Power games at UN climate talks

Climate talks unfolded amid high drama. Developing countries protested inaction by developed countries, civil society organisations walked out, …

A journey called change

Their struggle for survival and progress has shaped the understanding of environmentalism both at the national and global levels and influenced …

Meaty tales of vegetarian India

Indians are eating more meat and enjoying it. Higher incomes, global food chains and a vast population of young people indifferent to religious …

Tensions that continue

While launching this newsmagazine, our founder-editor Anil Agarwal had said that in the years ahead, India will have to seize every possible …

Edison’s estranged apprentice

An eccentric genius who thought big with electricity

Why do judges need to be ‘sensitised’?

Powerful industry lobbies are tutoring Indian judiciary how to resolve patent disputes

Potters’ wisdom for last journey

Agents Of Change, Animal Dung, Bihar, Scientists, Forest Conservation, Traditional Knowledge

In ocean’s way

People watch helplessly as the sea nibbles the Konkan coast, swallowing groves and beaches, and shallowing creeks

Farmer’s pod luck

A Sehore farmer finds a unique pigeon pea variety that bears pods three to four times in a row

What’s good insulation?

Many architects use imported, expensive and environmentally inappropriate material

America’s frozen aid

A commodity from their former colony kept the English cool in 19th century India

Let’s play with mud

Using earth to develop modern, sustainable buildings

Let’s talk sex

Awareness campaign changes attitude towards sexual health and family planning in Bihar

Auroville’s alternative galaxy

How a township has set high standard for eco-friendly living

“The climate crisis is here and now”

Increasing risk of extreme weather has made it easier to have conversations on environment in El Salvador, the country’s minister of …

Hunger strikes forest’s exiles

Once called lords of the jungle, Baiga groups in Madhya Pradesh are starving on the margins of Kanha National Park. Shriya Mohan chronicles their …

‘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

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 …

When McDonald’s ate crow

The UK’s longest case was a PR disaster for the fast food giant

Let’s talk

On February 24, Centre for Science and Environment raised the curtains for the Anil Agarwal Dialogues on green clearances. The two-day conclave …

Bhutan’s experiments with happiness

The idyllic Buddhist kingdom believes that peace and happiness should take preference over material growth. In a world beset by inequities and …

Rooftop revolution

More and more people in food-deficit Kerala are taking up terrace farming to grow organic vegetables and fruits

Not ready for swine flu

With over 600 deaths this season, experts say India needs more research on the H1N1 virus before it is in a position to combat the flu

Helpline for birds

Meet the brothers in Old Delhi who treat birds maimed by kite strings

Back from the brink

A Kerala village grows organic pokkali rice after 25 years