Solar Electricity as a Democratic Question
This essay draws attention to the ‘democratic nature of sunlight’, to the need for democratization of solar energy knowledge
IPCC author Aditi Mukherji on energy transition in agriculture and water security
Mukherji discusses the low emission pathways in the water-energy-food nexus, the importance of matching the right crops to the right regions and the need for context-specific understanding of groundwater use.
Joshimath Solidarity Statement – जोशीमठ के संघर्ष को समर्थन (in Hindi and English)
People who have borne the losses and been put to risk as a result of these developments must be considered as project affected and rehabilitated and compensated fully from this
Meet the Water Warrior, Laxman Singh, Who Invented a New Method of Water Conservation
"The Chauka system is designed to hold a nine-inch water level, spread over a field. The moisture is reused by draining, to plant forests or to grow crops,”
Environment and 2022 Budget: Amrit Kaal or Vish Kaal?
Environment is given a few token sops, while in fact financial allocations continue to fuel an economy that is fundamentally unsustainable.
Engineer-Turned-Farmer Harnesses Wind, Solar Energy; 450 Entrepreneurs
... the winds were good between May and October, while in the remaining months the sunlight was strong,
Solar power to give 150 city schools Rs 17 crore per year
The best part is that none of the schools had to invest any money. The entire project cost was borne by the developers.
In Ahmedabad, women act to make slums climate-resilient, one house at a time
“We focus on the 4 prevalent stresses of the slums - heat stress, floods, vector-borne diseases, and water scarcity,”
न बिजली, न डीजल-ईंजन फिर भी ये आदिवासी किसान कर रहे हैं सिंचाई (in Hindi)
इस प्रकार, प्रकृति, वन्य जीव, और जंगल का संरक्षण करते हुए कृषि के लिए पानी की व्यवस्था की है।