Reaching for the Skies
New Delhi has become the hub of the burgeoning air traffic in Asia. But does it have the mathematical precision to avoid traffic snarls in the air?
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Green is a common word
The commons have gone green in some villages in the Tehri Garhwal district, with the people coming together to afforest an invaluable legacy
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Winds of changes
Indian industrialists and scientists want the country"s property rights to be "strengthened", but the powerful drugs industry wants to maintain the status quo
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Quarrying for trouble
<font color=red><b>Controversy over Himachal limestone mining</b></font><br><br> The subject of limestone mining in ecologically fragile Himachal Pradesh has become a political football, with plans changing as governments change. Villagers are divided on
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A world of robots
An Indian schoolstudent recently won the silver at a robotics competition, and brought home the fact that robots are here to stay, for better or for worse
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Whre science and tradition join hands
The Gloria Land farm in Pondicherry and another run by a couple in Karnataka, show natural inputs can effectively replace factory produced fertilisers and pesticides.
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No entry to Dutch plant
Pakistan"s environmentalists say no to dumping of obsolete and hazardous technology by the West
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In A Spot
Are the new industrial siting rules a boon or a bane?
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The new urban dream
Sweden is successfully moving towards self-sustaining cities where long-term ecological gains rank higher than short-term economics.
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The Element of Doubt About Jairam Ramesh
<p><style type="text/css">p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }</style></p> <p><i>By Nityanand Jayaraman</i></p> <p> </p>
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Quake causes rift among seismologists
Seismologists may not agree on what caused the earthquake, but their views have made the government take up better seismic monitoring and analysis.
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War over water
The issue of sharing West Asia's water resources threatens to explode into another Arab Israeli war, which will shatter the semblance of peace settling over the region.
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Will women in panchayats change Bengal?
West Bengal is making what could be another step towards village self rule, where villagers, including women, will decide what is best for them, but hunger for power and male hegemony may set things back.
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Experts call for people-oriented conservation
The total preservation policy has alienated people living in and around national parks and caused much harm to the forests. Experts say effective conservation will not be possible unless this policy is reversed.
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DISTRESS SIGNALS
New diseases are emerging with changes in the environment, some old diseases are also staging a comeback
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The earth may shake, but life goes on
The fragile ecology of the Garhwal Himalaya witnessed another season of cloudbursts, landslides and flash floods made worse by the 1991 earthquake in the Bhagirathi valley. Down To Earth compiled a firsthand report of life in the unstable Himalayan ran
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Why should we be proud to be Indians, or Citizens of our particular city? What is a "WORLD CLASS CITY"?
<div id="__ss_1849827">At a recent Interdisciplinary Group Meeting in UTTIPEC (<a href="http://uttipec.nic.in/">http://uttipec.nic.in/</a>), I gave a presentation on the path that planners, engineers and designers in the government should/ could take to achieve the World Class City goals of Delhi.
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Flickering ray of hope for hill areas
Although small hydro electric schemes are considered ideal for remote hill villages, planners have overlooked crucial factors and not all villagers are happy
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No longer packed...
Once found in abundance, the oil sardine is another victim to exploitation
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Useful guide to industrial pollution
THIS book is part of a project on technology transfer, transformation and development implemented by United Nations University (UNU), a UN organ established in 1972 to conduct research related to