Andaman and Nicobar: Beyond India's landmass

Excerpts from Troubled Islands! by Pankaj Sekhsaria

Good ol' dug well

Traditional shallow wells can supply arsenic-free water. All one needs to do is install it with caution

Rivulet resurrected in 45 days

Thousands of people working under NREGS bring a 38 km stream back from the dead in Uttar Pradesh

Farming for the future

Despite having the potential to give a green edge to the agricultural market, biopesticides are yet to make a mark in the agro sector. To create …

Developing countries are dumpyards for e-waste

A recent study in the US shows that by 2004, over 315 million computers will become obsolete. By 2005, for every single computer an American buys,…

The secret gardens of Malabar

An English translation has been made exactly 300 years after the Hortus Malabricus was written, new, sinister designs seem to lurking behind it - …

Flush, but don't forget

What's eating the grasslands?

Redemption from litter

Uttarakhand non-profits have taken responsibility for clearing tourists’ plastic waste

‘Modern buildings cannot breathe’

Kolkata-based architect Laurent Fournier tells how ceilings can float and why bamboo-reed-mud make more sense than brick-concrete-steel

Born at 44

Odisha village gets pattas after nearly half a century. Land reform programmes get jumpstart

Death Inside The Factory Gates

Asbestos makes homes, but it also causes cancer. The "indestructible" substance is increasingly being cast aside by developed countries,…

SSP falls prey to political machinations

Thirty years of planning, 15 years of construction, ten years of promises and Rs 15,000 crore later, the Sardar Sarovar Project is finally …

Once poachers now guards

At Kerala's Periyar Tiger Reserve, deepa kozhisseri finds local tribal communities happily involved in forest protection and ecotourism

Beyond The Billion

If post-Independence leaders of India had ensured full literacy, a solution would have been in sight for a lot of problems. Population, for one. …

Mermaid's second life

The dugong stages a revival, thanks to conservation efforts

India's disregarded wolves

The king of dry grasslands has nowhere to go

Sweet beris of Thar

Residents dig shallow wells to tap sweet water reserves

No diesel without filter

A campaign in Germany demands particulate filters in diesel cars

Painful entry for Poland into the EU

ZOE YOUNG travels through Poland to find that its farmers dread integration with the EU

Greenest of all

Model building design that helps save energy and money by exploiting the sun’s movement

At atom's mercy

A treaty that prevents WHO from reporting on effects of nuclear radiation

Environment Day special: ACmageddon

Penny foolish, pond wise

Once parched, Dewas in Madhya Pradesh is now a lush green district

Forests for people

Newly democratic Bhutan pushes community forestry to tackle rural poverty