Environment

A global citizen movement towards reduced energy consumption through products such as smart phones could avoid catastrophic effects on climate.

An automated clean-up system for intercepting and removing floating solid waste from the Picket drain inlet has helped to clean up the lake noticeably.

Urban agriculture could make for climate-proof, sustainable means of living, as evidenced in some cities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

1,838 trees in Delhi are slated for transplantation to make way for the Central Vista plans, despite the survival record of transplanted trees being very poor.

Extreme temperatures during the summer in India make people with cardiovascular and respiratory diseases more vulnerable, as does COVID. How can heat impact be mitigated?

Amit Kumar and his fellow Dwarka Sector 8 residents are fighting to prevent the DDA from destroying the only public park in their sector.

Wetlands created by Raja Bhoj 1000 years ago face extinction today, thanks to the new Bhopal Development Plan. The plan threatens, among other things, increased tiger presence in some eco-sensitive areas.

It was clear from the word go that this lapsed Ordinance was meant primarily to prevent the Supreme Court from appointing the Justice Madan B Lokur commission to prevent stubble burning.

At our online roundtable on climate crisis in tier 2 cities, we asked participants to share that one call to action that they would give out to various stakeholders.

On February 10th, we organised an online round-table discussion on ‘Climate Crisis and Environmental Sustainability: Lessons for Tier 2 cities’. A summary of some key observations.

The landfill has poisoned groundwater in the vicinity and 50-60 people have died of cancer in the region. Residents fear the plant will only make matters worse.

Plogging as a practice gained momentum across the world in 2018; now, several youth volunteers in Pune have taken to it to keep plastic waste from landfills