Poetic justice?

A Kerala village burns down a polluting bone crushing factory

Car-free smog-free!

As cars keep off the street following a French call for European car-free day, air quality in some cities shows improvement

Troubled times

As the Lok Sabha gears up to vote on the crucial Aquaculture Authority Bill, thousands of fisherfolk launch an indefinite stir

THE PHILIPPINES

Koel Karo firing

Six protesters are killed

Gunning for biotechnology

The US and Indian business lobby along with the Union government gang up to "educate" the public about biotechnology

COSTA RICA

A question of trust

A survey finds that people trust NGOs more than governments

Meat, the bone of contention

People play key role in anti-filaria project

A programme implemented in central Kerala shows how an illness can be controlled if the community is involved.

The revival of indigo

A school principal in Bihar revives the cultivation of the crop that symbolised the independence struggle

Spurring people into action

Villagers of Bhuragaon in Assam no longer depend on the government for protecting their lands from the currents of the Brahmaputra. They have, …

Plastic purge

Chittaranjan township sports a new look as its residents say no to plastic carrybags

Barefoot health care

Dying wisdom

Rise and fall of traditional water harvesting systems in India They are called kuhals in Jammu, kuls in Himachal Pradesh and guls in Uttarakhand.…

MoEFCC proposes new draft rules on wetland management

The new draft allows for the creation of state-level authorities for the management of wetlands

Citizen involvement may clean a Bengaluru lake

The initiative to rejuvenate the Kundalahalli lake will be funded by CSR contributions

Community management of ponds has been a success'

Mohit Kumar Ray, convener of Kolkata-based non-profit Vasundhara Foundation, says the city has been losing nearly 200 ponds each year for the …

SOUTH AFRICA

Solutions for a large country

...are normally available with the local community

Victims of dirty air, all

Physicians, environmentalists and residents of Delhi share a platform to vent their anger over the city's polluted air

Small is more

A small water harvesting structure can produce amazing economic crossover effects. The same may not be true for large canals

SOUTH AFRICA

Stir over dam

TANZANIA