Of shikaras and slums
The colony that has mushroomed upon the Dal Lake is the only slum on water in Srinagar. A byproduct of the proxy war between India and Pakistan, it threatens to kill the lake
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Nepal's right to energy movement: lessons for super-grids of the future
<p>Sorry for the long silence in the blog space. But I was fatigued and rather frustrated with the same old arguments and going-nowhere debates. So in the last few months we have been busy with new research to bring different perspectives to the old problems -- how will we share the increasingly scarce budget in an increasingly at-risk carbon constrained world.</p>
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Keralaites, get your rooftop solar and save a bundle!
<p>Kerala's 10,000 Solar Rooftop Programme is already in full swing with almost half (4700) rooftops signed up by mid-January 2013. Any Keralaite with 15 square meters of unshaded rooftop area can
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Each computer leaves a toxic trail
>> Computers, the hub of modern business and lifestyle, are considered to be the vanguard of clean technology that has freed us from the use of paper and unnecessary transportation. By default, the
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Bickering scuttles power saving project
Two non resident Indians blame inter organisational rivalry for the rejection of their proposal to use compact fluorescent lamps, which will reduce the load on energy generation.
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Local ways of preservation
A look at local involvement in water supply, waste disposal and electricity generation in Denmark
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Dams decried
The Environment Appraisal Commiittee for River Valley and Hydro-electricity Projects under the Union ministry of environment and forests (MEF), has recommended that construction work on 10 dams be
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Fire in the embers
Jagir Singh Patiali, 65, is the undisputed leader of the village community in Patial. Although he never held any official post, he has taken up a number of local issues, and spearheaded the forest
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Glaring aberrations
Glow signs using diesel gensets at bus stops have increased in Delhi. So has the pollution
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Soul cure
Growing up in Minadanao, nature's last frontier in the Philippines, Joey Ayala learnt to mix words and music with the sounds of nature. Ayala, 38, is the most famous of the new breed of Filipino
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Rite? Wrong.
Ganga plumbs new depths in its journey through Varanasi
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MONEYMAKERS
NESS Ltd, the Israel-based electronic goods manufacturer, has ushered in glad tidings for the handicapped, especially those unable to function with their hands. It has designed the Handmaster, a
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Having a ball
Great balls of fire! Science has finally explained ball lightning, a mysterious atmospheric phenomenon until now
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Solar mini-grid and rooftop systems in Dayalbagh, Agra
<p class="rtejustify"><em>Only half of the subsidy paid by the central government so far, laments the educational institute. The system is not grid-interactive yet since there is no regulation on
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who US, what sanctions?
By conducting nuclear tests, India was only asserting its sovereignty. Now, if it gives in to US pressure tactics, it will tantamount to begging forgiveness for a wrong it never committed
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Power failure
WHAT are the alternatives with us to rectify the imbalance in power generation in the future? To date, we have not only failed to generate power optimally from our existing resources, we have also
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'I don't think future generations will be very happy with our performance'
Michael Jefferson is vice president of the London based World Energy Council WEC , an international association covering all energy forms. Jefferson has co chaired 2 main commissions of the WEC, the latest one involving more than 500 people. Nine Regiona
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Matching wits on fluid issues
THE COMMITTEE SUGGESTS: • Fresh calculation of the quantum of flow to avoid revision of plan priorities • Efforts to achieve a 60 per cent irrigation efficiency •
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Polluting power plant back in operation
Delhi's Rajghat thermal power station, which was ordered closed for causing excessive pollution, has resumed functioning and has until March to clean up its act.
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MONEYMAKERS
FALLING OUT: Bangladesh-based Grameen bank, the pioneering micro-credit institution, has fallen out with Monsanto, the agro-chemical combine, just a month after agreeing to a partnership to introduce