This summer, most parts of the country will experience intense heat waves
According to IMD, early onset of higher temperature means higher probability of heat waves in most parts of the country
Environment-Friendly Products-Adapt Green Now: Green Marketing
Economic growth via production and consumption threatens peaceful life of human beings on the earth
Justice eludes
So many years later, the victims have to still struggle for medical support, rehabilitation, compensation and environmental remediation
Sacred Ecology
Sacred Ecology examines bodies of knowledge held by indigenous and other rural peoples around the world, and asks how we can learn from this …
Green musings
The book unveils the creative narratives of well-known environmental movements across the world
Yeti: The Ecology of a Mystery
Yeti: The Ecology of a Mystery is the extraordinary story of one man’s conservation impact and what it means for people to be part of the …
Battling Injustice: 16 Women Nobel Peace Laureates
Battling Injustice is an authentic record of women’s cultural history, told through the lives of some of the most remarkable women since …
Green Grades: Can Information Save the Earth?
Consumers are confronted with a confusing array of environmental ratings on products that range from refrigerators to shampoos. Is the …
Save our seas
The UN's first conference to save the oceans is a grand show of intent to reset our relationship with the largest sink of carbon dioxide and the …
Environmental lawyer killed in the Philippines
Mia Mascariñas-Green was shot dead in front of her children in the Philippine island of Bohol
Bellandur Lake: a story of toxic froth and fire
Bengaluru’s failure in managing solid waste and lack of a sewage management plan explain repeated incidents of Bellandur lake catching fire
Cycling in two Asian cities
To meet clean air quality levels for one of the most polluted cities like Delhi, it is of immense importance that the government should invest in …
Scenes from a book launch
Graphic Editor Sorit Gupto brings some humourous insights from the very serious launch of Down To Earth Editor Sunita Narain's book, 'Why I …
NGT’s power at risk in the Environment Law Amendment Bill
The amendments proposed by the government may lead to a pollute and pay approach instead of preventing environmental pollution in the future
Climate change can trigger security concerns in South Asia
Climate change can trigger conflicts, violence and migration due to water scarcity, food insecurity, lack of shelter and livelihood constrains
Meltdown in Tibet author Michael Buckley on mining in Tibet
Writer and documentary maker, Michael Buckley, details China's dam and mining operations in Tibet and the effect it will have on all of South Asia,…
Are we consuming with care?
India's environmental movement is at a crossroads. On one hand, there is a greater acceptance of our concerns, but on the other there is growing …
Princes' game diaries
Animal Kingdoms: Hunting, the Environment, and Power in the Indian Princely States By Julie E Hughes, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, US $ 49.95
An idiot's environment
Every major TV channel virtually bypassed Environment Day on June 5, making polite noises to mask their enthusiasm
Environmentalist, prove thyself
It is getting imperative for green dreamers to marshal together their facts and place hair-tearing emotion on the backburner
Bringing up parents
Norway's young eco-cletectives are the youngest environmentalists anywhere, and have an octopus as their club mascot
Just (w)right!
Removing their blinkers is what scribes should do in order to promote an international environmental communication order that is fair and just
Models in mutilation
Modern industrial design, pandering to essentially Western consumer-led markets, has spelt doom for the environment. The author, therefore, …
Lillehammer
One town in Europe has shown how to host a major world sporting event, with all its attendant chaos, and still avoid environmental devastation
Time to sit up
A green clean or the polluted nether worlds? The choice must be made soon. May be global 'redistribution of opportunities' in the countries of …
