Tragedy of the Commons: How a Flawed and Racist Metaphor Continues to Dominate Environmental...
The Tragedy of the Commons is one of the most influential ideas in environmental thinking. But, a deeper look at the metaphor reveals that community governance of commons, as opposed to privatisation, may in fact be the answer to governance woes.
The Fight for Clean Air in the City of Joy
Over the years, Kolkata has celebrated Diwali and Kali Puja—which fall between October to November—with religious vigor, accompanied by the carefree bursting of fireworks....
How CRZ Violations Are Being Regularized Instead of Regulated Across India’s Shoreline
A combination of judicial and civic action is attempting to protect India's coasts from its own regulators.
Food, Festivals, and Heritage: The Climate Crisis is Erasing our Culture
In the temperate regions of North America, there is a small tree called the shadbush. Its name originates from the synchronisation of its flowering...
A Highway of Contention
Written by Arathi Menon
Photographed by Abhishek N. Chinnappa
Balachandra, Conservator of Forests and Field Director, Project Tiger, Bandipur, is a worried man. Close on the...
Of the people, By the People, but For Whom? Building Environmental Democracy in India
Written by Sourya Reddy
Another election season is upon us, and the echoes of electoral promises are getting louder and more chaotic. Amidst this “festival...
Trailing A Path of Non-Anthropogenic Jurisprudence Amidst the Climate Crisis
In the age of the Anthropocene, can the world’s rapid biodiversity losses be mitigated by shifting to a non-anthropogenic legal paradigm?
Environmental Data is Critical to Fighting the Climate Crisis: Data Stewardship Can Put It...
To fight the climate crisis, data stewardship presents possible pathways to responsibly unlock the value of environmental data while also safeguarding against misuse.
Bastion Shorts: Is “Odd-Even” really the answer to Delhi’s smog problem?
Delhi-NCR and most of Northern India face the recurring bane of smog and pollution every year around the months of October and November. Delhi...
Wilderness Conservation and a Flawed Imagination of Nature
Many of us have been sharing videos and photographs of “nature coming back” in the wake of the COVID-19 induced lockdown of normal human...
