Author: editorcues
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Sowing in the sky
By Meenakshi Singh The year was 1999-2000, Dr. Despommier was giving a class on medical ecology. He asked his students to design rooftop gardens in Manhattan that could feed its entire population. But the calculations showed that available area would not be sufficient to grow enough food. The resultant idea was of farming or growing…
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Chasing Rains
Amit Kaushik It all started with pitching a tent! According to objectives of the Dheerpur Wetland Park (DWP) project, massive on-site plantation was to be carried out in the monsoon of 2016. However, when the first rains of the season did arrive, we were slightly unprepared for plantation. To begin with, we did not have…
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Ecological Restoration and Gender
By Meenakshi Singh Changing global climate patterns, receding forests, intensive industrialization, urbanization and concretization have all led to awakening of environmental conscience discussed by people like Aldo Leopold (in Sand County Almanac and The Land Ethic) and Rachel Carsen (in The Silent Spring). Concerns for environment have been on the rise since late twentieth century…
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The Common Man’s Environmentalism
Saurabh Chowdhury Over time, urban spaces have been characterized by their infrastructure. Better the infrastructure better is the city. And with the focus being so much on infrastructure, nature has taken a back seat. Urban dwellers have become dissociated with nature, and the common man’s environmentalism seems to have replaced knowledge and understanding of nature.…