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The perils of babudom

Hollywood, the second largest polluter in Los Angeles

Website on Caribbean Indigenous and endanged languages launched

Alien waters, photography exhibition

ILO says economic growth leads to longer working hours in Asia

Lights out in Hong Kong to protest polluted air

We aren't that bad

Work matters

Proximity to workplace determines housing decisions of slum dwellers, finds a new study

Give up, they shall not

Latest World Disasters Report focusses on neglected crises

Blood Diamond shames the diamond business in Sierra Leone

Book review: Making amends?

"Demanding Accountability: Civil-Society Claims and the World Bank Inspection Panel" Edited by Dana Clark, Jonathan Fox and Kay Treakle Rainbow …

Star strike

With environmentalists failing to hold back destructive activities in us national parks, musicians have decided to take on the crusade

Toyota's tall claim

Reducing automobile emissions to zero is perfectly possible, claims a recent Toyota advertisement. The ad describes how the auto giant's hybrid …

Worthy winners - Goldman prize

Julia Bonds, a grandmother living in the state of West Virginia, usa, has been awarded the 2003 Goldman environmental prize for her fearless …

Malaria in the Thar Desert: Facts, Figures and Future - Book review

One usually does not associate malaria with a desert environment. Common sense dictates that mosquitoes, that breed only in stagnant water, would …

Pollution: The crusade continues

US-based environmental pollution crusader Erin Brockovich and her partner Ed Masry are at it again. The target of their attention this time is …

Scotland schools ban fast food ads

Fast food advertising in vending machines in schools have been banned in Scotland. The move has been hailed as a breakthrough in the fight …

Book review: Commercial cultivation of medicinal plants

It is an obvious business risk for a farmer to give up growing conventional crops that have assured returns and start growing medicinal plants. …

Book review: Waterlines by Amita Baviskar

Rivers are wellsprings of life. They give birth to civilisations, sustain livelihoods and sometimes even trigger wars. Rivers inspire awe and …

Healthy dining: Organic restaurant

Apna Dhaba in Vadodara promises sumptuous food, and all of it is homegrown and organic

When the commons vanish

Wild disruption

Even low concentrations of pollutants can alter animal behaviour