The last of the syncretic scientists

Joseph Needham's monumental work grinds to a halt after his recent demise

The view from below

For down and out tribal women, global developmental extravagnzas mean nothing but rhetoric

Just jute

Jute is a true-blue environmentally-benign product

Bread, values and politics

The forthcoming World Food Summit must ensure that the umbrella of food security also extends to encompass the Southern nations' poor

Towards greener pastures

Irrespective of the costs incurred, corporate planning would do well to take into account the setting up of an effective pollution control mechanism

Up the wrong tree

A report on the US ban on shrimp exports from India, which appeared in this magazine recently, has elicited a sharp response from Earth Island …

Cowering behind lies

PETER B STONE presents an objective re-examination of the recent scare over the mad cow disease in Europe

For all that is green

Standing today at the threshhold of a doom 04t can happen actually in a split second in the form of a nuclear holocaust or a germ warfare, the …

The great American whims

The murky wrangle between environmental zeroes and heroes of the 104th Congress in the US becomes evident

A billowing problem

Promoting cigarette smoking and refusing to accept its resultant health hazards is but sheer avarice on the part of our politicians as well as …

Call of the wild

The magic wand of wildlife research is literally bringing to life that sleeping beauty called extinct biodiversity - the supposedly disappeared …

Under siege

The impasse in Manipur, which represents the festering unrest in the entire Northeast, needs a caring administrative policy, not bullets and raids

Technology is the key

With developed countries doing little to restrict global warming, a ray of hope comes from the development of favourable technologies

A southern fault

The South is to blame for the shattering of a dream called Rio

Good, but not enough

The efforts of South Asian countries at cooperation in the field of science and technology have a long way to go

The poverty of Amartya Sen

Even the "sensitive" Sen has failed to understand -ecological poverty"

No dukes No deluge

Floods are bad. But embarkments only make matters worse

The Korean conundrum

Demand management is better for both the environment and the economy. The sooner South Korea realises this, the easier it would be for the nation …

A musician's Yantra

Violinist-turned-environmentalist Aubrey Meyer has coined the phrase "contraction and convergence" and set the world thinking on the lines of …

Green reporting

Encouraging Indian industries to voluntarily disclose performance on environmental front

Guiding myths

Folk knowledge is a treasure that has been passed on by word of mouth. It needs to be protected and documented before it is lost

A necessary drain

Draining of Lake Powell, formed after creation of a dam on the Colorado river, has become essential for restoring the ecology of the Grand Canyon …

Vacancy for a FALL GUY

A narrow escape from the fate of a scapegoat -- also called an accidental director

Tunnel - Vision Approach

Yet another tale of missed opportunities

Counter Productive

The post-Pokhran sanctions on Indian scientific institutions by the West could be a blessing in disguise for the country and its scientists