Thanks to the Artemis 2 mission recently, we have had some delightful images of how our home planet, the Earth looks from space. A blue beautiful marble against a dark backdrop, our Earth looks vulnerable and lonely. But what those images do not reveal is the magic that brims within – of an intricate, interdependent…
The talk in my city Bengaluru (sorry, the image above is some other city) these days is mostly on the climate. We take it a day at a time. Every new day presents an opportunity to compare the heat with the previous day. And take solace if today was better. But fretting we are! And…
Where do most of us plans our holidays to? Mostly To some nature spot! We love to feast eyes on the green trees, clear waters of lakes, rivers or the sea, watch the blue hills… take a walk in the woods, or alongside green fields breathing in heaps of fresh air… watching the drongo do…
What happens when you see a sudden wide crack on the wall at home? Or, you notice that a tap is leaking? The paint peeling off, the roof plaster falling off? You rush off to get a builder to check and do the needful. Right? But when the bigger home, our planet, cries for attention…
Retired but not out, yet. That describes our RWA Secretary Ravi. Most active, most sought after person and the most action-oriented one too. He goes all out to help, any day and every day. Sometimes it is a tree needing pruning and he will be the one to run around to the forest department and…
If you have ever felt happy listening to a birdcall or seeing a flash of crimson in a bleak desert landscape, you are in for some depressing news from the IUCN. Three out of five of the bird species have declining populations. IUCN’s latest Red List puts a third of the tropical birds on the…
Two days before Nature Day, one of nature’s fervent champions Jane Goodall bid goodbye to the world. At 91, she had a long history of campaigning for environment conservation and wildlife. But not just that. Dr Goodall was also a vegan who spoke out on the sad plight of farm animals. Many also may not…
Joint management of protected areas with communities living on and around the region should be the approach if we are to hold on to a fast vanishing wildlife. Not unregulated wildlife tourism that caters to adrenalin rushes for a few folks and moolah for others. Today our protected areas are little under 5 pc of…
…The flowers smile, the bees buzz and birds sing @Chiguru Farm Somewhere on the outskirts of Bangalore, in Therubeedi village, there is a growing tribe of ‘natural farmers’ enjoying non-toxic food and water, besides rising with the lark and calling it a day to the owl’s hoots! They owe it to one person who…
We have polluted the land, air and water. We have turned the oceans acidic and stripped the land of forests, making the climate intolerable. We are forcing out species to extinction. We have lost a sense of responsibility. Happy Environment Day! June 5, 2025 A tiger and its cubs sighted recently amidst Ooty’s tea estates…
