Website review: http://www.yaw.nhm.ac.uk/nhm/index.html
This web site is the brainchild of UK scientists, who have hit upon an effective method to counter the controversy surrounding the names of the …
Out for political mileage
The recent events in the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary in northern Kerala has had an impact on the state government. Why else would it crank up its …
Satirist Dario Fo sued
Nobel Prize-winning Italian playwright Dario Fo has been sued for defaming Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi in his new satire The Two-…
Website review: http://earthtrends.wri.org/
A must-bookmark site for anyone interested in environmental and development issues. It offers up-to-date facts and figures as well as analyses of …
Gang leader for a day, a rogue sociologist crosses the line
Book>> Gang Leader For A Day, A Rogue Sociologist Crosses The line by Sudhir Venkatesh, Allen Lane London 2008
The white man's ecological burden
ETHICS AND CLIMATE CHANGE: THE GREENHOUSE EFFECTE Edited by Harold Coward and Thomas Hurka Publisher: The Calgary Institute for the Humanities (…
Website review: Going 'rural'
www.ruralnaukri.com proclaims itself as a "'Haat' where buyers and sellers of rural talent meet". But if you think it is entirely to do with …
A virtual takeover
A set of electronic postings on the subject of AIDS on the prestigious British Medical Journal (BMJ) website are making AIDS researchers see red
Southern California forest fires
Here are some of the different uses of the forest fires that raged in southern California, USA, this month: The Washington Post reported that the …
Book notice: Green peace
Environmental Peacemaking Edited by: Ken Conca and Geoffrey D Dabelko Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars 244+15 pp
Photo-copy
If this is world's best in photojournalism, then it is shocking. Make no mistakes. Most of the photographs, featured at the Annual World Press …
"Ad" nauseum: Science and technology
It is "payback" time for the scientific establishment too! The incumbent Indian government, keen to amass political capital well before the next …
Pesticides in soft drinks: media war
With their reputation at stake, the soft drinks industry started a major public relations offence. After decades of some of the most glamorous …
Magic on the pages: Harry Potter goes green
Endangered forests were not something the wizards at Hogwarts have had to bother about. Until now...
Book review: Social Watch India
Governance acts as the mid-wife for development. Accountable and responsive governance is the surest way for perfect delivery of the fruits of …
Ford: Looking backward
To coincide with Ford's centenary celebrations in Dearborn, Michigan, the us environmental group Sierra Club is planning to run an advertising …
Fat before fit
Apparently, the uk government has decided to fight obesity by promoting chocolate consumption. It has endorsed a campaign by Cadbury Schweppes to …
Website review: www.rainwaterharvesting.org
Summer is here and with it water wars at neighbourhood taps and tanker stops. To find a way out of scarcity, visit the Centre for Science and …
Bioterrorism: Contentious content
The sudden spurt in articles on bioterrorism published by medical journals may have inadvertently helped convince the public that the war on Iraq …
Europeans and Biotechnology in 2002 - Eurobarometer 58.0 (2nd Edition: March 21st 2003)
The Eurobarometer Survey measures the awareness and concerns of Europeans on important environmental issues. The fifth edition of the survey, …
Guidebook to world of tremors, earthquakes
The Crack in the Centre of the World, America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906 by Simon Winchester Penguin 2006
Cleansing chronicle
THE SANITARY CITY: URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE FROM COLONIAL TIMES TO THE PRESENT·Martin V Melosi·John Hopkins University Press·Year&…
On loony ideas
Why do some ‘crazy’ endeavours click while others don’t? Safi Bahcall’s book probes the underlying mechanics
Roots breathing heavy
MANGROVE FORESTS: REPOSITORY OF NATURE’S MAGIC·Photo exhibition·India International Centre, New Delhi·November 4-10, 2001
Drought-hit state
BEARING THE BRUNT·28 min· English·Conceptualised by: Mahesh Bhatt·Directed by: Ajay Kanchan·Produced by: Save …