty and flooded cities have become the new normal: Part 1 

CAG report shows how Karnataka's solid waste management is in disarray

Faultlines at urban bodies: Lack of segregation, no identification of dump sites, absence of GPS

Lost lakes

Karnataka High Court expected to uphold agreements that allowed private firms to develop lakefronts and charge entry fee

In defence of ostrich farming

Promoting ostrich and emu farming in India's drought-prone districts could be a boon to farmers

Karnataka government seeks more time to clean Bellandur Lake

Officials say that one month is too short a period to finish cleaning as they need to redirect the waste currently being dumped in the lake

Rise and fall of water managers

Book>> Waternama, A Collection of Traditional Practices for Water Conservation and Management in Karnataka Sandhya Iyengar publisher …

A decentralised system will lead to sustainable water use

S Vishwanath, a Bangalore-based engineer and planner, started the Rainwater Club to help people manage rainwater efficiently. He spoke to Binayak …

"Psychosocial care should be a component of overall health care"

K SEKAR, assistant professor, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, talks to NEELAM SINGH about …

Land over nature

Cities are expanding indiscriminately across the globe, at the cost of rich biodiversity  

Harnessing renewables

Auroville moves ahead on the road to energy sufficiency by using non-conventional energy sources

In reverse gear

The Mashelkar Committee's interim report on the country's auto fuel policy proves to be a major setback for the CNG campaign

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 1, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

Steel lobby locks horns with mining firms in Karnataka

Three years after the mining scam that rocked the country, steel producers and mining companies accuse each other of forming cartels to control …

War over waste

People of Bengaluru pitch a battle against civic body which has neglected mounting piles of garbage

Cutting out waste

The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has recently initiated ecofriendly pilot projects at its Bangalore aircraft division, which will not only …

Meltdown

Till a couple of decades ago Bangalore was a sleepy city -- running to the rhythm of old trading networks and retired people taking their evening …