Smart Economy
Altering the model of use and throw with repair-reuse-recycle and ultimately reduce
Share Learnings to Strengthen Flood Resilience, Climate Arsenal
North India is flooded as is South Korea. We have a good sense of what’s happened in India, but much less about South Korea. One thing we know for sure is both countries have been severely hit by climate change.
As Yamuna’s Floods Terrify Residents of Delhi, What Is To Be Done?
Seething at one’s Chief Minister (CM) is not hard. When you wade around your city, cellphone in hand, taking calls from slum-displaced women wondering if they will drown or die of thirst, anger at the CM is involuntary. It just happens.
A Failure to Stop the Chemicals Comes Full Circle
The well-known research of Dr. Shanna Swan in 2017, says by 2045, most people will rely on assisted reproduction, for environmental toxins, such as additives like phthalates from plastics, are disrupting the human endocrine system and are reducing fertility.
‘Light Pollution’ is an Issue for Avian Visitors
Birds are often unable to migrate when confronted with light pollution, because they get disoriented, fall prey to predators and travel the wrong way, among other things. This should worry us, because India offers important pathways for migrating birds.
As Delhi Recovers from Landfill Fire, How to Stop Breathing and Eating Our Trash
Delhi’s burning landfills have become a source of infotainment. Every time a landfill catches fire, dramatic photographs are followed by collective gasps of public horror.
