Coming of the know-all
The socio-ecological implications of the knowledge revolution are many and multifaceted. But the world needs a system where a 'post bi-polar' …
Convenient yardstick
Despite its disproportionately large carbon emissions, the US wants proportionate restrictions on the developing countries
Resurrecting a tradition
The tank system in India needs to be revived to maintain water reserves. This can be achieved through a central body such as the National Tank …
A kill for life
While whales must be conserved as a rare species, hunting the marine mammals is felt necessary for maintaining ecological balance
"Hello, there are leftovers"
The environmental costs of development projected by a World Bank study may be staggering, but a lot has been left unaccounted for
Wanted: a green spin doctor
Although considered a sensitive pressure group, the British Green Party badly needs to recover from languor and gain gloss
False start
Pollution control agencies are as toothless as the automobile and fuel industry is apathetic to deteriorating urban air quality
Losing ground
Across the world, the deserts are advancing, threatening the lives and livelihoods of about one billion people
Everybody wants to be green
Politicians and businessmen appear concerned about the environment these days. Their speeches and interviews are laced with expressions like '…
What price the constitution?
Breakthroughs in genetic engineering have led to questions on the ethics of suchexperiments. Should scientists alone be steering the decision-…
The Net profit
Today the Internet gives people a new voice as well the power to use it. People are communicating directly with government officials and …
Making a start
Ground realities alone will determine the future of Himalayan biodiversity and the people of the area
A disease called pollutionitis
Most of Delhi's urban elite suffer from this disease which makes them "rationally irrational". The disease is accompanied by finger-pointitis and …
A letter from a villager
A villager in Goa wants to cut a tree growing in his backyard to mend his damaged roof. But he needs to get permission from the tree officer. And …
HEADS or TAILS
A close look at the history of climate change negotiations reveals some alarmingly reckless traits in Indian policymaking
Intrepid non-learners
Indian politicians travel on public money—for what they can learn from the click of a mouse
Winter visitor to a cold land
Black-necked Grebe ventures into Arunachal Pradesh
Fuel for the people
Dangerous make-up
A warning against indiscriminate selling and buying in a new fad: herbal drugs
A sustainable lifestyle in the mountains
Living with the Gaddis was an environmental lesson worth learning.
Scarred by violence and fundamentalism
1992 proved the Indian women's movement needs to reassess its priorities and strategies.
Must a civilisation destroy to preserve itself?
India still has the option to preserve the poem within and the tree outside.
We need not have gone to the World Bank
India may have compromised her sovereignty over the Narmada issue
Time for Green from the ground up
The show is over. It's time to stop talking and get down to work
An Indian idea gets the world on its feet
Suddenly padyatras are being used as a new form of social mobilisation, all over the world