Calling the third Sector
Non governmental organisations have a vital role to play in motivating the people to manage their own resources better
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Fishy questions
A few organisations have formed a net to keep some of the country's 7 million poor fishermen from sinking without a trace
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Blurred vision in a grey area
Dreams of vibrant, democratic units of self-governance in urban areas may take just a little longer to be realised
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Patterns of chaos
IN HIS now-classic Foundation science fiction series, Isaac Asimov introduced the "science" of "psychohistory" -- the mathematical modelling of social dynamics. The objective of "psychohistory" was
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The fluctuating fortunes of firewood
DURING the '60s and '70s, firewood prices in India shot up dramatically following the gross neglect of the needs of people from forests. The ratio of firewood to food grain prices doubled between
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Bigger than some governments
When it started, it was considered a part of the lunatic fringe. Greenpeace is today perhaps the most influential of green movements
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Practising what they preach
A couple in Maharashtra, who practice organic farming, have also set up a non governmental organisation to motivate others to follow suit
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LAID BACK APPROACH
Progress made by various states in implementing the 74th Constitution Amendment Act, 1992, as of March 25, 1994:
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Pact between predator and prey
The populations of wolves and blackbuck in Gujarat's Velavadar National Park have reached levels where both endangered species can be sustained
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Mainstream on the cutting edge
The environmental movement in the USA began with the bleeding heart propagation of a pastoral ideal: the national parks. The founders of the Sierra Club were all passionate woodsmen first and philanthropes later
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Rebellion revisited
Things have gone from bad to worse in the hills of Rampachodavaram despite waves of rebellion against injustice
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Propagating sustainable technologies
A MALAYSIAN of Indian origin, Shirin Gadhia of Gujarat was shocked at the recurrent droughts in a naturally well endowed country. Gadhia, who has studied animal breeding and genetics in West Berlin, returned to settle down in Valsad district of the state.
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Playing in the concrete jungle
THE tireless cliche that India lives in its villages has been open to gross political abuse. So much so that our plans for our cities have been victims of feeble-mindedness. The Nagar Palika Bill,
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Farmers dig nature's dams
Using local material like boulders, wood and soil, Nepalese farmers have evolved an intricate system of canals and weirs for the optimum utilisation of scarce water resources
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Digging out the foes
Animal rights is what this group set out to repair. Then all of Earth came under its care
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Equal water, level tempers
Local farmers' organisations settle all disputes on the sharing of water
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Everything you wanted to know about patents
High tech is making patent information easier to access
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Rice fields forever
BIOTECHNOLOGY has been occasionally caught giving itself a pat on the back and parrying questions of ethics by flaunting its effects on crop production, rice included. The information contained in
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Equitable 'environmental space' for all is going to be the new issue
JOHN HONTELEZ"S concern for the environment began in 1969 when, as a 15-year-old, he got irritated by the use of packaging and plastics. One of his first campaigns was to oppose the shift in his school canteen from stone cups and iron knives to plastics.
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Questionable thrust
Scientists pinpoint shortcomings in the new draft technology policy