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Let us kick-start a new model
We still have time to mend our ways. Let us include the environment into our development agenda. Else the loss will be irreversible. The danger bells have already started ringing on the global warming front. We are seeing the planet temperature hottest since 125,000 years! This summer India had 95 of the world’s hottest cities,…
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Do NOT be a Silent Lover
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…
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Nothing ordinary about them
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…
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‘Only if we help shall we be saved’
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…
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Can truckloads of noisy tourists save wildlife?
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…
Learn moreWhose planet is it anyway?
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…
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