Governance matters: COVID-19 pandemic shows how
India’s shame is not the virus but the fact that we do so little to provide healthcare even in normal times
The real climate warriors
Communities in the desert of Rajasthan this year made full use of the very heavy rain that the region saw; there are many lessons we must draw …
Delhi dilemma: End this routine air pollution crisis
The bottom line is that air pollution knows no boundaries. So this politics of finger-pointing and scoring points will not lead to cooperation or …
Chamoli glacier burst: Himalayan blunders compounded
The issue is about carrying capacity of the fragile region, which is even more at risk because of climate change
Why I would not advocate vegetarianism
Meat eating is not the key issue, it is the amount that is consumed and the manner in which it is produced. This is where India differs.
The undisclosed air pollutants
How furnace oil and pet coke are choking us as policy fails to stay ahead of underground developments
Bhopal must never be forgotten, indeed must be fixed
Bhopal gas tragedy exposed how systems of corporate liability remain grossly inadequate in a world that uses high-risk technology
To let citizens die of air pollution is anti-national
Since 1996, it has been a suffocating journey of knowing and forgetting. An insiders' narration of the politics behind the mass murder
खाद्य सुरक्षा के साथ पोषण सुरक्षा भी जरूरी
गरीब बच्चों तक अन्न पहुंचाना उतना बड़ा मुद्दा नहीं है। लेकिन फिर सवाल उठता है कि आखिर बच्चे कुपोषित क्यों हैं?
स्वच्छ भारत मिशन का जश्न मनाएं, लेकिन सावधानी से...
देश में सफलतापूर्वक 10 करोड़ शौचालय बना दिए गए हैं, लेकिन अब सवाल इस सफलता को चिरस्थायी बनाने रखने का है
जल की अग्निपरीक्षा
स्थानीय समुदाय को जल संरचनाओं का स्वामित्व देना, लोकतंत्र को मजबूत करना और शक्तियों का हस्तांतरण। इससे जल का कुप्रबंधन रोका जा सकता है
Changing character of cyclones
Fani teaches us that the future is even more risked and even more unpredictable than we imagined. It is time we woke up to this reality
Make steel future-ready
We can emit even less than what we do today; it needs planning, technology & funds
ATM agriculture: There are reasons as to why there is so much resistance to the idea of natural farming
It is different. In this case, science promotes competition in the plants so that they can build soil reservoirs of fungi and bacteria and …
Redefining gender issues and conservation
Women farmers in Uttarakhand are bearing the brunt of the monkey menace
Developing politics: Election 2004 is not the end
आर्थिक वृद्धि के मॉडल में करने होंगे बदलाव
हमने ग्रीनहाउस गैस के उत्सर्जन को कम से कम घटाने के लिए स्मार्ट तरीके खोजने में बेहद कीमती समय गंवा दिया
Water-wisdom for climate change: We must become much more efficient with every drop
The country has learnt critical water lessons through the years — now is the time to put it to practice
Human empathy is our politics
This year, Down To Earth turns 31 years old. We have promises to keep. And keep them we will
रूस-यूक्रेन युद्ध से उपजे ऊर्जा संकट से सबक लेने की जरूरत
वर्तमान ऊर्जा संकट हमें जीवाश्म ईंधन व्यवसाय की ओर वापस ले जा सकता है, जिसे वातावरण में उत्सर्जन और पृथ्वी पर जीवन को खतरे ...
Missing: One-third of India’s recorded forests
25.87 million hectares: That is the size of forest missing from the latest assessment of India’s green cover. Does this land exist? Is it …
कचरे के प्रति व्यवहार में बदलाव लाना जरूरी
पिछले कुछ सालों में देश में कूड़ा प्रबंधन की रणनीति में तेजी से बदलाव हुआ है, लेकिन अब लोगों को अपने व्यवहार में बदलाव ...
My clean air concerns
The bottomline is even with the region practically closed down, air quality is still nowhere close to where we need it to be. This should worry …
Environmental charter for the new government
Sustainable development, pollution, employment generation and agrarian crisis did not play major roles in deciding the outcome of the 2019 …
विश्व पर्यावरण दिवस 2021: महामारी में पर्यावरण की फिक्र
कोविड-19 वैश्विक महामारी के इस भयावह दौर में विश्व पर्यावरण दिवस की तार्किकता बयान करता सुनीता नारायण का आलेख