Tag: ENVIRONMENT
Book Review/ In The Living Mountain, Ghosh holds up a time-traveller’s mirror to the...
This is an intense look at the book 'The Living Mountain' by Amitav Ghosh. It presents the arguments,narratives of the book while exhaustively putting forward a review that is sure to retain your keen attention.
Judiciary Provides Speedy Justice to People Displaced by Himachal’s Renukajee Dam
While dams promise greater access to facilities like electricity, they can have damaging effects on people who live close to the project. The article discusses the issue in the case of a popular dam in Himachal Pradesh
Stop ‘Labelling’ and Start ‘Believing’: Towards the Academic, Social and Psychological Development of Learners
Students perform well, not when they are discouraged and labelled but when they get a warm, loving and supporting environment from teachers.
Worshipping Waghoba: Faith meets conservation in Maharashtra where humans and leopards share space
The Warli tribe, an indigenous community that lives in northwest Maharashtra, believes that the cat-god Waghoba will protect them from the negative impacts of sharing spaces with leopards.
The Need for a Shared Program for Justice to Check Climate Change
Climate change is one of the greatest problems today, here is a look at a shared program for engaged effort to tackle climate change.
Tigers return to Gadchiroli forests after 30 years, human-animal conflict spikes
Gadchiroli district has seen a sharp increase in tiger population in recent years sparking of with intensity, the animal-man conflict in this region.
The home of Chipko movement, now epicentre of disasters and relocation challenges
With frequent disasters, residents have to relocate for their safety. But challenges like limitation of resources in host villages and poor temporary shelters, stand in the way.
Harnessing the unrealised potential of agroforestry in curbing climate change in India
Experts believe that increasing the area under agroforestry could also fulfil multiple Sustainable Development Goals established by the United Nations.
The balance between jobs in the renewable energy and fossil fuel sectors could play...
Renewable energy jobs are claimed to embrace the shifting millions, involved directly or indirectly in the coal sector. But the transition is far more complex than it appears.
The True Environmental Cost of the Internet
The internet has become a quintessential part of our lives and we depend on it for most things but do we realise its consequences for the environment?
