Chipko a distant memory

The women who led the landmark environmental movement 50 years ago, speak to Down To Earth

Sunderlal Bahuguna: The oxygen for the global green fraternity

Anecdotes from the environmental activist's visit to Kolkata a decade back

Good news: Trees that bind families

An Uttarkhand teacher gives reasons to take care of plants after plantation drives

Sunderlal Bahuguna, the green leader of India, will be etched in our memory

Gandhian Bahuguna predicted future generation would realise the adverse impact of Tehri dam; now we realise what he meant

Hasdeo Aranya: Chhattisgarh government puts three mining projects on hold ‘indefinitely’

Surguja Collector cites disapproval of minister TS Singh Deo; activists say will of people more important

Battle to preserve nature resumes in Uttarakhand’s Raini village 48 years after Chipko

Following the dismissal of the petition in the high court, the residents of Raini village are now preparing to appeal to the Supreme Court, …

10 most popular stories of 2018

As the year nears its end, here is a list of stories covered by Down To Earth that caught the most attention online

A year on: A Raini-like incident can happen again

Rampant construction continues in the seimically active and climate change-sensitive Himalayas; the next disaster is waiting to happen

Veteran environmentalist Sundarlal Bahuguna dies of COVID

Sundarlal Bahuguna, the eminent Gandhian environmentalist and leader of the Chipko and Tehri dam movements, leaves behind a legacy that will be …

‘Greed will consume the village’: Chipko birthplace questions its choice after Chamoli disaster

Following the flash floods of February 7, residents of Reni village in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district want to relocate

‘Give us our forest back’

An unprecedented people’s movement might have forced the Odisha government to cancel a beer factory project, but there are many unresolved …

76 years of environmentalism

The most important gain of India’s environmental movement is the voice it has given to its citizens. This is the soul of the movement

Badrinath Master Plan: Development script or disaster manual?

The Uttarakhand government might be repeating a 50-year-old misstep which had been stopped in the nick of time after widespread agitations