First food: business of taste
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
The dramatic convergence of multiple crises
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) is the first ever law internationally, that guarantees wage employment at an unprecedented scale. NREGA aims at enhancing livelihood security of households in rural areas by providing at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled, manual work.
GHORAMARA, Feb. 25: A documentary film on climate change and its impact on Sunderban islands was released by the Governor, Mr Gopal Krishna Gandhi, at Ghoramara Island today.
A documentary film on climate change and its impact on Sunderban islands was released by the Governor, Mr Gopal Krishna Gandhi, at Ghoramara island on Feb 25th 2009.
A still from Mean Sea Level shows submerged parts of Ghoramara island An island, which contributes minimally to climate change with a few thousand people and not even a single motorised vehicle, is going under water due to the phenomenon.
New Delhi: The recommendations of the expert on Bus Rapid Transit project, who was invited by Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) last week to assess the BRT corridor in the city, will be sent to the Delhi government.
Ahmedabad : Will city's BRTS dreams of moving on to low-floor buses and making a transition to state-of-the-art public transport services, come crashing due to bus manufacturers?
NEW DELHI: Critically polluted cities in India need a massive transition to public transport running on clean fuel to deal with the challenge of pollution and congestion.
Dario Hidalgo, transport expert with the Washington-based World Resources Institute Center for Sustainable Transport, has done an in-depth assessment of the Delhi BRT. Says the Delhi BRT has succeeded in meeting some of its key objectives, though it is still in an evolving phase. It has a lot of promise in terms of easing the congestion load in the city.
After coming out with report on how trans fats in vegetable oils were serious health risk, the Centre for Science and Environment says the energy-saving CFL bulbs also leads to a serious health hazard as the disposal of mercury involved in its manufacturing is not being regulated.