solid waste management
Solid waste management: Why integrating informal sector is a must

There is an urgent need to frame and implement a uniform waste-picker welfare law that recognises and integrates them into the waste management chain.

India Wants Manufacturers To Manage Plastic Waste. Here’s How Proposed Rules Fall Short

“The targets should instead aim at reducing the production of single-use plastics, and not be linked to recovery and disposal...”

Chennai’s complicated relationship with its dying rivers, as chronicled by artists

“This kind of art can make people come to the river, not take it to be just a dirty river but something that you would want to come and see. "

Sustainable living and lessons for all

As part of the one-week campaign, volunteers will be conducting house visits and spreading the green message.

The Garden of My Childhood

We can and must conserve our natural legacies, and become the guardians of so many values, so many little sovereignties and stolen afternoons ...

Proud Collective of Maptivists!

Transparent Chennai aims to empower the citizens of Chennai, particularly the urban poor, by creating and providing relevant city data that highlights citizen needs and helps the city government make better city planning decisions.