Is Goa Losing its Forests for Coal?
In 2011, ecologist Madhav Gadgil chaired the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) which submitted a report wherein all of the Western Ghats was...
Is Your Data Use Harming the Environment?
Written by Vaishnavi Rathore
After booking my train ticket online, I received a confirmation in my email inbox. The ticket ended with “Please don’t print...
The Bolsonaro-Modi Affair: Defining Development this Republic Day
Jair Bolsonaro, as you must have read, is India’s guest for the Republic Day parade, and the third Brazilian President to be invited. Given...
Carbon Offsets: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, and a Collective Hope Ahead
Carbon offsets may become an excuse for polluters to keep polluting. Emerging technology and regulations hold promise for India.
Teach ‘Em Young: Appreciating Biodiversity Through Our Classrooms
There is a need to develop a language and vocabulary that communicates the essence of the natural world to young students. Citizen science interventions such as Nature Classrooms and Suttha Muttha are encouraging children to go beyond what's in their textbooks to observe, feel, and hear all that is around them.
Laws, Leases, and Land: The Story of Adivasis Resisting Bauxite Mining in Mali Hills
12,000 Adivasis have been impacted by the Hindalco mining lease in Odisha. How could the law have come to their rescue?
Kolkata’s ‘Environmental Subsidy’ is in Danger
Written by Arnab Chakraborty
Peri-urban Kolkata, to the East of the city, is dotted with several water-bodies, farms, and stinky canals. This same site is...
Can America Plan Better for Cyclones in the Future?
Written by Stuti Pachisia
On August 17th, the National Hurricane Center in Miami issued a warning against a small but developing tropical cyclone. Within a...
Uttarakhand’s Forest Fires: Communities’ Voices on why they Recur
The Uttarakhand forest fires are in the news again. As various photos of raging fires circulated on social media, the Forest Department issued statements...
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...
