Page 8 - Environmentalism

Delhi HC extends time till August 11 for filing objections to draft EIA

The Delhi HC, while partly allowing petition filed by environmentalist Vikrant Tongad, extended till August 11 time for giving suggestions and objections to draft Environment Impact Assessment 2020.

An effort to achieve sustainable development for those who care for Goa

A few active citizens have joined hands to form ActforGoa

Renowned fashion designer, activist Wendell Rodricks dies at Goa home

A Padma Shri awardee, Rodricks was also an author, environmentalist and gay rights activist

The new face of environment activism

India needs to develop its own environment framework

Rebalancing nature

Book review of Rewilding: India's Experiments in Saving Nature

Not yet retired: This octogenarian duo refuses to give up on civic activism

From collecting money to build toilets for primary students in government schools to saving a lake from land sharks, Padmanabha and Rao are the dynamic duo of civic activism

Business Standard's Namrata Acharya wins The Stateman's Cushrow Irani Prize

She gets the award in the Environmental Reporting category for her story on the risks villagers face from tiger attacks in Sunderban Forest Reserve

Can environmental populism save the planet? It is difficult, but possible

Beyond lip service, we need to mobilise truly popular support for change. Now is a good time to start

Middle-class environmentalism is over

There is also the strong belief - coming from the well-established economic lexicon - that farming is now under-productive or unproductive and that it needs to be pushed back