Top 10 stories of the week that was (October 21-27)

Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from the week just gone by

Top 10 stories of the week that was (October 14-20)

Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from the week just gone by

Our actions, a product of probability & determinism, can effect change

Humans retain the potential to influence their fate, particularly in the near future

Top 10 stories of the week that was (September 30-October 6)

Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from the week just gone by

Six of 9 planetary boundaries have been breached because of human activities: Study

The study results show that humans have caused a breach in our planet’s safe climate and land system in 1988 and are now facing a risk of …

How to build a sustainable house using natural building materials

Plan for Nilambur-Nanjangud railway line through Bandipur National Park evokes protests over ecological impact

Railway line to connect Nilambur in Kerala to Nanjangudi in Karnataka on Golden IT Corridor

Life on the edge: Story of the last survivor in Odisha’s erosion-hit Podampeta village

Coastal Odisha is slowly being swallowed by the sea; almost half of its coast has undergone erosion between 1990 and 2015

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 13, 2023)

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

Another disaster in Himachal Pradesh: What is the reason?

The region has seen many disasters, and most of them are directly related to massive engineering projects planned in the area

There is a big discord between the past as it was and as it is constructed in the history of a nation: GN Devy

Down To Earth speaks to scholar, linguist and activist about his latest book on the ‘histories’ of Indians

Over 50 African countries agree to work on minimising impact of mineral mining

Addis Ababa declaration signed by 54 nations; acknowledge green challenges of land degradation, desertification and drought

Plastic-free planet: What CSE expects from Global Plastic Treaty negotiations — the issues & politics

Second session of Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on plastic pollution is being held in Paris, France from May 29-June 2, 2023

Simply Put: Save Earth

Songs of calm fury: Kazi Nazrul Islam’s words helped generations find inner strength to fight hunger, injustice

Remembering Nazrul’s poems that called for revolution on his 125th birth anniversary

Why are young people migrating from the village where the Chipko Movement started?

This video echoes the story of migration and environmental challenges in Reni; the relevance of the Chipko movement in today’s world …

Complexity & agency in ‘Kobigaan’ need to be understood to know why gender gap continues in the art form: Priyanka Basu

Down to Earth speaks to UK-based academic on her latest book about a unique art form from West Bengal and Bangladesh

The ground beneath our feet

Why soil health and biodiversity matters for the survival of the planet

Here is why Ladakh needs the Sixth Schedule and statehood

Ecological issues and myriad others, warrant constitutional safeguards for the fragile cold desert; else, sightings of snow leopards, black …

Simply Put: DTE Cartoonist Sorit Gupto’s take as CSE releases ‘Future of Taste’

Climate change matters to more and more people — and could be a deciding factor in the 2024 election

Between the 2016 and the 2020 presidential elections, climate change became increasingly important to voters

Just transition in petrochemicals: Bharuch’s industrial cluster is negatively impacting its ‘white gold’, cotton

The proliferation of petrochemicals units in Bharuch district has led to smoke plumes and chemicals leaks; cotton farms are dying consequently

Book Excerpt: The intrinsic and economic case for nature

If falling crop yields, historic floods and ever-more-frequent wildfires are warning signs developing countries cannot choose to ignore, then …

Zealandia: Earth’s Forgotten eighth continent

An international team of geologists and seismologists have now created a new map of Zealandia

Carrying capacity of an area matters in case of industrial effluent discharge

Government must set discharge norms accordingly