Environment

Development and the Environment

Recycling India’s Waste Woes: A Two-Pronged Solution

Written by Tanay Gokhale Alongside a seventh of the world’s population and a fast-growing economy, India is also home to a huge waste problem. Every...

The Green Mile: Reintegrating India’s Inmates

Written by Aishwarya Birla Prisons are seen as repositories for those who are aberrations in society, outcasts due to their unlawful acts. The Indian criminal...

Forest Development, but at Whose Cost?

Written by Armaan RM India became a world-leader in agroforestry when it became the first country to adopt a National Agroforestry Policy, back in 2014....

La-cost of Fast Fashion

Co-authored by Evita Rodrigues and Gopika Kumaran The global fashion industry employs over 60 million workers and generates $2.5 trillion in revenue worldwide every year....

To Live or to Let Live? River Cauvery Is Lost for Words

Co-authored by Chirag Chinnappa, Gopika Kumaran and Aishwarya Birla Pushed to the edge, the Cauvery river is the latest to join the growing list of...

It’s Time to Take Forest Fires Seriously

Co-authored by Ishani Pant & Aishwarya Birla Himachal Pradesh is undoubtedly having a torturous summer; with the Shimla water crisis reaching a crescendo, the state’s...

Who’s the Smelliest of Them All?

Written by Armaan RM Municipal Solid Waste Management (MSWM) in India became a public and administrative grievance after the economic development and rapid urbanization that...

Shimla’s Woes: Understanding the Water Crisis

Co-authored by Ishani Pant & Aishwarya Birla The acute shortage of water in Shimla has resulted in yet another round of blame games, while affected...

Make the Western Ghats Green Again

Written by Shraddha Tripathi Intense developmental activities over the last few decades have exerted tremendous pressure on India's forests, to meet the needs of the...

Flooded Bengaluru: Nature’s Wrath or Human Error?

Coauthored by Stuti Pachisia, Kartik Sundar and Chirag Chinnappa “It only has to rain heavily for a short while for the city to get completely...