ENOUGH ENVIRONMENTAL TOKENISM, WHAT ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE?

ENOUGH ENVIRONMENTAL TOKENISM, WHAT ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE?

Yesterday was World Environment Day. Fr Cedric Prakash reflects on issues that should be addressed after the flurry of activities are over. It is ‘World Environment Day’ once again! Everywhere one witnesses a flurry of ‘activities.’  There is the usual jostle to plant saplings(trees), the plethora of long, boring speeches on the importance of the […]

Are You a ‘Friend of Trees?’

Are You a ‘Friend of Trees?’

Today is World Environment day. A ‘National Summer Camp ‘  held at Prayagraj [Allahabad]  this week [June 1- 5] was one of the many ways that Tarumitra, India’s largest youth environment movement is celebrating World Environment Day. The World Environment Week Celebrations, was organized by Tarumitra Prayagraj  and  attended by student representatives of various high […]

A Dragonfly named for 2 Northeastern Trailblazers

A Dragonfly named for 2 Northeastern Trailblazers

A new species of dragonfly has been named after two women who are agents of change in the Northeast! It’s great news as we move towards World Environment day. A North-eastern news site has reported that a  new species of dragonfly,  the ‘Brahmaputra Picktail’ –  has been christened ‘Platygomphus Benritarum’. Shantanu Joshi and Anuja Mittal […]

Tree Ambulance spreads message to go green: World Environment Day

Tree Ambulance spreads message to go green: World Environment Day

Climate change, depletion of groundwater, loss of biodiversity is the major concerns for India. Unless we act fast, it has the potential to cause damage to the life and the planet. World Environment day celebrated on 5 June encourages global awareness and action towards protecting our environment. It is not important to do something big […]

Meghalaya CM frees his office of plastic

Meghalaya CM frees his office of plastic

SHILLONG:  –  Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma’s office has ‘seriously’ gone green. He asked his staff to make an earnest effort to build a  plastic-free environment. All the CM’s stationery and letterheads will be made from recycled paper. Sangma, a self-proclaimed environmentalist, walked six kilometres from his residence at 3rd Mile Upper Shillong to the […]