environment

Could we not follow Prem’s example and do some post-celebration clean up?

November 12, 2015 Deepa Mohan

Prem Sagar says, “The kids had a lot of fun with crackers. Now, ensuring that their fun doesn’t turn into someone else’s job. It started with the kids cleaning up. Soon, others (elders) joined in.

Parisara Habba 2015

June 3, 2015 Arathi Manay Yajaman

The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) is organising Parisara Habba on 5th and 6th June 2015, 10:00 am to 6:00 pm, at Sri Kanteerva Indoor Stadium (Rajaram Mohan Roy Rd). Look out for a stall on

Welcome sight in the Bannerghata Zoo, 18th Jan 2015

January 27, 2015 Deepa Mohan

When trash seems to be strewn everywhere in our public spaces, it was heartening to see this sight at the Bannerghatta Zoo. Long may such initiatives last! Zoo, 18th January, 2015.

Swalpa Adjust Maadi…and they do so…

January 20, 2015 Deepa Mohan

Swalpa Adjust Maadi (SAM)..this seems to be our attitude towards the others who share our planet. And some of them learn to adjust…but at what cost, still needs to be determined! Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore, 11th

Olfactory Chambers of Ward 88: A Walk

October 10, 2014 Deepa Mohan

From: angarika@maraa.in 2 manhole cleaners suffocated to death in Bangalore recently Armed with a bottle and a stick, a man descends: into the dark sulfurous depths of the city. Vanishing acts, made possible by the labour

Linger’s initiative to recycle glass bottles

August 27, 2013 Deepa Mohan

It’s a given that you should be drinking lots of water a day. Especially given air-conditioned offices, it becomes even more important to remember to drink – and have a bottle handy that’s easy to

60 Young Visitors to the Puttenahalli Lake

August 26, 2013 Usha Rajagopalan

Children from three branches of a play school visited the lake today, 26th Aug. 2013. They had been learning about birds and flowers from books and had come to see them in real.

Salvinia weevil released

June 2, 2013 Usha Rajagopalan

Without much fanfare but certainly with a great deal of hope today afternoon we released the Salvinia weevil in two spots at the lake still infested with Salvinia Molesta. Salvinia weevils from Thrissur Releasing the

Hesarghatta: Negative impact of the craze for wildlife photography

February 11, 2013 Deepa Mohan

A group of ecologists and experts including Dr M B Krishna, have come up with a report called"Ruining the ecology of Hesaraghatta Lake – the role of bird photographers. From the report’s introduction: "The Hesaraghatta

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