Shibani Ghosh, the author of Indian Environmental Law: Key Concepts and Principles, speaks to Down To Earth on the role judiciary plays in environment protection
‘The Yanomami need the world’s support to bring pressure on Bolsonaro’
‘Las Casas’ defence of indigenous rights has left a deep mark on Pope Francis’
How Nanak used nature in his verses to drive home his point
Monsoon will withdraw between Oct 14 and 24, predicts scientist
Physicist Elena Surovyatkina, who recently came up with a new weather forecasting model, speaks to Down To Earth about ...
‘The United States’ Indian Wars never ended’
Down To Earth speaks to Ruth Hopkins, writer of Dakota and Lakota Sioux origin, about various issues concerning Native ...
‘Our injunction won’t lead to the depletion of ground water’
Down To Earth speaks to KR Jaithran, chairman of the Kodungallur municipality, about its new injunction to plant two ...
‘We need to treat the mountains gently and with respect’
Down To Earth speaks to Peter Hillary, the son of the legendary Sir Edmund, who was the first to ...
'Warmer future can lead to heavier hailstorms'
UK researcher Amulya Chevuturi talks to DTE about how hailstorms occur and how they could intensify with rising temperatures
'A dung pat is a mini ecosystem'
Author of the book Call of Nature, Richard Jones speaks to Down to Earth on the ecological significance of ...
‘Leave the Sentinelese alone’
50 years after he first visited North Sentinel Island in the Andaman archipelago, veteran anthropologist, T N Pandit talks ...
'Orangi is not unique, I am'
Akhtar Hameed Khan is one of Asia's foremost social organisers. The Orangi Pilot Proiect, Karachi's outstanding ...
'Values of our society lead to disaster'
In 1972, Dennis Meadows had co-authored the well-known report, Limits to Growth, along with Donella Meadows and Jorgen Randers. ...
"I have always been an environmentalist"
Russi Mody, chairman of Tata Steel, defends his organisation's involvement in the controversial Chilika Aquatic Farms Ltd project in ...
Green politics must be pragmatic to succeed
Erstwhile Green Party spokesperson Sara Parkin on the future of green movements in the industrialised world.
Blending green concerns into market economy
GERMAN environment minister Klaus Topfer has come under fire for his tough green laws such as the one against ...
North overconsumes resources, but efficiently
Friends of the Earth (FOE) in Netherlands has been fighting unsustainable lifestyles in the world's affluent societies by campaigning ...
A reluctant candidate for Chile's presidency
Meet Manfred Max-Neef. Pianist, economist, eco-humanist and politician from Chile, all rolled into one. Internationally acclaimed for his concept ...
The grand old man of Kannada
SOME PEOPLE live in years, others in deeds. At 91, Kota Shivarama Karanth has done both. Journalist, litterateur, dramatist, ...
'Workers' safety is connected with the environment'
The increasing risk of industrial closure on environmental grounds seems to be stirring many trade unions in India ...
'I will not say Delhi is an environmental disaster'
Delhi is bursting at the seams from the pressures of rampant urbanisation. Everything that can possibly go wrong in ...
"Most future decisions will be business decisions"
The man who has hrought the Calcutta wetlands ecosystem to international limelight, DHRURAJYOTI GHOSH is still enchanted by challenges. ...
"Eco-management is optimum use of resources"
economist, is the recipient of the 1995 Sasakawa International Environmental Prize, instituted by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). ...
"I do not like the word sustainability"
The Danish minister of energy and environment, Svend Auken , is widely respected for promoting environmental policies which ...
"The awareness here is dismal"
Karnataka High Court's Justice M F Saldanha has emerged as one of judiciary's standard bearers in the ongoing battle ...
