Baptised by fire
Wildlife saviour Richard Leakey, hailed as messiah by some, and hated as hell's messenger by others, is now in the thick of Kenyan politics
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Death on its agenda
An expert team report exposes highly dangerous pollution inflicted by a chemical plant on the environment of Sayala in Gujarat
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Driving home a point without any solutions
THE BRANDT Commission in 1980 had called for a world "based less on power and status, more on justice and contract; less discretionary, more governed by fair and open rules". Shridath
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Scholars focus on degradation of mountains
MOUNTAINS have always enjoyed a special status. Their beauty and mysticism have inspired poets, philosophers and even fairy-tale tellers. We accept their importance as sources of minerals and water,
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Out in the cold
It is possible to design buildings that stay cool in summer and warm in winter and save energy. But interest in solar passive architecture is still limited
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Union ministry of petroleum and natural gas
Blames others for its failures. Is raring to destroy the CNG market by hiking prices
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A revolution redefined
Troubled by the degradation of soil and water, French farmers are now switching to a more sustainable practise of agriculture
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Video magazine ignore environmental issues
With a few exceptions, video newsmagazines have shown little interest in covering science and environment.
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STAR shifts from soaps, sleuths to nature
As people become more concerned about the environment, a TV channel moves its focus from family dramas and crime thrillers to nature.
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A prairie refuge
The vast grasslands in USA are finally making a comeback
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Our wilds, their homes
City based perceptions of forest areas have resulted in an overgrowth of wrong categories
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TURMOIL IN TRIBAL LAND
Tribals and farmers in MP protest against exploitatiojl and atrocities
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Tiny difference that made a miracle
The economic and ecological miracle of regeneration in Alwar district is being brought about by using just three per cent of the rainfall. This small percentage is being used for irrigation, and has
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MONEYMAKERS
AQUA IS GOLD: Controversial it may be, but aquaculture still holds promise for many an entrepreneur. So much so that the State Bank of India (SBI), the country's leading bank, has
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Banking disasters
A one stop shopping facility at the World Bank for private corporations to meet their project financing and insurance needs in developing countries is worrying green crusaders
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DD social service ads preach, but rarely convert
How does public interest advertising work on Doordarshan? Even more to the point, does it work at all?
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Stumbling along on the road to green
A documentary telecast on Rajiv Gandhi's 50th birth anniversary examines the late Prime Minister's environmental initiatives, but finds the country has not moved very far in the direction Rajiv wanted it to go
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Hitting malaria with herbs
A Chinese medicinal plant known as long ago as 168 BC has been found successful in checking malaria, which is becoming increasingly resistant to most drugs
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Bringing polluters to book
Balotra, an arid little town in Rajasthan, has a novel way of raising money to treat effluents from its mushrooming textile dyeing and processing industry.
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Rio has not changed the North South equation
The UNCED deliberations have to be viewed in the context of northern attempts to maintain hegemony over the rest of the world