Category: Environment

  • Gendering Climate Change

    The Earth’s climate today is changing faster and in more unpredictable ways than ever before. This year itself has seen innumerable disasters beginning with the Australian bushfires and ending with the Cyclone Amphan that hit Eastern India last month. We must sound the call for action, but we should not do so blindly. While climate change affects the…

  • Global Warming: Meaning, Causes, Effects and Ways to Reduce

    Global Warming is defined as the increase in the earth’s atmospheric and oceanic temperatures, widely predicted to occur due to an increase in the greenhouse effect resulting from various reasons. The surface temperature of the earth is more than 0.74 degree Celsius higher than what it was 150 years ago and is expected to rise…

  • 10 Famous Environmentalists From India You Should Know

    An environmentalist can be defined as an individual who “advocates or works to protect air, water, animals, plants, and other natural resources from pollution or its effects.” (Dictionary, 2020)  The term ‘environmentalism’ can be defined as an ethical and political movement aims at improving and protecting natural environment quality by, first, changing environmentally harmful activities,…

  • Environmental Movements in India: All you need to Know

    With the growing concerns for environmental degradation worldwide, we can feel the utmost need for a better environmental balance. Unfortunately, there are hundreds of instances of abuse, and only a little paid attention, and that too only when the local community protests. Usually, the conflict is seen as Environment v/s Development. We find that India…

  • Who is Greta Thunberg and why is she important

    We, people living on this earth really have a concern towards our environment and surrounding? Are we really worried about the changes in nature? Do we take any serious steps to rectify the problems regarding the natural crisis that happened by human beings? Yes, we are in a position to clear the dilemma in the…

  • India’s Greta Thunberg: Ridhima Pandey Climate Champion Story

    Do you remember what were you doing at the age of 11? We might be in our secondary school, learning basic subjects, playing in the ground with our friends, and enjoying our childhood. Can anyone at that age come forward and raise their voice against the climate crisis in the world and represent the country…

  • The Water Crisis: Innovative Approaches

    Water which is the basic source of survival on this planet earth has presently become a scarce resource that is not available to the majority of the people easily. The world’s second most populous country (India) is running out of water. A total of 21 major Indian cities are expected to run out of groundwater…