First food: business of taste
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
Stealing the show from the so-called elite institutions, schools from across the country on Saturday vied for honours to clinch who was the 'greenest of all' at the Green Schools Awards. Emerging as real change-makers, the annual environmental audit of schools under the aegis of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), over 5,000 schools participated in the event.
Six schools from Punjab and Haryana are among top 30 winners of Centre for Science and Environment 2009 Gobar Times Green School Awards for being among the most environment-friendly schools in the country.
In its ongoing efforts to keep the Yamuna river clean, the Centre has okayed a major interceptor sewer project for the city under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). The Ministry of Urban Development will provide 35 per cent cost of the project under the JNNURM, while the rest of the cost would be bear by the Delhi Government.
Sunita Narain Rides BRTS Bus, Says It
The research isn't unequivocal and hasn't been publicly-funded either - given the concerns, it's not worth the risk Sunita Narain / New Delhi February 12, 2010, 0:40 IST
Scientists and activists have welcomed the decision of Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh to defer commercialisation of Bt brinjal. Even Maharashtra Hybrid Seed Company (Mahyco), which created the genetically modified vegetable, said it respects the verdict.
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has come out in support of the verdict on Bt-brinjal announced by Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State (independent charge) for Environment and Forests. See Also National consultations on Bt-Brinjal www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/node/298048 Expert committee (EC-II) report on Bt brinjal event EE-1 www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/node/289303
A roomful of reporters, whirring TV cameras and popping camera flashes. Dr Rajendra Kumar Pachauri, the world's climate czar, is used to such attention. As chairman of a UN body appointed to study the impact of climate change, which shared the 2007 Nobel Prize with Al Gore, he earned plaudits.
Conflict of interest in formulating climate policy and heading TERIi, which gets sizeable research funding in areas like glaciology and renewable energy and is a big player in green business opportunities.
Sujay Mehdudia NEW DELHI: The Kirit Parikh Committee proposal for imposing a flat tax of Rs. 81,000 on diesel cars, including sedans and gas guzzlers SUVs and MUVs, may be worrying the big names in the industry, but environmentalists who have campaigned against