"Alternative fuel helps us tide over oil crises"
LUIS FERNANDES, Brazil's deputy minister for science and technology, talks to T V JAYAN about his government's biodiesel project and its other …
"Free electricity spurs water wastage"
HAZI SAHEB KHAN from Ghagas village in Haryana's Gurgaon district speaks with remarkable clarity on complex issues related to water. Just back …
"We have completely ignored our biomass sector"
A M GOKHALE, secretary. Union Ministry of Non-conventional Energy Sources, in conversation with KUSHAL P S YADAV
"We increasingly rely on inorganic fertilisers"
James Galloway, chairperson of the US-based International Nitrogen Initiative,tells T V Jayan that problems associated with nitrogen cycle …
"Inland aquaculture can improve livelihoods of millions"
M Vijay Gupta, former assistant director general, World Fish Center, Penang, Malaysia was the World Food Prize winner in 2005. He talks to Sourav …
Amul takes hygiene a step forward
At Anand, the dairy cooperative movement’s birthplace, no one will defecate in the open. RAHUL KUMAR, Amul Dairy’s managing director, …
Advocate for Hyderabad's threatened lakes
Jasveen Jairath, convener of Save Our Urban Lakes, a citizens initiative for saving water bodies of Hyderabad, talks about the challenges of …
"India must have a proactive trade agenda"
Muchkund Dubey's crowning achievement at the end of an illustrious career as a diplomat was his role as India's foreign secretary during the …
"Eco-management is optimum use of resources"
economist, is the recipient of the 1995 Sasakawa International Environmental Prize, instituted by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).…
"The market usually decides the fate of slum-dwellers"
NIDHI JAMWAL discusses approaches to slum upgradation in developing countries with FAROUK TEBBAL, chief, Shelter Branch, United Nations Human …
"Ayurveda has no lobby"
David Frawley, director, American Institute of Vedic Studies, New Mexico, USA spoke to Vibha Varshney about ayurveda in the US
"Ecosan is not a second-rate approach"
The Millennium Development Goals (MDG) related to sanitation rely on flushing systems. Uno Winblad, senior adviser, Stockholm Environment …
Expose the exposome
Human body maintains a record of all environmental exposures, from pollutants to diet and stress. Analysing the record, dubbed exposome, can help …
Click to test air quality
Computer scientists from Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, USA, launched software that uses the sky’s …
Zurich’s Dr Dolittle is a lawyer
ANTOINE GOETSCHEL, 51, is a Swiss government advocate for animals. A specialist in animal welfare law for 25 years, he explained to SUMANA …
‘Farmers are not casino players’
Micha X Peled, US-based Israeli filmmaker, has won 22 international awards for his globalisation trilogy, the last of which was a film on …
Breakthrough in fuel cell
K T Jacob, Indian National Academy of Engineeringdistinguished professor at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, has devised a new type of …
"We are dealing with attitudes"
The National Tree Growers Cooperative Federation Limited is an organisation devoted to the restoration and protection of the native ecology of …
"Some power is better than none"
With the country, reeling under an intensifying power crunch, and various authorities only predicting a darker future, the search for …
Be a planner, not a sprayer
The Directorate of the National Malaria Eradication Programme launched the Rs 715-crore Enhanced Malaria Control Project, in New Delhi on …
"I have yet to apply my mind to the forest convention"
Even uith the United Nations General Assembly Special Session to held in New Yorkjust two weeksfirom now, the Union minister for environment and …
Environment is a people's programme
A major overhaul of polluting industries in West Bengal is being chalked out by Manabendra Mukherji , the state's minister for youth services, …
"I did not have enough time"
Saifuddin Soz , looks back on his achievements and failures as the Union minister of environment and forests in an interview with Anumita …
'Give communities a say in tourism'
RAJIV BHARTARI, a LEAD (Leadership for Environment and Development)fellow, is building a framework for ecotourism in Uttaranchal. He tells NITIN …
"Culmination of the IT revolution"
Ashok Jhunjhunwala, professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, is the man behind the wireless local loop technology cor dect and the …