Let’s face it. We can’t be perfect, especially when it comes to helping or saving the environment. As much as you or I may be trying, it isn’t possible that we are not contributing to destroying the environment in some small or big way. Of course, ‘destroying the environment’ sounds really very dramatic when written…
In a fair, ideal sort of world, my Facebook post urging people to take an affirmative stand for the cause of good air to breathe will get at least a fourth of the likes/comments/shares conferred on a post celebrating the awesomeness of someone’s child’s (self-proclaimed) angelic smile/antics, or anniversary of marriages/vacations/other life landmarks. Of course…
The world population is predicted to reach 9.7 billion by 2050. What does this mean from a nutritional perspective? Experts say this increase in population will lead to a 70%”80% increase in demand for animal-based food – this will place significant pressure on our planet’s natural resources. Animal-based proteins are highly nutritious and play…
Air pollution is ghastly, but there certainly is a lot of it. Everywhere in the world, there is a bit”in some places it’s more, some have it less. When the whole world had a lockdown period, pollution had decreased a great deal due to there being less people and vehicles around. Vehicles in particular cause…
Most natural disasters come upon us in an unprecedented tone. It becomes awfully difficult to come to terms with the damage that natural disasters cause to human lives and resources. And if you put a pandemic into the mix, like it happened this year, the means and resilience to deal with the fallout will be…
It started with the need to feel physically fit. Being at home for most of the time in the past months, there have been phases where sleep and eating rhythms were thrown off and sooner than later I began to feel not so healthy in my body. There was also the initial phase during the…
The world is not the same anymore. I know, I know. Who doesn’t! What’s the point in stating the obvious though? Also, when has the world been the same anyway? Things have always been happening to it. Sometimes to shock, sometimes to restore a semblance of equilibrium, sometimes to shake us out of our delusions…
hile the next few months are about guessing when will the new guidelines making CSR impact reports mandatory be passed, one must also wonder who will be measuring the ‘impact’ in the first place. While I write down a few principles that social and environmental impact evaluators must follow, here’s sharing with you an abstract…
In a Covid-19-hit world, there is a whole new parallel socioeconomic ecosystem that is emerging, and in a way that is turning more than our health system on its head. We now have a mask for every occasion and dress type, a sanitiser to suit every mood, a Facebook challenge (covering saris and books and…
It’s many weeks since we have been locked down in our homes. There’s a lot that is happening on the outside and inside. Social media is inundated with news and people’s expressions of their perceptions and experiences of the current situation. While some are trying to bring cheer to themselves and others by dressing up…
