A Marxist approach to understanding ecology
Two seminal books, John Bellamy Foster, Brett Clark, and Richard York’s The Ecological Rift: Capitalism’s War on the Earth and John Bellamy Foster’s The Ecological Revolution: Making Peace with the Planet
Personalities
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Full Marx
Book sellers in Europe are not complaining about the financial crisis. At least not the one who keep Karl Marx
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Sir, did you get a cut on my dam?
Maharashtra
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Making green buildings work
Green buildings eat, drink and spend less. Societies that worry about their resources encourage their architects and construction companies to be conservationist. The Indian Green Buildings Congress (IGBC) has been trying to encourage a change in priorities. It faces the challenge of sensitising builders even as the backlog in infrastructure presents a huge business opportunity.
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I dont approve the methods of Naxals
Binayak Sen, a paediatrician and vice-president of the People
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Art after death
Damien Hirst, an internationally renowned British artist, has broken his previous auction record with the us $18.5million sale of his
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Dont need subsidies, give us the right price
Rising input prices have almost sounded the death knell for the farmer. Is there a way out? A special report published in Down To Earth.
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The Gandhi everyone loves to hate
<p>Gandhi has legions of admirers, but he has also been the target of severe, even virulent, criticism from numerous perspectives. Though Gandhi still commands veneration from many, he is also someone everyone loves to hate.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.epw.in/journal/2008/40/special-articles/gandhi-everyone-loves-hate.html" target="_blank">Original Source</a></strong></p>
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Gandhian philosophy of a self-reliant village: Study of Kuthambakkam in Tamil Nadu
Kuthambakkam village is 40 km from Chennai. The village was once infamous for riots, poor sanitary conditions, illicit liquor brewing, unemployment, poverty and violence against women but all this changed when development was accorded priority. This change was brought about with the efforts of Elango Rangaswamy.
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Over a coffee farm
An individual promises to make Orissa the coffee hub of India Koraput, circa 1987
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