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Why We Need A Circular Economy

Reusing products is not only necessary for a sustainable future, but also makes business sense

Goa's Summer Date

THE EXOTIC FLOWER OF THE ELEPHANT FOOT YAM IS EATEN WIDELY IN THE RURAL PARTS OF THE STATE FOR A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE ADVENT OF MONSOON

Unfair Trade Laws Can Put A Spanner In Our Quest For A Circular Economy

USED Recycle and reuse of products make great economic and environmental sense. But will circular economy benefit the world at a time when economic giants like the US are using trade sanctions to bully Rwanda, which has banned used clothing? India too is at the risk of becoming the rich world's dumpyard

Renaming Renewables

Will a new categorisation of hydropower plants trigger revival of the sector?

Drowning In Debris

Construction and demolition waste is piling up across India. Regulations are in place, but recycling is yet to gain momentum.AVIKAL SOMVANSHI breaks down the cartouche of waste mismanagement

Africa's Historic Pivot

IF RWANDA IS WILLING TO RISK PREFERENTIAL ACCESS TO THE US MARKET IN ORDER TO DEVELOP ITS DOMESTIC GARMENT INDUSTRY, THEN IT MUST BE CONFIDENT THAT IT WILL FIND ALTERNATIVE MARKETS FOR ITS EXPORTS

A Call For Clean Oceans

These sculptures are a call for clean oceans.

Off Track

Billy Arjan Singh would turn in his grave on seeing this image.

Monitoring Tigers Beyond Tiger Reserves

The slender, bony-white trunks of dhavda trees, standing out against their dark-barked neighbours, appeared unusually mottled.

Off-Roads And Off-Limits

Until a few years ago, the ecologically fragile lateritic plateau of Kaas, home to rare and endemic floral species, witnessed large scale damage due to uncontrolled tourism.

The Corbett Foundation

Originally from Bombay, Dilip Khatau began exploring the foothills of Nainital District in 1959 after reading about Jim Corbett’s adventures in The Man-eaters of Kumaon. He fell in love with India’s oldest national park and became a regular visitor over the next four decades.

Mumbai's Forgotten Shores The Coastal Road

You never forget a first.

Mugger-Man In Disguise

“It was just a palm-sized baby; in four months it has grown to almost half a metre now,”

Darryl D'Monte

November 11, 1944 – March 16, 2019The original environmental journalistAnand Parthasarathy remembers the veteran Mumbai-based scribe who wrote the first detailed account of the saving of the Silent Valley.

Adapt And Thrive… Or Fade Away

Earlier this year, the UN Secretary General warned, “If we do not change course by 2020, we risk missing the point where we can avoid runaway climate change, with disastrous consequences for people and all the natural systems that sustain us.”

Welfare Interrupted

Sloppy government attitude holds up a project and a technology that can manage faecal waste as well as generate clean fuel SHAGUN KAPIL VALSAD, GUJARAT

The Countdown Begins

In the world’s biggest-ever electoral exercise, the largest democracy has elected a new government. It’s not just a national occasion of celebration and hope; the world is closely watching India. The new government is taking charge when the countdown to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (sdgs) has begun. In just 10 years—by 2030 or in just two tenures of a Union government in India—the world has to deliver on the ambitious 17 sdgs and 169 targets.For each of these goals, India has the pivotal role in defining whether the world will be able to meet these targets. That's because of the sheer number of Indians who are lagging behind in each of these development indices. So, for the new government it is not just a national development agenda, but also a global responsibility. Down To Earth has set a roadmap for the new government, which can also become a framework for the world to ensure development for all

Call Of The Local

RESTAURANTS ARE TURNING TO INDIGENOUS FOODS FOR LUCRATIVE BUSINESS

A Sweet Trick

The sugar lobby does not want an answer to the global debate on whether sugar is bad for health

Cyclone Fani - New Gust Of Wind

Cyclone Fani hits Odisha, bringing back horrid memories of the 1999 super cyclone. The state is better prepared now. But a changing climate the chemistry of cyclones as changed. This poses a bigger threat.

To No One's Gain

Government takes back land it gave to people as their right. Now, people of three districts face eviction and have nowhere to go.

Kumbh Raises A Stink

A city that celebrated the festival of faith months ago, is on the verge of an epidemic.

Mortgaging Our Ecological

A climate change narrative lost in rhetoric and catchy metaphors.

Farmers Rights Are A Hot Potato

The fallout between US major PepsiCo and Gujarat’s potato growers underlines the looming threat to farmers’ rights in India over ownership of seeds.

20 Facts You Did Not Know About.......... Einstein

Albert Einstein has been termed as a scientist of the century and has become a synonyms of intellect.

Yeti-Abominable Snowman: Mysteries And Myths Of The Himalayas

The Yeti is a character in ancient legends and folklore of the Himalaya people.

Staphylococcus Pseudintermedius: A Bacteria On The Rise

Bacteria are grossly categorized into gram positive and gram negative based on certain cellular characteristics.

Ready To Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF)

Ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) is a high calorie, nutrient-dense paste (spread) which is the most widely used outpatient treatment for severe acute malnutrition.

Onion Bulb: A Nutritional Pouch

“In exchange for a few tears, you can take a lot of health benefits from onion”

Heavy Metals Toxicity: A Rising Concern In India

India is the developing country and due to industrialization and modernization, is leaving powerful impact at the global level on technical ground.