For common sense

Down To Earth articles on shahtoosh and Veerappan provoke comment. We decided to excerpt them. But first, the editor's rejoinder

Cheap thrill

Law of no returns

Kings of forests

The control of Naxalites over forests is total and overwhelming

Everybody's a Loser

The World Trade Organization's recent ministerial meet in Seattle, USA, will be remembered more for the protestors who turned the venue into a …

Ireland is past its ‘Celtic Tiger’ days; economic growth is good and we want it to be sustainable: Roderic O’Gorman

Down To Earth talks to Irish Green Party politician and Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’ …

'Green Party’s rise is a response to the rise of nasty populist movements'

Newly-elected Member of European Parliament from the British Green Party, Catherine Rowett speaks to Down To Earth about the significance of the …

Muted presence

India's participation at the recently concluded 22nd Conference of Parties was passive and lacked vision

The new rise of Nauru: can the island bounce back from its mining boom and bust?

As the island aims to develop sustainably, there are signs of the green shoots of recovery

The sinking debate

The climate change negotiations have come to a halt over the issue of sinks. Neelam Singh discusses the associated complications

Drought is in the mind

GOOD NEWS: There is more evidence to show that water harvesting can go a long way in dealing with drought and solving the water crisis, and even …

Political harvest

Report card: A scheme that can help solve the water crisis has become a tool to promote political interests of the ruling party Success level: Poor

Learning the mantra

Report card: The government realised its failures and learned from the civil society. Despite cases of corruption and some errors in planning, …

Forest war

Naxalism started as a movement against land alienation. Today it has become a popular movement against natural resource alienation, …

Where is the green party?

The US and us

US approves water bill

Will India have its green moment in politics?

The fact that these issues are still remote from our understanding is evidenced by a survey which revealed that more than 74% people between the …

Environmental organisation challenges US federal agency

Tryst with rain

Following the monsoon failure of 1999-2000, two states - Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh - launched crash programmes to encourage water harvesting. An …

A Renewable Crisis

The last time there was a major push for renewable energy alternatives to polluting fossil fuels was in the aftermath of 1970s oil shock. And then,…

Seeing land for trees

Ease of doing business comes at an environmental cost

India has seen a historic jump in ease of doing business this year, but dilution of legislation to facilitate business will hurt the environment 

Capitol's green initiative

Agenda for 2019

The governance blueprint to combat major environmental problems must be institutionalised and strictly enforced