Sustainability

Work for the ₹11 crore project commenced on Monday, with the completion of the installation of floating bases for the solar panels in the reservoir.

The civic body' a unique idea invites local communities and corporates based in the city to adopt and take ownership of these water bodies for a specific time period.

The Schools for River project was flagged off for the obvious lack of relevant information pertaining to rivers and complex river basin ecosystems in school curriculum.

Nurseries under Thiruvananthapuram Social Forestry Division have been delegated the responsibility of cultivating 80 lakh seedlings.

Last year, an environmental revolution was quietly spreaheaded in Kottayam district as a last bid to save Meenachil and its tributaries, Meenanthara and Kodoor, whose existence had trickled down to tiny threads of polluted water.

The pythons were caught by the villagers at the Matikhru village under the Meluri sub-division of the same district on April 15.

The students of Meenchanda Ramakrishna Mission Higher Secondary School refused to buckle down to the pressure from the corporation for a development project.

Comprising of a bowl on a tripod, an LED bulb and a solar panel, the contraption’s modus operandi is interestingly simple yet impressive for its cost-effectiveness.

This move probably makes the school the first educational institution in Kerala to incorporate such an eco-friendly solution to beat the heat.

Thomas was disturbed by the amount of fertilisers and pesticides sprayed upon fruits and vegetables supplied in not just marketplaces but also on those that were grown in kitchen backyards.