Less fuel, less smoke but more jaggery

Sugarcane farmers in rural Karnataka are making jaggery using an efficient and smoke-free stove designed and promoted by a school headmaster.

Weaving a common destiny

The weavers of Kabir Basti had just two resources: wool and their own talent. With this they transformed their lives

Squatters' rights

The issue of toilet space for 8.1 million slumdwellers in India's 4 major metros threatens to expand into a matter of social rights

Dumpyard

Hazardous materials from Taiwan were dumped in a village in Cambodia about a month ago. UnsuspeoAng villagers now complain of a host of diseases

India needs the science of the common people

It's a paradox that while the government is busy opening up the telecom sector to multinational companies, technocrat Sam Pitroda, perhaps the …

Ban paves the way

The bar on polluting brick kilns opens up opportunities for cleaner technologies

Plan that isn’t

NCR Planning Board dilutes environmental safeguards to promote towns, industries

Letters

Tiger death rate in India highest since 2010

Even in the neighbouring Bangladesh, declining tiger population is a major concern

Fish blindness

Sunny jobs

Fuel for thought

Biogas generation helps save 112 tonnes of fuelwood use annually in a small Bhopal village

An award for the people

Three village communities in Rajasthan are awarded for their conservation efforts

Keeping track

Following up on sustainable development summits

Damselfly species found in Western Ghats named after climate impact on insects

Named Armageddon reedtail after ecological armageddon or insect apocalypse brought on by rampant habitat loss, global warming

World Dhole Day 2023: India, Nepal, Bhutan and Thailand doing well on conserving enigmatic canid, says expert

Down To Earth speaks to Arjun Srivathsa, a wildlife biologist who works on large carnivore ecology and conservation about the situation regarding …

Kashmir human-wildlife conflict: Children being increasingly preyed upon by black bears, leopards

Experts have blamed rapid urbanisation and deforestation for the human-wildlife conflict in the Kashmir Valley

Elephants' conflict of diet

It's not just fragmented corridors that take elephants to farms. They get drawn towards crops that improve their state of mind and well-being

How monkey fever in Goa is linked to deforestation, climate change

From Karnataka’s Shimoga district, this virus-borne disease has spread to the entire Western Ghats

Land clearing isn't just about trees – it's an animal welfare issue too

More than 50 million birds, mammals and reptiles are thought to be killed each year in New South Wales and Queensland by the removal of native …

Sanitary insights

January 2, 2017, is the 15th death anniversary of Anil Agarwal, founder of the Centre for Science and Environment and Down To Earth. This year, …

There is more to declining bird numbers than just climate change

Researchers say one should not jump to conclusions about bird physiology when assessing the effects of climate change on the avian population

The new urban dream

Sweden is successfully moving towards self-sustaining cities where long-term ecological gains rank higher than short-term economics.

Sewage plant raises storm in temple town

Despite protests from villagers near Kerala's most famous temple town, authorities insist on locating a sewage treatment meant for Guruvayur, in …

The efficient way of looking at waste disposal

Urban waste will cease to be a problem if it is treated as a resource rather than refuse from consumption, which requires disposal.