Environment
A bowl of water for the birds
In Bangalore, a Water Bowl Project offers free terracotta bowls to bird lovers who would like to look after the birds through the summer […]
Category: Environment
Climate
The Carbon Footprint of a Cheeseburger
A cheeseburger has the same emissions as about 1/2 a gallon of gasoline. While there are carbon calculators that help you to determine how much carbon emissions […]
Biodiversity
Bangalore lost homes with gardens
A nostalgic take on Bangalore’s houses with gardens and fruit trees Today with Bangalore’s bungalows going skywards and turning into high rise apartments, there […]
Sustainable Business
El Salvador, first country to ban mining
A law banning metallic mining by the Salvadoran government has been passed. The law comes after years of violence and social tensions around mining in […]
Environment
Kenya announces breakthrough ban on plastic bags
Ban on all production, use and import of plastic bags to take effect in six months The 24 million plastic bags currently used each […]
Biodiversity
Canadian oil company pulls out of uncontacted tribes land in Peru
A Canadian oil company is withdrawing from the territory of several uncontacted tribes in the Amazon where it had been intending to explore for oil. The […]
Climate
Climate change drives up river salinity in Bangladesh
Susmita Dasgupta Already facing increasing river salinity due to climate change, parts of coastal Bangladesh could become zones of poverty with limited freshwater available […]
Climate
Effective climate adaptation requires effective financing
Developed countries claimed that, altogether, around $33bn have been disbursed during 2014-2016 but overall disbursement rates remain relatively low The world has been struggling […]
Corruption
A year after Berta Cáceres’ murder, protecting the planet is just as deadly
Robert Soutar Latin America remains the world’s deadliest region in which to defend the environment but those on the frontline of land and resource-related […]
Disasters
Rio carnival stars environmental disaster
The Minas Gerais disaster, which had irreversible negative effects on human health and the environment, was revived this year in one of the most […]
Biodiversity
Watch: Seed vault holds key to human survival
Among the most important buildings in the world, the Seed Vault holds the key to human survival: more than 880,000 seed samples, the largest […]
Biodiversity
BBC banned from India’s tiger reserves after “shoot on sight” investigation
The Indian government has reportedly banned the BBC from filming in any tiger reserve nationwide for five years, after its South Asia correspondent investigated […]
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