Cardboard camera

Swedish furniture retailer Ikea has unveiled an eco-friendly digital camera, made almost entirely from cardboard, as part of the company’s advertisement campaign for new eco-friendly home furniture collection. The project aims to get buyers to click images of their furniture using the camera and post it on Ikea’s website.

Fancy wall for Sundarbans

Environment ministry rapped

THE Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has failed to effectively protect the environment of the country. That’s what the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament has highlighted in its report presented to the Lok Sabha on April 27.

Guardians for the future

Today, vast factory trawlers are vacuuming every living thing off the floor of the oceans. Toxic wastes are being dumped on poor communities whose governments turn a blind eye. Millions of hectares of irreplaceable primeval forests are purposely being burned every year to make way for cattle ranches.

Two decades of hope

When planning Down To Earth as a news magazine, we had two concerns: One, are we fully aware of the rapid changes that are taking place in the world’s technological systems, the kinds of opportunities and problems that these changes are likely to generate, and are we debating enough which of these we want to adopt or letting ourselves through inertia be swept

Letters - May 15, 2012

Freshwater economics

Grassroot environmentalists

A cycle repairer with his mobile workshop, ensures that wheels keep moving without polluting the surroundings Photographs by: Sayantoni Palchoudhuri Also read: Earth crusaders

Grassroot environmentalists

Cyclists cross the Guru Ravidas Marg in south Delhi every morning, leaving no trace of carbon Photographs by: Sayantoni Palchoudhuri Also read: Earth crusaders

Grassroot environmentalists

Almost invisible, the road cleaners sweep Delhi’s roads before the busy traffic on M G Road litters them again Photographs by: Sayantoni Palchoudhuri Also read: Earth crusaders

Grassroot environmentalists

A battery operated electric rickshaw in Dwarka, covers short distances without polluting. Its a battery operated vehicle with advanced technological features. These e-rickshaws are zero-carbon emitters Photographs by: Sayantoni Palchoudhuri Also read: Earth crusaders