In Her Opinion: Dr. Veena Srinivasan on the Rural and Urban Water crisis
Today, the water crisis is one of the leading causes of worry in the environment sector. Funds are diverted towards the issue, research on...
Cannabis for a Crisis? How Hemp Can Help India
The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed a struggling economy into a full-blown recession. Acute agrarian distress may have been tempered by good monsoons, but the...
Disaster Management in Kerala: Coming up Short and Dirty
Written by Tanay Gokhale
Researched by Ayushi Ghosh
The floods that ravaged Kerala were ruthless in their destruction. The physical damage to infrastructure is staggering; 11,000...
Low-Cost Vermicompost Instead of Inorganic Fertilizers | Hear from Small Farmers in the Kanha-Pench...
Vermicompost revived soil quality, reduced input costs, and made farmers self-sufficient through lockdowns.
Citizen Science: Data of the People, by the People, for the People
Last week, something interesting was introduced in the state of Sikkim. A ‘Sunny Weather Lab’ to record information like wind speed, temperature, and rainfall...
Why Do We Need Green Politics In India?
Despite India facing regular environmental and natural crises such as floods and droughts, there is a lack of political representation of the "environment" as...
Adaptation Innovation in the Face of Natural Disasters: An “Insurance Plus” for Farmers
As soon the Indian Meteorological Department issued warnings of Cyclone Nivar approaching off the Southwest Bay of Bengal, state governments kicked into damage control...
“With Dehradun’s Airport Expansion, We are Shooting Ourselves in the Foot”
Two years ago, drivers on the Doiwala-Rishikesh-Dehradun road were in for a surprise. An elephant walked onto the road. Traffic was disrupted and people...
Millets, Green Leafy Vegetables and Ant Eggs: Diversifying Diets and Tackling Malnutrition with Traditional...
A solution to malnutrition in India lies in utilizing tribal communities' indigenous food systems within cross-sectional nutrition programmes.
Clash of the Toolkits: Where Farmers’ Concerns and Environmental Activism Converge
When we blame farmers for polluting the environment, we completely miss the intersection that exists between food production, ecology, and the threat that neo-liberal market reforms pose.
