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FeaturesA bottom-up approach to sanitation South Asia has 900 million people without sanitation. The problem, as the success of recent total-sanitation community projects have demonstrated, is not a lack of funds but a lack of conviction amongst people that they need sanitation, and that they can meet those needs themselves More... Sunil Kumar (1971-2006): The life and death of a BhopaliSunil Kumar, a Bhopal gas survivor who worked tirelessly with the international campaign for justice on Bhopal, committed suicide recently. Thousands of other survivors suffer psychological afflictions, but there are no provisions for the treatment of mental health problems as a consequence of the gas disaster More... Sweden's green agendaNinety-five per cent of all Swedes believe it is important to do something about climate change; two out of every three think it is very important. Sixty Stockholm families have embarked on a novel experiment related to 'smart consumption' More... Don't ban the banSevere restriction, even a ban on Cola drinks can easily be justified. What can't be justified is the inconsistency in public reaction to other scientific studies about contamination. What is needed is not a scaling back of action against the offending Cola companies, but a scaling up of measures to ensure cradle-to-grave food and water safety. More... Chilika: A contested spaceAs the dispute over Chilika's aquatic resources continues, violent conflicts are erupting between fishermen and non-fishermen, authorised and unauthorised shrimp culturists, and locals and outsiders More... Food or fuel?Bio diesel blends are driving buses in Haryana, Karnataka and now Pune. As bio diesel becomes the buzzword and corporates rush to develop jatropha and oilseed plantations, experts warn of adverse effects on biodiversity and food security More... Two crore trees and the livelihood of thousands are at stakeThe Chhattisgarh Forest Development Corporation is to fell millions of trees in three districts of the state. Villagers claim that natural forests are being cleared to make way for commercial plantations. These forests are their lifeline More... Sea levels are rising: People's perceptions and scientific projectionsAre Orissa's coastal villages paying the price of global warming? The scientific community studying Orissa's tryst with disasters is polarised on the issue. But most scientists agree that the state's geographical location at the head of the Bay of Bengal, with a landlocked sea and a deltaic plain, makes the state extremely vulnerable to rises in sea level caused by global warming More... Falling off the map: Orissa's submerged villagesIn 1930, land records show an area of 320 sq km for the Satabhaya cluster of seven villages near Paradip in Orissa. Land records for 2000 indicate that this area has been reduced to 155 sq km. Five of the seven villages have been swallowed by the sea. Several other villages in Orissa are likely to suffer the same fate. Is Orissa paying the price of climate change? This special series by Richard Mahapatra investigates More... |
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