The Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) aims to help industrialized countries with emissions reduction targets to meet their targets by generating credits from the developing world, and to help…
Composting runs in the roots of India. Modern composting as we know it got was born in India. Composting also features as a legal requirement provided under the Municipal Solid…
In current debates on the transformation to a low carbon economy, sustainability is so strongly associated with renewable energy that the social and economic aspects of genuine sustainable development are…
While most people play the role of waste generators, there are very few that really know where the waste goes after it leaves our homes, streets, offices etc. Does the…
Indians have grown up with images of squatting rural women working wood sticks in their chulhas (cook stoves) to make food for their families. This image often has a rustic…
The average cheeseburger requires about 6.8 pounds of carbon dioxide to produce. This includes raising, slaughtering, transporting, storing, and cooking the food. Surprising, isn’t it? If we consider all our…
There have been a lot of discussions around how technology can intervene in offsetting carbon in industries in India. We chanced upon this wonderful report prepared by the Digital Energy…
Jose was 22 when he landed at the Palliative Care centre in Calicut. A few days before he died, he was at his regular clinic undergoing a routine check for…
Solid Waste Management is one of the important obligatory functions of the urban local bodies in India. Consider the case of Mumbai – along with the neighboring areas of Navi…
While there is no doubt that Climate Change is a global problem, in order to overcome it, it needs to be broken into blocks. However, that is easier said than…