Let’s Reclaim our Beaches: Does Chennai deserve its only public space?
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by Bhavani Prakash In Part 1 of this blog, we had talked of How to compost at home – using container pots outlining the composting process using resources at home, what to compost…
Jul 24 2010 / No Comment / Read More »by James H. Wandersee and Renee M. Clary Project your imagination into the soil below you next time you…
Aug 31 2010 / No Comment / Read More »We feature two articles here, both relating to how bird conservation in a relatively unknown area of Mangalajodi on…
Aug 10 2010 / No Comment / Read More »by James H. Wandersee and Renee M. Clary Guest writers James H.Wandersee and Renee Clary discuss why having a…
Jul 23 2010 / 1 Comment / Read More »by Bhavani Prakash Asian consumers’ appetite for shark fins is severely threatening several shark species to extinction and destroying oceans. Considered a Chinese…
Jun 19 2010 / 9 Comments / Read More »Who’s protecting Lake Naivasha?
6 Grassroots Activists win Goldman Environment Prize 2010
Can One man and One cow Save our Planet?: Seeding the real Green Revolution
Climate Change in Bangladesh (Videos)
Would you still eat Chicken in India? Shocking Cruelty
Bike the Talk: The green solution to urban transport
Stanford scientists link ocean acidification to prehistoric mass extinction
Soil Biodiversity: The Invisible Hero
What ancient civilisations teach the modern world about sustainability
UN Millennium Development Goals : Short movies
Water on the Table : A poetic essay documentary
Can Electric Vehicles change the world? Part 3/3 The fun stuff
Can Electric Vehicles change the world? Part 2/3: EVs in Singapore
The Impossible Hamster : Limits to Economic Growth
The brand of cookies, bread, ketchup, chocolates or the multitude of edibles you put in your shopping trolley, has a direct bearing on your health and the health of your children. In case of sensitive people, such as children with ADHD, it could even affect learning ability and behaviour. This is due to a number of food additives that are used…
Apr 9 2010 / Comments Off / Read More »We feature two articles here, both relating to how bird conservation in a relatively unknown area of Mangalajodi on Chilika lagoon in the Eastern Indian state of Orissa is being enabled through community participation and eco-tourism. Chilika lake, along the Bay of Bengal is India’s largest inland lake and Asia’s largest saltwater lagoon. Though recognised under the…
Aug 10 2010 / No Comment / Read More »Here are a few very useful videos to recycle some of our everyday stuff, such as plastic bottles, plastic bags, old jeans and newspapers. Some of these ideas can be used for school or holiday projects with children. Have fun! VIDEO 1 : This shows 8 simple and interesting ways to recycle…
Jan 27 2010 / 1 Comment / Read More »By Bhavani Prakash How convenient is Singapore’s public transport system and does it serve as role model for other Asian cities? How is one nation’s public transport a global issue? Learn about “GO GREEN WITH SMRT” – the public awareness campaign by Singapore’s multi-modal transport operator, and take a small quiz to win a recycled…
Jun 22 2010 / 3 Comments / Read More »A brand New Year, a brand New Decade! A great time to ponder over all the good and not so good green stuff over the last decade, and in particular 2009. An appropriate time too, to look ahead in anticipation of the decade ahead. I’ve compiled a “mega list of green lists” that I really enjoyed poring…
Jan 3 2010 / 1 Comment / Read More »By Bhavani Prakash A new report in the US that highlights the link between environmental factors and cancer is of particular relevance to the rest of the world. What are these environmental…
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by Bhavani Prakash There’s a native American proverb that says, “No river can return to its source, yet all rivers must have…
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by Ria Tan The report card on global biodiversity is out. And the results are not good. But there is still hope.…
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Dr. Masuru Emoto, a Japanese scientist, has a queer obsession. He spends hours on end, freezing drops of water in petri-dishes, in…
Jan 14 2009 / 3 Comments / Read More »One look at the cover and I braced myself for a very disturbing book. Black Market, Inside the Endangered Species Trade in…
Dec 6 2008 / No Comment / Read More »Janet Unruh is a person who believes that everything can be recycled 100% – provided we learn how to design things properly and set up the right systems for materials…
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