India’s homemakers being wooed by political parties is path-breaking

The socio-political message of parties promising cash value to homemakers is a recognition of women’s work in a typical male-dominated …

Temple and open defecation: Shifting narratives of sacred and profane

How did people of Karnataka’s Berambadi village strategically redefine the nature of open defecation spaces?

The coolest one

Researchers develop a refrigerator that works on magnetisation and consumes little electricity

'Smokeless' stove

A solid-fuel stove has been devised that produces less smoke

Heading for a burnout

Increased incomes, innovative financing schemes, short-sighted policies and wasteful attitudes have led to an enormous amount of energy being …

Keep the sunny side up

India plans to produce 22 gigawatt of solar power by 2022. But the country can harness much more solar energy if people start using solar-powered …

Waste trade: Is this right?

Waste is a resource for traders as they cannot afford to let it be burnt, but there is waste that cannot be recycled and has to be burnt

Unpaid work: Women and the burden of unpaid labour

By recognising unpaid labour as genuine work, India will not only benefit in terms of its GDP figures but also empower its women 

CSE launches Forum of Cities that Segregate

The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has been working with cities to promote and implement source-segregation model of waste management. …

Fecal Sludge Management (FSM) in Delhi - a case study

A large portion of Delhi is unsewered. Almost half of the households either use septic tanks or openly defecate. This film looks at the …

Leading light

COVID-19: Indian household debt increased by 5% in FY20

Household debt in FY21 increases to 37.3% of GDP from 32.5 per cent in FY20  

Swachh Bharat Mission: We may be ODF, but not garbage free

The scheme’s aim to turn India’s waste into a resource has seen limited success

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 24, 2023)

Down To Earth brings you top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts & National Green Tribunal

Factsheet: Energy efficiency of appliances

According to the Consumer Electronics and Appliances Manufacturers Association, consumer electronics and appliances in India is a 45,000-crore-…

These teenage waste crusaders are cleaning up Delhi's mess

Two brothers run a non-profit that collects dry waste, segregates it and then delivers it to recyclers

The bane of consumerism

If plastic waste has to be done away with, the initiation has to come from consumers

India needs to adopt nature-friendly sanitation technologies

Making design changes in toilets that conserve water and do not create sewage is the key to ecological sanitation

Tough ride for EC tax

All for a mausoleum

House power

Home fire burning

Fuel for the people

Making life lighter: How improving rural laundry can be key to better hygiene, dignity

This critical issue deserves more attention and action to help lift the burden of domestic work on women and girls and improve the quality of …

Is waste on the govt’s mind?

The new government will need to prioritise this in the coming years, otherwise we will run out of resources, poison our environment and have …