A revolution redefined

Troubled by the degradation of soil and water, French farmers are now switching to a more sustainable practise of agriculture

Ground realities

The importance of groundwater as a source of irrigation and the role of traditional methods in conserving it should be given due credit

Nature's laboratory

The ice cover almost 4.8 km thick is perhaps the most valuable feature of Antarctica, with its record of past atmospheres in the trapped air bubbles

Gandhi revisited

Development policies based on Gandhian philosophy, rather than consumerism, are the best bet for tackling current environmental and development …

Time to wake up

The demand for water and energy is likely to increase at a geometrical rate in the coming years. What are the policy options for a better …

Silent sufferers

Indifferent primary health care in developing countries could lead to mental depression taking the form of a mass illness

Save the sea

...by encouraging local participation of fisherfolk to arrest overfishing and damage to the eco-system

The daily bread

Bangladesh's flood victims have little or no work, and little or no money to buy food. And even the foodstuffs that are provided to them under …

Fuel for thought

To reduce the level of carbon in the atmosphere, growing and using biomass as an energy substitute for fossil fuels is of greater advantage than …

Whale of a problem

The world has again failed to agree whether whaling should continue or a moratorium should be placed on hunting the sea mammal

Fuel for food

While energy consumption surveys have shown a very high level of firewood consumption, various forest departments have shown very low levels of …

Alluring corridors

Conservation of lengths of forests, harbouring native animal and plant species, is a powerful concept that can involve people and attract funds

Starting afresh

For the writer, the environs and celebrations will be very different when the new millenium dawns

Trim that FLAB

The bureaucrat is a generalist and gets to head departments that should be managed by specialists

Gifted writers

The life of a journalist on the motoring beat is replete with foreign trips, cash and expensive gifts, all in exchange of a slippery pen

Serving in god's name

This dedicated band have abandoned their egos and selfishness to go about performing social service without any fanfare

Urban Wilderness

A study on urban biodiversity is relevant to understand the human impact on environment

Battle fatigue

The environmental implications of the border-war in Siachen

Not a matter of religion

How green is “green”?

Consumers can determine that by demanding eco-friendly products

The sleepy saw-scaled viper

Largely nocturnal, this brown snake is seen under rocks and fallen logs

Mucking around the Taj

Is there any point in keeping an architectural beauty radiant while the rest of the city goes to pot?

When the hills turn blue

... it is the elusive kurinji flowering in the Western Ghats, blossoming faithfully every 12 years

The city before the Taj

The interests of Agra and its citizens must figure prominently in any effort to save the Taj

A taste of dry death

As the Gujarat forest department persists in planting a weed that sucks dry all the water in its vicinity, the Little Rann of Kutch gets...