When the sparrows left
No one noticed When the sparrows left It was just another smoggy winter morning People drove their cars dropped their children off At air conditioned schools Where they learned Pollution is a bad thing...
Category: Environment
For Delhi, reeling under a suffocating smog, a solution from China
Daan Roosegaarde and his team of experts have created the world’s largest smog vacuum cleaner. The 7-meter (23 feet) tall SMOG FREE TOWER uses patented positive ionisation technology to produce smog free air in...
Conversation with a leaf -Thich Nhat Hanh
I asked the leaf whether it was frightened because it was autumn and the other leaves were falling. The leaf told me, “No. During the whole spring and summer I was completely alive. I...
The Effect of Trees on Temperature
Pic: ARCFLY by Melanie Lenart Urban forests can help keep cities within a healthy temperature range, although the exact temperature reduction from urban forests is difficult to measure. The extent of the effect varies...
The Lakshanas of Indian Design
Recognising the Lakshanas of Indian Design By Anisha Shekhar Mukherji (Text of the talk delivered at the India Habitat Centre as part of the Architecture and Society Series: trailer of the video below) ...
Birds of Paradise
Enough has already been written about deforestation, CO2 emissions, global warming, potential threat of potable water scarcities, depleted natural resources, ecological balances… and the list goes on and on!!! It’s high time that the...
Prof. Khushalani talks about protecting the Environment on Lok Sabha TV
This program was telecast on occasion of Swachta Abhiyan Divas on 2nd. October