October 18, 2021

How smartphones are killing the planet

The energy used to build a single smartphone is equal to the energy required to operate it for about a decade. Rising temperatures have led to a variety of adverse environmental effects such as the melting of the polar regions, […]
January 23, 2015

Forest Legislations in India – A Critical Assessment

This policy paper examines India’s existing forestry policy. Introduction Forests are a useful resource to people. Commercial forest products support construction and other development activities in the economy. Production of timber in private property will be profitable not only for economic […]
June 5, 2014

Planting saplings: Does our Environment Day start and end there???

Today, as I entered the main road, a rally of school children welcomed me. They were all having umbrellas decorated with leaves of various trees.  This was how; they celebrated the World Environment Day (WED). Yesterday onwards, there are advertisements […]