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…
Sharing infinite space with the African wildlife, the writer feels a sense of calm, after the initial storm. The still and dark night was rife with movement and transactions. Preys and predators, herds and solitary stalkers, food and scavenging, everything was going on but all I could see and hear was the Luangwa river flowing…
On Mother’s Day, a question worth asking ourselves — How lightly do we tread on Mother Earth? In comparison to our resource and carbon-intensive lives are the simple ways of the tribes of Africa, slowly vanishing. A dream run through my favourite continent a few months ago threw up fantastic experiences with wildlife and the…
Going by recent studies, we are well on way to plastic synthesis in our bodies. The wonder material has literally colonised the planet and its beings. The only recourse left is perhaps to recover, recycle and reuse all the packaging material as soon as possible. And to keep at it, instead of producing more. Ever…
Earth Day brings to mind vividly a day from the distant past, when the sky seemed bluer and the clouds whiter the air was intoxicatingly fresh, the water in the streams crystal clear. The tall grass was greener with its white toppings of flowers dancing in the breeze. Paddy fields smelt so yummy, mixed with…
