Ravleen kaur

A teacher, a postman, a grocery store owner and an ayurvedic healer: This is the team that inspired the reforestation of 700 hectares in Uttarakhand.

Attempts at living mindfully in a fast moving world

First study at human breathing height reveals particles under 10 microns detected in markets of four metros, posing rising health risks

A new study from Indian megacities identifies inhalable microplastics as an emerging air pollutant.

A recent accident that killed 24 students in Himachal Pradesh has pointed fingers yet again to the much neglected area of dam safety. More than assigning blame, it's time we assigned responsibility.

Increasing plastic pollution in the sea has added to the many challenges faced by traditional fishers, forcing them to migrate from a Nature-based livelihood to daily-wage and blue-collar jobs

Plastics may be affordable and convenient but their production burdens people living near the refineries. At the Global Plastic Treaty talks in Geneva last month, negotiations for a binding treaty ended without consensus over disagreement on plastic production.

At least 234 fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists had registered for the INC 5.2 talks

Along with countries like China, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Iran, India is resisting any change in the text of the treaty that calls for binding limits on plastic manufacturing and the chemicals used in it

After 10 days of negotiations in Geneva to develop a strategy to end plastic pollution, countries failed to reach a consensus on a treaty.

Waste Pickers vs Plastic Crisis: Inside the UN Treaty Talks in Geneva

India's mint farmers now face stiff competition from synthetic menthol, coupled with rising production costs and high taxes. These challenges are only exacerbated by climate change, which is making harvests less reliable.

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Upturned harvest
Afrequent traveller to rural parts of northern India will find something odd about the roadside sights on a ride from Jaipur to Jobner, especially during late March.
On the fields flanking the nearly 50-km stretch, bundles of freshly cut wheat signal the harvest season. But instead of the golden ears swishing joyfully in the air, one sees a jumble of thread-like roots.
“The grains are actually hidden in the shade of stems,” Nanu Ram Khan daliya who lives in Pach...

An increase in the consumption of tender coconut and its products is leading to an increase in tender coconut husk in landfill sites and on road corners.
Solid waste management experts say that there are technologies to recycle tender coconut husk into value added products, but the lack of source segregation makes their retrieval difficult.