First food: business of taste
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
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Kumbh - cleaning a river with faith
The Maha Kumbh in Allahabad has perhaps no parallel in terms of the sheer size of the congregation. In less than two months over 100 million people are expected to come to this city, at the confluence of the Ganga and the Yamuna. But even as they celebrate the rivers it seems they don’t see the rivers, but only the ritual. This mela is about how the Hindu religion — and I believe all religions — is based on a deep understanding of and respect for nature’s strength. But we now worship without reason. So people can take a dip in the polluted river but still believe that the dirt, the filth and the plastic that swims around them will not defile the river’s properties. Our strength has become our weakness.
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Conference on food safety and environmental toxins, February 20-21, 2013, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
Watch out for live reports from the Conference on food safety & environmental toxins being organised by Centre for Science and Environment from Feb 20-21, 2013 at New Delhi marking a decade of support
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To keep eye on pollution, unit to be put up on CM’s house
In an effort to prove that pollution affects the rich and the powerful as much as the common man and the homeless, a court-appointed body is working to put up an air monitoring device on Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's house. The monitor would specifically detect levels of ground-level ozone, which is created when sunlight interacts with emissions from vehicle exhaust, chemical solvents and other sources and turns it into an imminent, floating hazard.
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‘Air pollution 5th largest killer in India’
Air pollution has jumped to number five spot amongst the top killers in India. Releasing India-specific data, the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) warned that outdoor air pollution caused 627,000 deaths and 17.7 million healthy years of life lost in 2010. Worldwide, outdoor air pollution caused 3.2 million premature deaths and over 74 million years of healthy life lost in 2010.
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Workshop on Global Burden of Disease: Air Pollution amongst top killers in India
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) organised a dialogue workshop on ‘Burden of Disease: Air Pollution among top killers’ at New Delhi on February 13, 2013 in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research and Health Effects Institute, Boston US.
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Air pollution is now the fifth largest killer in India, says newly released findings of Global Burden of Disease report
<p><span id="itro1">Air pollution is now the fifth largest killer in India, says the Global Burden of Disease report released by the scientists behind this study at a dialogue workshop organised by CSE,
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Burden of disease: outdoor air pollution among top killers
The new India specific findings of the new Global Burden of Disease (GBD) count, a global initiative involving the World Health Organisation that says air pollution has become the fifth largest killer in India, is shocking.
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Solar energy solutions
How will solar energy be made to work in India? As I discussed in my previous article, there are three key challenges. One, how will the country pay for solar energy in a situation where there is no money
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Youth protects Gujarat’s pride
Ahmedabad: The average age of guards in Palamau Tiger sanctuary is 53 and at Simlipal Tiger Sanctuary it is 49 years, but for guards in Gujarat it is 39 years. Officials said that of 388 staffers, 149 are 20 to 30 years old. The study carried out by deputy conservator of forests Sandeep Kumar revealed that the average age of guards is 39 years, while that of foresters is 42.5 years. The guards and foresters are those actually in the field, responsible for conservation.
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CSE Press note: Who is the one not playing by the rules – India or the US?
<p><strong>US charges that India’s National Solar Mission is discriminating against foreign solar companies</strong></p> <p><strong>Hogwash, we say. The US has been dumping subsidised solar power