Forks and knives

Fauna lovers

Blame it on wires

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Gluttons for oil

It's high time the Indian economy became leaner and adopted a low oil diet

The lonely eater

Why humans became extinct

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Rural India’s expenditure on food has been declining since 1972

The leaked NSSO report on consumption expenditure reveals the state of India’s rural economy

First barbecues

'We are marginalising those who depend on natural resources'

Down To Earth Editor Sunita Narain talks about how we are plundering our resources with our consumption patterns in her new book, Why I Should Be …

Why I should be tolerant

In this exclusive extract from the book, Narain says the most powerful nations would like to believe there is no other side. So, there is no …

Shifting diets can help bridge food gap; reduce pressure on land, water and climate: report

The proposed diet shifts target countries that currently consume, or are projected to use by 2050, high amounts of calories, protein or beef.

Energy intensive business

Humans will eat 20% more fish by 2030

The increase in consumption along with wastage of fish, overfishing is likely to have huge impacts on global food security

India’s fruit and vegetable intake less than standard, finds study

Only 21.2 per cent Indians consume fruits and vegetables that are an essential source of phytonutrients

One-fifth of total food produced goes to waste, finds new report

Overeating and consumer waste are among the major contributors to food loss 

The root cause

Flying high

Back to basics

Food guide for diabetics

We, the consumers

Modern society is little concerned with how goods we use are produced and disposed of

Do you really choose what you eat – or do your gut microbes decide for you?

A new study with fruit flies suggests that we may have less free will when it comes to choosing what we eat than we like to think

Breaching the threshold

How do we sustain our consumption patterns? And how can we feed the 1.2 billion living in poverty?

Projects banned

DEPLETING SOURCES

GAS SHORTAGE