Hell in our cities
Pollution results in chemicals getting into our bodies, especially in small but sustained quantities. This may lead to serious illnesses
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Water current
Hydroelectricity can now be generated without the need of costly civil works and installation of complex machinery
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A tale of two villages beguiled by JRY
The panchayats of Sonrai in Uttar Pradesh and Palana in Rajasthan share a Jawahar Rozgar Yojana experience. Both ignored the water needs of the villagers and spent the money instead on projects that are not even being maintained properly.
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Collaborators consolidated
THE intentions of the recent Jungle Jivan Bachao Yatra, during which environmental activists and villagers living around India's national parks and sanctuaries went on a 45-day walkathon through 18
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Which way out?
Industry and people s rights organisations in India are at loggerheads over the shaping of the biodiversity bill and amendments to the existing patent act
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The price of water
Low water prices have been pinpointed as being responsible for wasteful consumption by both domestic and industrial consumers, but what does the government propose to do about it?
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Patancheru: water woes
While the apex court has brought to Patancheru's effluent riddled land some relief in the forms of compensation and drinking water, it has not yet remarked on the government agencies' non functioning complacence
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Famines force revival of forgotten crop varieties
The drawbacks of modern, high yield crops are prompting farmers and researchers to go back to traditional, well adapted varieties.
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Water distribution of Rajsamand Lake in Rajasthan cause of rift
there are conflicting claims over the distribution of water of the Rajsamand Lake by residents of Rajnagar township in Rajasthan and the farmers there. The conflict began after the Water
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An impressionistic view of international debt
PATRICIA ADAMS attributes the current environmental imbroglio of developing countries to their debt crisis, which has been aggravated by loose lending, corruption and anti-democratic policies.
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UNDERGROUND FACTOR
North eastern NGOs are caught in the crossfire between militants and intelligence agencies
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Manna from the sky
You can now 'telecommute' for sustainable use of resources and take an 'edutainment' break! overseeing more than what an overseas aid by a developing country does, satellite info is the emerging poverty alleviation mantra for developing nations
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Turning to God
Godfrey Baseley, the man behind "The Archers", BBC's popular serial on agricultural information, is dead. His 'gossip' was valuable advice to the country's farmers
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Biodiversity in jeopardy
Tribals in Kerala are being forced to give away medicinal plants in repayment of their loans. In the process, biodiversity is being depleted
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A new paradigm
Who will join the dots and make it possible?
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Several Worlds, one vision
Satyajit Ray"s films showed an extreme sensitivity to the natural world. Yet he was no naturalist. The people he portrayed were carefully situated in their environment
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Why don't we set our own house in order first?
The state uses all the right words. But its actions don't match its rhetoric, unfortunately
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Conservation blues
Conservation of fruits may be difficult, but that is no excuse. Preservation of national assets should be given top priority
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Hold tight
Behold: eco development is here, again
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Virus on prowl
A virus is being used to cull the rabbit population in Australia. But will it affect other animals and spoil the ecosystem?