Tag: Environmental Damage
Swaraj Dweep is now Waste Deep: Developing Sustainable Tourism in the...
Written and photographed by Shimul Bijoor
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are famous for being one of the most visited tourist destinations in India and...
In the Eye of the Storm: Luna’s Lone War for Clean...
The village of Luna is like any other village in Gujarat — vast stretches of green, mud and brick houses pockmarked around the fields,...
How the Ease of Doing Business is Stifling Environmental Democracy in...
Written by Arpitha Kodiveri
Against the backdrop of an overwhelming pro-Modi-mandate, the BJP-led government has been working on several amendments during the election period. The...
Of Politics and the Environment: Understanding India’s Need for Green Parties
Written by Rizowana Hussaini
“Future is Green, Green is Future”. These words greet every visitor of the India Greens Party’s website, one of India’s few...
The Bastion Dialogues: Kartikeya Sarabhai
Kartikeya Sarabhai (KS), Founder and Director of the Centre for Environmental Education (CEE), is one of the world’s leading environmental educators. A Padma Shri...
Of the people, By the People, but For Whom? Building Environmental...
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...
What the Frack: Is India Ready for Shale?
Co-authored by Sunalika Singh and Charith Reddy
As the third largest consumer of energy in the world, India is far from energy independence; with the...
Of Governance and Garbage
Written by Ahan Bezbaroa
With rousing revelations, such as the IPCC’s recent Special Report that identified 1.5 degrees Celsius as the limit to which the...
Weighing Priorities within India’s Coastal Contests
Co-authored by Kanishk Srinivasan and Pratik Purswani
Coastal Regulation Zones (CRZs) attempt to address the vagaries of development along India’s coastline. Before 1991, very little...
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...
