Planting trees instead of feeding brahmins

Even death ceremonies in these 1,200 villages in orissa's Puri district have been transformed

Spreading the good word.

Organisations are trying to disseminate information on environment and development.

Damned bodyblow

The proposed Rathong Chu dam in Sikkim is a potential threat to the state's environment

A subtle invasion

"Biological pollution" threatens biodiversity

Acid bath

Book Notice: Inventing Global Ecology by Michael Lewis

Summit watch

A new mountaineering policy for Uttaranchal

Gods feel the pinch too

Puri rath yatra, Jagannath temple plagued by scarcity of wood

Honey, where are the bees?

At stake is the world’s food supply  

Nemo’s find

There are two sides to a coin

An obituary for "development"

The Development Dictionary -- A Guide to Knowledge as Power Edited by Wolfgang Sachs Publisher: Zed Books, London and New Jersey Price: Not stated

Past lessons, future strategies

Studying the history of human interaction with nature can be very useful in formulating resource management policies. It can also provide a …

Some knowledge is forever

The validity of traditional ecological practices, in terms of sustainability, has to be examined scientifically

Pay-offs to progress

Economic development has been the watchword in India's march onto the 21st century. But the country is paying an enormous price for this much-…

Where you are is what you are

WEALTH OF THE NATION SERIES Conceived by Anil Agarwal and Sunita Narain . Centre for Science and Environmen

The seeds of traditional wisdom

A farmer in northern India has adopted agricultural practices that are attuned -- and not disruptive -- to the rural environment. Moreover, he …

A new manifesto

Francis Wurtz, president of the Paris-based European United Left party, is certain that ecology is emerging as a political ideology on the left. …

Illegal mining stages a comeback

Earth lessons for Delhi's kids

A recent exhibition on the Earth had children in the Capital enthralled.

When in Rome

USA gives in to loggers

For a fistful of dollars

Saving Everest's ecology

RED SEA

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