We don’t have the luxury of time
The Climate Reality Project, a nonprofit climate organisation founded by former US Vice President Al Gore, is about to make hops all over the world with the REALITY Tour. The…
Mansukhlal Prajapati: The man who redefined ‘Coolness’
When the wheel of destiny moves, it can take you to totally unexpected places or may turn your whole life around. And that is what happened to this simple son…
Carrot or Stick and Climate Change
— Nick Barter Environmental and social degradation precipitated a call for sustainable development and in 1987 the United Nations World Commission on Environment and Development report ‘Our Common Future’ (1987),…
Understanding the economics of sustainable development — Online & Free
— Ankur Verma For long I pondered over one particular question “Why have we developed the way we did?” “Wealth of Nations” by Adam Smith provides a fitting answer as…
100 smart cities: A giant opportunity for green economy
– Keshav Chaturvedi There are times in the life of a nation when a new opportunity knocks on the doors offering fundamental shift from the past while promising huge business…
Sustainable city: Age of ‘urban dinosaurs’ must end
— Keshav Chaturvedi The human race is moving on a one way path towards urbanisation. Cities around the world are growing rapidly. Researchers, sociologists and futurologists are all unanimous in…
Taking the factory to the worker
— Keshav Chaturvedi Literature is full of stories where the factory worker during the first flush of industrial revolution yearned for his homeland -the idyllic rural surrounding and the proximity…
What is sustainability?
— Keshav Chaturvedi Whenever we talk of sustainability, we are reminded of one line definition articulated in the report “Our Common Future” presented by the United Nations’ World Commission on…
“Rurban” a concept for languid and benign urbanisation
— Keshav Chaturvedi The new government in India is planning to replicate an attempt made by the state government (Gujarat) from where the present prime minister has been chosen. The…
The ephemeral goal of saving the eternal Ganga
— Keshav Chaturvedi On June 8, this year, according to Hindu calendar (lunar calendar) the devotees will celebrate Ganga Dussehra – a festival that marks the descent of Ganga from…
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 of rising demand of water due to ever increasing population. There wasn’t enough water…
Sustainable urban air quality: How Delhi squandered its chances
— Keshav Chaturvedi These days India’s capital, New Delhi, is witnessing an intellectual debate thanks to two consecutive damning reports by an international agency and an US University. In January,…