SOCIETY
Sustainable city: Age of ‘urban dinosaurs’ must end
-- Keshav Chaturvedi The human race is moving on a one way path towards urbanisation. Cities…
SOCIETY
Mitticool: A clay fridge that cools through evaporation
In a country, where two things are most common, poverty and lack food, preservation of food…
OPINION
The real story behind Brazil’s ‘greenest World Cup’
-- Carol Adams This year’s World Cup was supposed to be the “greenest ever”, with FIFA…
ESG
Measuring your water footprint
-- Sabita Kaushal, Prarthana Rao "When the well is dry, we know the worth of water.” ―…
SOCIETY
Museums: Ah! Finally bones and joysticks start dating
-- Pratima H WHATEVER Walt Disney meant when he said “I would rather entertain and hope…
ESG
What is sustainability?
-- Keshav Chaturvedi Whenever we talk of sustainability, we are reminded of one line definition articulated…
ENERGY
The future of wireless charging and long-lasting batteries
-- Stu Lipoff Although both solar/kinetic power and wireless charging fall under the "portable power" umbrella they…
INTERVIEWS
Sir David King: India is poised for a low carbon energy future
From a political perspective, Sir David King has played an enormous role in shaping the sustainability…
OPINION
“Rurban” a concept for languid and benign urbanisation
-- Keshav Chaturvedi The new government in India is planning to replicate an attempt made by…
SOCIETY
How green is the Fifa World Cup?
-- Pratima H Big Sports events across the atlas are finally scoring high on a kick…
SOCIETY
The eco and social bits from President Pranab’s address
In many ways, the presidential address when the new Lok Sabha is convened is like an…
CLIMATE
Averting the climate change catastrophe
-- Arvind Kumar The recently released reports by UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warn…
CLIMATE
The ephemeral goal of saving the eternal Ganga
-- Keshav Chaturvedi On June 8, this year, according to Hindu calendar (lunar calendar) the devotees…
SOCIETY
Green Activism: The world is changing while we sleep
-- Pratima H You can’t exactly call them crusaders or activists. They don’t need that attention…
CLIMATE
Game theory and real environmental playgrounds
-- Pratima H Mankind has been playing all sorts of games with environment and we know…
ENERGY
Renewable energy – The answer to India’s emission woes
-- Shashwat DC Inflection point - as defined by dictionary - corresponds to an event or…
OPINION
From Rome to Jaisalmer: Two divergent ancient paradigms on water management
-- Keshav Chaturvedi Almost two millennia ago the great city of Rome started feeling the pressure…
ENERGY
Modi’s dream of ‘solar powered India’ takes shape in Tripura
-- Abhijit Deb At a time when India’s “Energy Literate Prime Minister” Narendra Modi plans to…
CLIMATE
Rachel Carson’s eternal spring
Google today commemorates the 107th birthday of renowned American biologist, Rachel Louise Carson with an illustrated…
SOCIETY
How a Naga village can teach water sharing to the world
-- Keshav Chaturvedi In the North Eastern state of Nagaland, India there is a village, Kikruma,…