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 provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
A documentary film on climate change and its impact on Sunderban islands was released by the Governor, Mr Gopal Krishna Gandhi, at Ghoramara island on Feb 25th 2009. The documentary film produced by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) New Delhi, portrays the plight of the residents of the island …
A still from Mean Sea Level shows submerged parts of Ghoramara island An island, which contributes minimally to climate change with a few thousand people and not even a single motorised vehicle, is going under water due to the phenomenon. The documentary Mean Sea Level, directed by Pradip Saha for …
New Delhi: The recommendations of the expert on Bus Rapid Transit project, who was invited by Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) last week to assess the BRT corridor in the city, will be sent to the Delhi government. A civil engineer from Columbia and formerly associated with the …
Ahmedabad : Will city's BRTS dreams of moving on to low-floor buses and making a transition to state-of-the-art public transport services, come crashing due to bus manufacturers? These questions are being raised on bus industry's capacity to cater to the demand for low-floor buses. Supreme Court-appointed Environment Pollution (Control and …
NEW DELHI: Critically polluted cities in India need a massive transition to public transport running on clean fuel to deal with the challenge of pollution and congestion. This is the verdict of the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA), the pollution monitoring arm of the Supreme Court, which on …
Dario Hidalgo, transport expert with the Washington-based World Resources Institute Center for Sustainable Transport, has done an in-depth assessment of the Delhi BRT. Says the Delhi BRT has succeeded in meeting some of its key objectives, though it is still in an evolving phase. It has a lot of promise …
After coming out with report on how trans fats in vegetable oils were serious health risk, the Centre for Science and Environment says the energy-saving CFL bulbs also leads to a serious health hazard as the disposal of mercury involved in its manufacturing is not being regulated. The CSE has …
Critically polluted cities in India need a massive transition to public transport, running on clean fuel, so that they can deal with the challenge of pollution and congestion. This was the verdict of the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA), the pollution monitoring arm of the Supreme Court, which …
Ananda Banerjee | New Delhi The first successful wild tiger relocation from the Ranthambore National Park to Sariska Tiger Reserve has injected immense hope and confidence among forest officials and wildlife scientists, who had taken one of the most delicate translocation jobs in natural history. The Panna Relocation Project imminently …
The Himachal Government will soon formulate an environment master plan to effectively address sensitive ecological issues and pave the way for sustainable economic development in the fragile hill environment. Stating this while delivering his presidential address at the Interactive Meet on Governance, Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said Himachal Pradesh …
Fifteen years ago the hillside of Karsog Tehsil in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh was covered with pine mono cultures. The officials of the forest department preferred pine as it is not eaten by cattle, grows quickly after a fire, is hardy, requires minimum effort and had a good survival …
Khonoma is a village in Nagaland and home to the proud Angami tribe. The region was once rich in biodiversity and wildlife but had been stripped clear of most of its wildlife by 1993. However the trajectory of conservation efforts in Khonoma in the last decade has been awe inspiring.
A few months before the festival of Lord Jagannath in Majhiakhand village in Nayagarh District of Orissa, the village women get together to knead a mixture of ant hill clay, cow dung and cow urine into egg shaped balls and seeds of siali are preserved within them. The dried balls …
1. STICKING TO A CAUSE Chipko Movement, 1973 The 1980s saw the debate on environment move from just deforestation to the larger issues of depletion of natural resources
- School bags seventh position in national environment awareness project ANTARA BOSE Jamshedpur, Dec. 23: Kerala Public School is set to change the adage
NEW DELHI: The proposal in the national action plan on climate change to curb growth of private cars in cities and boost public transport has been welcomed by experts and town planners. In Delhi, if proposed provisions such as congestion charges on private vehicles are implemented, for commuters it would …
