Reviving Nature’s Bounty: A Call to Preserve Uttarakhand’s Ecosystem
Uttarakhand, once known as Aryanya Pradesh (the land of forests), is a treasure trove of natural resources. Its landscapes, adorned with dense forests, sparkling rivers, and the grandeur of the…
Disney’s The Lion King: A Call for Biological Realism
The new Lion King movie is ‘photo-realistic’ and almost seems real. Now, if only the lions in the movie behaved a bit more realistically. Or is that too much to expect?
FCA Amendments: Missing the wood for the trees
The current amendments to the Forest (Conservation) Act 2006 can be quite counter productive to the conservation of natural spaces in India
World Water Day: Inspiration for a Better Future
According to the UN, one in four people lack safe drinking water. To know more about world water day, read more:
Fast Fashion- Slow Torture?
Is the youth really reckless when it comes to how fashion affects the world beyond them? Do they run after vanity or do they chase comfort, happiness and affordability instead?…
Hi Big Ears! Hello Elephants!
Sounds can be clever breadcrumbs to follow when the Hansel and Gretel here are elephants in a thick forest somewhere in Africa. They can lead us to surprising discoveries on…
We want to bring Bharat to the world- with Handlooms
Sweta Patra, Founder, Ethnics Land shares how her venture is weaving in scalability and growth with authenticity and artisan-rights in the handloom space. She also talks about green-washing, Blockchain, 3D…
The Great Barrier Reef – Now easily visible to Citizen Scientists
Thanks to a new deep learning model, volunteers can review 13,000 images in just over a week Consider what happens when a deep learning model gets to work to strengthen…
Building Passports- The door to a greener world?
Decarbonising older buildings, local housing materials, modular buildings, SMETs 1 metering, and incidents like Grenfell – while we are moving to green-er buildings, we have to learn how to discriminate…
‘The role of art is to show the world that things can be different than how it is currently’
Graphic artist Matthew Frame shares his views on how art can play an important role in spreading the message of awareness on topics like Climate Change
Let’s Read These Tea Leaves
The future of health lies in what we do today – with our lifestyle and habits, starting from the very basic and very first part of the day – the…
Thinking about the Urban Macaques of India
The macaques, a large group of Old World monkeys, are represented by about 22 species distributed across Asia. Due to urbanization they are facing numerous challenges. Know more about them..
‘Universities must move to the forefront of society’s sustainability efforts’
Meghna Tare has been leading the sustainability function at the University of Texas Arlington for over a decade. She shares the high points of the journey as well as challenges faced inn a exclusive interaction.
The Greenliness of Mukesh Ambani: Sincere or Synthetic?
Reliance Industries is adopting green. But can a petrochemical major really make clean break from the past and embrace sustainability? Here’s a quick analysis based on RIL’s AGM..
The ‘Sherni’ didn’t Roar!
Sherni is a Hindi film depicting the real-life struggles faced by forest officers in India. Here’s an honest review of the film…
Emotional Wellness – The Last Domino or The First One?
She strongly advises against the word ‘mental’ while talking about the struggles of the mind – because she believes that ‘how’ we say something matters as much to ‘what’ we…
‘Plastic Consumption is Projected to Increase by Three Times in the Next 25 years’
Plastic waste management is a critical aspect of fighting plastic pollution, according to Jacob Duer, President & CEO, Alliance to End Plastic Waste. But is it really enough?
“Lack of Accurate Measurement is Impacting our fight against Air Pollution”
Air Pollution is one of India’s biggest problems. And the worst part is we don’t have sufficient data for it. Akshay Joshi, CEO, Ambee, tells us how his company is trying to bring a change by bringing data analytics in the environmental space.
Real-estate after Corona: Let’s Appreciate The Right Plot
Will we continue to be the incorrigible belly-button generation as the crisis unfolds some unexpected positive side-effects? Or will be learn – for a change? The pandemic came and it…
Rewild-ing and Urban Life
The pandemic has shown us a lot of deer and dolphins in clear view again. But are we learning what we need to? We choose waiting for elevators when stairs…