Environment

Shruti and Sunil Agarwal have actively protected the Seawoods Lake in Nerul, Navi Mumbai, from builders and bureaucrats, for three years now.

But as the world today struggles to find significant solutions to the environmental adversities of water pollution, sewage treatment, waste management and toxic pesticide infested food, some experts are proving the unique role these tiny agents of nature can play to ease its environmental woes.

As citizens we must know that the following measures can and must be implemented by our governments and imbibed by society

While these green norms set by the panchayat were only applicable to wedding feasts, the rules were later extended to almost all events that see over 100 guests in attendance.

Did you know that indoor air pollution can be 2-5 times worse than outdoor air - as per the Environment Protection Agency (EPA)! And that’s exactly why discussing it now is more important than ever.

The new channel will exclusively promote awareness about nature conservation in India, in collaboration with the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, and Doordarshan.

Scores of cotton farmers in Haryana and Punjab are practicing pesticide-free farming and have managed to escape the wrath of gruesome pests like whitefly, bollworm and mealy bugs while producing great harvests.

Sarai Jattan is a tiny a village in Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil of Kapurthala district. But its Panchayat and residents have showcased a rare consciousness towards the environment that most of us conveniently chose to be apathetic about.

Meet 48-year-old M Yoganathan, a bus conductor working with the Tamil Nadu State Road Transport Corporation (TNSTC), who has single-handedly planted over 1 lakh trees in the last 28 years.

Though the river provides a large percentage of water for irrigation and power generation, its water quality has reduced over the years.