1.5 to stay alive—the threshold
How is this number so significant to the community? What importance can a number really hold? Let me tell you. The 1.5 degree Celsius threshold is a critical global climate…
Together for Tomorrow: Our Power, Our Planet
“Our Power, Our Planet” This is the official theme for World Earth Day 2026. It focuses on accelerating the transition to renewable energy and taking collective action, instead of relying…
World Environment Day 2025: United for a Plastic-Free Planet
As the world marks World Environment Day 2025, the theme couldn’t be more urgent: “Ending Plastic Pollution.” With more than 430 million tonnes of plastic produced annually, and two-thirds of…
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Forest Act Amendment: Do We Really Need It?
According to the proposal, all the forests which were deemed and listed by state governments before 1996 will still be considered as forests, but forests that naturally grew on the…
Bitcoin And Its Impact On The Environment
Bitcoin is a process that requires a higher amount of energy as it gets more valuable. The more value it holds, the more complex mining of the puzzle gets, turning…
Ethanol Is India’s Answer To Biofuel Crisis
As for now, out of the total bioethanol produced in India, 62% comes from sugarcane processing and 38% from maize, rice, and other grains. Under the National Policy on Biofuels…
Is Andaman And Nicobar Islands Heading Towards Disaster?
Back in 2020, PM Narendra Modi had declared that the Andaman and Nicobar Islands will be developed into a ‘maritime and startup hub. “The region will play an important role…
San Francisco: Leading The Way To Food Waste Management
Over the last decade, food waste has become a more widely recognised environmental issue around the world. Not only has the issue of wasted food become an ethical one in…
Greenhouse Gas Emissions And Milk? What’s The Big Deal?
As milk demand grows, the dairy cattle industry's greenhouse gas emissions increased by 18% between 2005 and 2015. Food accounts for one-quarter of global emissions. According to the Food and…
Stubble Burning: The Ever-On-Going Issue Of North India
Farmers in India's northern plains are forced to engage in an extremely harmful activity every year: they burn leftover paddy stubble to clear their farms of farm trash and get…
Sustainability: Are Disposable Cups The Right Choice?
Paper cups may appear to be a better option, but paper cannot hold liquid on its own, so baristas pour coffee into cups lined with polyethylene, a plastic that acts…
Volunteers Of Nature: Friends Of The River Tawi
River Tawi, also known as Surya Putri, is an important supply of drinking water for the city of Jammu's 700,000 residents. It has been in ruins for many years and…
Code Effort: Recycling Cigarette Butts Into Stuffing
After witnessing all the discarded cigarette butts outside his friend's house, Naman Gupta and his brother co-founded the company in 2018. The "Code" in the name of Code Effort refers…
Mint Innovation: Extracting Gold From E-Waste!
Mint Innovation is an urban mining firm that has developed a revolutionary bio-technological solution that allows them to extract and recover precious metals such as gold, palladium, and copper from…
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Cleanup!
Millions of tonnes of plastic reach the oceans each year, with most it spilling out of rivers. Some of this plastic ends up in ocean garbage patches, where it becomes…