Sunita Narain
 "Sunita Narain")
Sunita Narain
Sunita Narain is an Indian environmentalist and director general of the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) and the treasurer of the Society for Environmental Communications. She is also the editor of the fortnightly magazine Down To Earth. She was awarded the Stockholm Water Prize in 2005 and the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation Award for her work to build a water-literate society.
Sunita Narain is an Indian environmentalist and director general of the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) and the treasurer of the Society for Environmental Communications. She is also the editor of the fortnightly magazine Down To Earth. She was awarded the Stockholm Water Prize in 2005 and the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation Award for her work to build a water-literate society.
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Sunita Narain: The solar revolution
The country needs a financial model that can give the poor access to expensive power
An unhealthy price for gas
The increase in natural gas prices could have significant implications for public health
Himalayan blunders
The Himalayan region has seen unchecked construction activity, illegal mining, unscientific road building and hydropower projects built next to each other
A few pedestrian questions
We are blind to those who walk. That's why pavements are the first casualty of street widening to accommodate cars
Solar energy, not war
Instead of becoming the messenger of the new co-operative world, solar energy is getting embroiled in battles
The biodiversity of food
With monoculture taking over, the only biodiversity that will remain will be stored inside the cold and controlled environments of gene pool labs
A green building is not glass
Since glass traps heat, buildings require more air conditioning. As a result, energy use goes up
Changing definitions of safe food
We need a food safety model based on societal objectives of nutrition, livelihood and safety
Sunita Narain: Pollution kills, but who cares?
Current policies on containing air pollution, particularly in cities, are regressive
Sunita Narain: The how-to of solar energy
Grid-based solar power only reaches only households that are connected to energy supply, and simply subsidises costly solar for an already-reached population
Sunita Narain: Just words, no action
The FM wants credit for acting on environment, but does the wrong things
Sunita Narain: Protests and leadership
Every time people lose faith in the political establishment, urban middle classes embrace fascism and the poor take up arms against the state