The Report Card

Opening the account

As the rating progressed, industry opened up

Network: reaching out

Civil society members become a part of GRP

The audit panel

The sounding board

The nitty-gritties

Adopting a comprehensive rating approach

A tribute to P R Mishra

P R Mishra used the power of the community to transform the barren landscape of Sukhomajri into a model for forest regeneration

URBAN WATER HARVESTING SINGAPORE

Rain in a concrete jungle Short of water, Singapore harvests the rain that falls on most of its land despite industrialisation. The city has …

Holding water

The EK Panch Ek Talaab movement has ushered in a new era for the people of Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol and Mandsaur districts

RURAL WATER HARVESTING MADHYA PRADESH

1 + 1 = 11 People have responded overwhelmingly with money and voluntary labour to a government call to renovate water harvesting structures. …

A public eyewash

The inspection and maintenance programme is nothing more than testing tailpipes of vehicles in India. The government should stop wasting …

Accountable automatically

Emission warranty and recall system have compelled the automobile manufacturers in the US and Sweden to take serious anti-pollution measures

Weed them out

The challenge is how to isolate "gross polluters" from the vehicle fleet and send them back to the manufacturers

Creating indomitable superbugs

Antibiotic resistance is a growing threat

Don’t touch

Half the toys tested have unsafe phthalate levels

Chinese honey route

Thriving honey laundering traced to Asian giant

This DROUGHT is sponsored by Govt. of India

Who is really behind our water problems?

Green buildings: it’s common sense

Frenzied growth in real estate and changing lifestyle in Indian cities are inciting resource guzzling. Architects have innovative ideas to build …

Cuddalore flouts rules

New industries set to increase pollution in the area

Born Again

A rural organisation breathes life into the listless people of Melaghar village

Solo Performances

Besides the communities who have done exemplary work in the field of environment, several individuals are making a difference in the lives of …

Above All Differences

A caste-ridden society transforms the depleted forests into a green haven

Hamlets reborn

Although Bhaonta-Kolyala village walked away with the Down To Earth-Joseph C John Award, the judges came across several such communities worthy …

Working women

In Guraiya village , it's women empowerment all the way

Awarded : Bhaonta-Kolyala

... for reviving the Arvari river, for showing that a healthy ecology and good water management mean prosperity, for proving that drought is a myth