Powerless and lost

Earth Day@50: Fixing our broken relationship with nature

COVID-19 is the grimmest reminder of nature’s revenge

COVID-19: Challenges today and tomorrow

The choice is stark for Indians

That time of the year

Although health impacts are shouted about, there is still only “little” more appetite for action

We can’t afford to lose farmers

It is time we talked about the real cost of our food, about how to benefit the farmers who grow our food

How not to grow trees

Planting a tree is now bound up in so much restriction and red tape that it is not worth the effort

Cool ACs are not so cool

Getting the AC maths right is the real energy game-changer

Coffee that will keep the Cauvery flowing

It is time we thought long and deep about the origins of our rivers. Their birth is our life

Bullets are not the answer to development

How to reinvent the sanitation wheel

The city “shit-flow” diagram shows that the situation is grim as all cities either do not treat or safely dispose the bulk of the …

Dengue, another climate alert

It is clear that this variable weather is not a freak event, but points to the changes that are beginning to influence our monsoon lifeline

Real pride of ancient Indian science

Indian scientists are nowhere to be seen in the world you and I inhabit. This is when our modern world requires science to be integrated into …

A lesson not learnt

Iron in the soul

The promise and reality of renewable energy

This is not the time to be complacent with green power growth in India because the challenges have grown too

“वे पहले से हमें कपटी मान बैठे थे”

जब सेंटर फॉर साइंस एंड एनवायरमेंट ने कोला ड्रिंक्स में कीटनाशक मिलने का अध्ययन जारी किया तब कोका कोला और पेप्सी जैसी कंपनियों ने ...

विरोध से ही निकलेगा रास्ता

यह तथ्य है कि ‘नॉट इन माई बैकयार्ड’ अर्थात ‘मेरे घर के पास नहीं’ जैसा विरोध कचरा प्रबंधन में मील का पत्थर साबित हो ...

Wolf at our door

The US has made the world rewrite the climate agreement so that the targets are based on voluntary action, not science

India has a living tradition of healthy food

Our country has the opportunity to be different in its food journey. With our ancient wisdom, we can prevent McDonaldisation of food

The tale of 21st century's dinosaurs

Why we cannot ignore the poor

One thing is clear—the solutions must work for the poor, for them to work for the rich

The 'other' food crisis

Moving nimbly beyond

Talk technology, not subsidies, to benefit the poor

Zero-zero, net zero

The fact that Joe Biden is not a climate denier is good news. But it is not enough