CSR funds: Parliamentary panel wants 50% to go for afforestation
‘If the government makes it mandatory that 50 per cent of the money being spent towards corporate social responsibility (CSR) will be used for massive afforestation, then millions of hectares of land will be covered by forests. ‘At the same time the government
Low carbon: Where do we begin?
At the moment, there is something akin to a mix of the real and the mystical in general perceptions about the earth’s myriad sustainability and environment issues. There is glamour even, thanks to Kyoto, Copenhagen, Cancun, and the ‘will do, won’t do’ suspense
Evolutionary approach must to strengthen the global climate effort
Governments should affirm the goal of a new legally binding climate change agreement, but focus for now on incremental steps that can deliver stronger action, resources and transparency even in the absence of binding commitments, says a new report by the Pew Center
Human rights violations: Delhi and UP top the list; police the major violator
The data on cases registered for violation of human rights, gathered by National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), shows that Uttar Pradesh and Delhi account for 67 per cent of the total violations registered across the country between December 1, 2009, and October 31,
The immediacy of resource depletion and the murmur of global warming
The increased public and political focus on global warming has diverted discussion away from world resource depletion, particularly the depletion of fossil fuel energy with its potentially disastrous impact on world food production. According to its own internal whistleblowers, the International Energy Agency
PVR Nest ‘highly commended’ at green awards; MSS awarded by UK charity‎
PVR Nest, the CSR arm of PVR Ltd, was ‘highly commended’ under the Best Green Educational Project Category (Promoting Sustainable Development Issues)’ at Global Green Award 2010 in London. Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC – Let’s Grow (UK)bagged the award in the same category.
SUV owners should not avail of subsidized diesel: Ramesh
After starting a heated debate earlier this month with his remark on use of sports utility vehicles (SUVs) being criminal, environment minister Jairam Ramesh renewed his attack on the use of diesel for luxury cars and shrugged off protests by some manufacturers of
Let women be, and see a wonderful change
‘We are lucky to have supportive families to have broken the glass ceiling, but the reality out there points out that we have a long way to go. I would say rural India is kinder to the girl child than the economically empowered
IMAGINE: What all can happen
[dropcap size=big]T[/dropcap]he idea of Imagine is embodied in something called the Empowerment Workshop. It seeks to empower women in challenging life circumstances to envision and create new possibilities for their life, family and community through participation in the workshop. The training programme, developed
Green approval for Mumbai airport is ‘red’ signal for migratory birds
With Navi Mumbai airport getting the green signal from ministry of environment and forests (MoEF), what has been the annual home of migratory birds (over 150 species) is bound to get ruined. Bird species including Kenyan flamingo, Siberian ducks and ruddy turnstone, godwit,