Turning barren land into a food forest

Permaculture practitioners Narsanna and Padma Koppula have turned a barren piece of land in Telangana's Pastapur village into a productive farm full of diversity

"Weak outcome for climate-induced loss and damage at COP23"

Harjeet Singh, global lead on climate change at Action Aid, explains the outcome of the negotiations on loss and damage caused by climate change at the 23rd Conference of Parties 

Dr Devi Shetty talks about antibiotic resistance

Dr. Devi Shetty, cardiac surgeon and founder of Narayana Health, has seen increasing cases of antibiotic resistance at his hospital. Even those who had never taken antibiotics are reporting it.

How do bacteria become antibiotic resistant?

A quick classroom on how bacteria acquire antibiotic resistance and the threat they pose to our health

Week 1 at COP 23: Interview with Camilla Born, Climate Action Network

Camilla Born, Senior Policy Adviser, E3G and member Climate Action Network talks about the state of negotiations after the first week at the CoP 23 in Bonn, Germany

Carbon Markets after Paris Agreement: Stefano De Clara

International Policy Director of IETA, Stefano De Clara talks about the future of market mechanisms in combating climate change under the Paris Agreement.

Why Delhi continues to choke year after year

Sunita Narain and Anumita Roychowdhury explain the current air pollution situation in Delhi

Ice Man of Ladakh: Chewang Norphel who builds artificial glaciers

Mr. Norphel is a retired civil engineer from Ladakh. He is popularly known as 'Ice Man of Ladakh' as his innovative method of water conservation by creating artificial glaciers has helped many villages in this cold and dry desert.

Climate Change: Sunita Narain on adaptation to the new normal

Sunita Narain's video-speech at the Water Research Commission Symposium 2017, in Boksburg, South Africa. She talks about the importance of water management and sanitation in the wake of unpredictable and extreme climatic events.

Can algae be a profitable solution for carbon capture?

Siddhanta Das, special secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, talks about using algae to capture carbon from industrial processes as a way of bio-mitigation

Facebook Live: Are recent floods linked to climate change?

Sunita Narain, Director General Centre for Science and Environment discusses the recent floods event in Mumbai, Chandigarh, Bengaluru and Houston and their links to climate change. Shreeshan Venkatesh, climate change correspondent for Down to Earth joins this conversation

How to make mining sustainable

The Goenchi Mati Movement believes that the Earth is not inherited from our ancestors, but borrowed from our children, and advocates creation of permanent funds from mining profits 

How to grow a food forest that will feed you everyday

What does it take to design a permaculture kitchen garden? Peter Fernandes recounts his experience of growing a food forest using permaculture in Goa

Importance of permaculture for Indian agriculture

Clea Chandmal is the founder of Permaculture Ways. She teaches permaculture to farmers and also designs agriculture spaces using principles of nature and ecosystem services

Easy-to-do adulteration tests for honey and sugar

Some simple tests prescribed by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India to check adulteration in common food items

First Food recipe: healthy and easy Makhana breakfast

Makhana or fox nut is traditionally eaten during religious fasting in India, but due to its immense health benefits, it is now relished across the country

Sweden against Climate Change: In Conversation with Eva Svedling, State Secretary

Eva Svedling is the State Secretary to the Minister for International Development. Cooperation and Climate Isabella Lövin. Lövin is also the Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden. Svedling was in India recently and spoke to Down To Earth about climate change in Sweden, Swedish-EU- US relations and Indo-Swedish collaboration on climate change.

India's first quick charging station for electric vehicles

ViVa or Vidyut Vahan is India's first quick charging electric vehicles. It takes 90 per cent less time to charge an electric rickshaw—80 minutes instead of 10 hours

First Food recipe: delicious dessert mango curd with ramdana

Ramdana are the seeds of chaulai or amaranth. They are a source of calcium, protein and amino acids, also rich in iron, magnesium and Vitamin A, B and C. Ramdana is an integral part of Hindu fasting diet. A summer recipe which is both nutritious and healthy

How to segregate waste at home with Ruchika Sethi Takkar

Ruchika Sethi Takkar is a promoter of sustainable waste management at source. She teaches home-owners, residential societies and corporates the ways to segregate waste. At home, she segregates her waste into five different streams. Her message is that waste is a valuable commodity and must be treated with due diligence and care.

Yoga works on every part of your body: Poonam Bali

Yoga supplements and compliments mainline treatment in case of lifestyle diseases such as high blood pressure

Learn how to breathe right with yoga

Most of us breathe only through the upper chest. We should breathe from the depths of our lungs. This is how a yogic breath should be