Book Excerpt: The power of solitude

Solitude is what we seek, while loneliness is thrust on us; solitude has helped writers come up with some of the finest works of literature

Why are young people migrating from the village where the Chipko Movement started?

This video echoes the story of migration and environmental challenges in Reni; the relevance of the Chipko movement in today’s world …

Apogee of the mountain lore: Abiding sway of village deities tie together ecological conservation & spirituality

Uttarakhand's folk traditions play a major role in conserving its forests amid unbridled development push in the hills

Chipko a distant memory

The women who led the landmark environmental movement 50 years ago, speak to Down To Earth

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 18, 2024)

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

Joshimath evacuees return to their unsafe & damaged homes even as rehabilitation policy non-existent after 16 months

They say they have not been given enough compensation to restart their lives; work for stabilisation of Joshimath has also not started

Simply Put: Labour rights

Rhinos to be reintroduced to Jim Corbett Tiger Reserve

The Uttarakhand Wildlife Board has decided to do so in three months time

Big takeaway from Uttarkashi tunnel episode is do not toy with the Himalayas

Economic development is very important for any country, but it must be for the betterment of human lives

Simply Put: Permanent citizen

Yet another seer sits on fast-unto-death for Ganga

Bihar girl Padmavati demands action against mining, stricter norms for dams

Simply Put: Tourist and local

Simply Put: India’s ‘Land of Gods’ is sinking

Why Uttarakhand celebrates Harela

The seeds of five to seven types of crops are sown nine days ahead of the festival

FULL COVERAGE | Chamoli glacier burst: A changing climate & human errors

SC declines to designate Joshimath crisis a national disaster; redirects petitioner to HC

On January 10, the court had said that everything important need not come to it

Simply Put: Joshimath Rehabilitation

Simply Put: Mirror Image

Char Dham: How geological instability and blasting are causing landslides in Tota Ghati

Any hard rock valleys yet to be widened for the project need to be critically evaluated

Simply Put: Movable assets

Not Cherrapunji or Mawsynram, Rishikesh was India’s wettest town for most of August 2023

Between August 1 and August 25, the town received 1,901 millimetres of rainfall

'Defaulting Ganga dams in Uttarakhand to be shut for a month'

A state govt undertaking and 2 private dams don't want to follow water discharge norms

Simply Put: Uttarakhand’s highway to nowhere

Sunderlal Bahuguna: The oxygen for the global green fraternity

Anecdotes from the environmental activist's visit to Kolkata a decade back

Himalayas on fire: Uttarakhand recorded maximum fire alerts countrywide in snowless January

December and January have been extremely dry in state; concerns being expressed about water availability, agri-economy and tourism in the days ahead