National Policy on Biofuels: Why India failed to Meet 2017 Ethanol Target
The National Policy on Biofuels had set an indicative target of 20% blending of ethanol in petrol by 2017. The policy was put in place in an attempt to lower down GHG emissions and boost domestic ethanol production in the country. But India was unable to meet this...
How Mission Green Mumbai Wages War On Plastics: #BeatPlasticPollution
More than 15000 tons of plastic waste gets generated every day in India. Of this, 6000 tons remain uncollected as well as littered. Each plastic takes 500–1000 years to degrade! No wonder, there is a ban on plastic. Particularly after the government’s ban on plastics,...
greenBUG Innovative Solution to Plastic Bags: Beat Plastic Pollution
More than 15,000 tons of plastic waste is generated in India every day, of which 6000 tons remain uncollected and littered”. Collected or littered, each plastic takes roughly 500–1000 years to degrade! Reports say, there is enough plastic to drown the entire human...
Sustainable Alternatives Exist, We Need Political and Popular Will: Dia Mirza
Sustainable alternatives exist. We need the political will and the people’s will to replace old practices and old solutions. You think about the number of dams that have destroyed our rivers. It causes more destruction than the benefits from it. Ill planned...
Indore, India’s cleanest city: How Citizens’ Cleanliness Drive, IMC Helped
I have such fond memories of my three years stay in Indore while doing my undergrad from there. Whenever someone says Indore, I picture pleasantly cold mornings with numerous small food stalls selling freshly prepared steaming ‘poha’ served with sweet smelling...
Bag for Cause: Beat Plastic Pollution for Sustainable Development Goals
With the plastic ban coming into effect in Maharashtra, several enterprising entrepreneurs have come up with viable solutions to fight the plastic menace. Plastic, non-woven bags, E-waste have hazardous impacts on the environment, nature, human and animal lives. It is...
India Unsafe for Women: A Critical Analysis of Thomson Reuters Report
The international report declaring that India is the worst place for women to live indicates the state of society we have in twenty first century. The status of women is a criteria for judging development and progress of a society. The report by the Thomson Reuters...
Mismanaged response to Assam floods: Natural Disaster in India
Kamalakhya Dey Purkaystha, who is a member of Assam Legislative Assembly, was the one who led the boat which carried the dead bodies of Kulendra Malakar and Mishu Malakar, people who got killed in the on-going Assam floods, from Sharifnagar in Karimganj. The bodies...
A Poetic Tribute to the Mighty Pascagoula: The Mississippi’s Singing River
In moments of lucidity, Mississippi remembers an old friend, an old timorous friend, a nimble, whistling old friend flowing a basin across. The Pascagoula. Pascagoula River has only one famous story. How many stories can an 80 mile river have? Her people use it to...
Strengthen Forest Rights for Climate Change Action: Draft Forest Policy
By Ranjan K Panda -- There has been a new wave of admiration in India of our traditional knowledge, which has emerged in public discourse. But it’s not reflected in ways the State wants to manage our own forests. Politicians, intellectuals, and bureaucrats publically...
Kanpur Innovators Fight Water Pollution: Flower Waste Management
No one thinks that something as charming and enticing as flowers can be sources of toxicity. Flowers, which are used at places of worship, are often disposed of into water bodies such as rivers, lakes, oceans, etc. Every year, about 80, 00,000 tons of such wasted...
Solar Energy Innovation to Curb Pollution in Water Bodies, Rivers, Oceans
Students can contribute a lot to the development of the society and they are providing cutting edge innovation in instances where professionals have been caught napping. Therefore, we need to nurture the creativity and innovative spirit of today’s youth. Their ideas...