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Your
zone in Ozone
G. Anne Josephine (November 24, 2000)
Being Ozone friendly means taking individual action to reduce and eliminate impact on the Ozone layer by the products we buy
Rainwater Harvesting is Everybody's Business
(Sept 16, 2000)
Simple, economic methods of water conservation and management by which Chennaiwasis can erase the words 'water scarcity' from their dictionaries.
Contamination of Porur Lake
(Sept 10, 2000)
The activities that contaminate the waters of Porur Lake, an important drinking water source for
Chennai, can been seen every day. But nothing is being done about it.
Way out of Vehicular Pollution?
(Sept 3, 2000)
The benzene emissions from petrol vehicles are as carcinogenic as suspended particulate matter and nitrogen oxides in diesel.
Roads or Open air toilets?
(Aug 27, 2000)
How does one tackle the problem of citizens dirtying city roads every morning? Creation of awareness and motivation, along with stringent action, would help.
Remembering a Naturalist
(Aug 20, 2000)
M Krishnan, who spent a long lifetime studying and working for India's forests and wild life, wanted to leave a heritage of nature later generations would be proud of. But what are the prospects?
Environmental Philosophies
(Aug 13, 2000)
Like political dogmas, the new and growing science of environmentalism has evolved its own philosophies. But none of them fills the bill.
Exhibition on Rain Harvesting Systems
(Aug 06, 2000)
For more than a decade, this Chennai-based institution has been working to raise public awareness on eco-environmental issues all over the south. It is now planning an exhibition on rainwater harvesting.
Keeping the Dust Down
(July 30, 2000)
Stone crushing in an important industry, but it also constitutes a major environmental hazard with the enormous quantities of silica-rich dust that it generates.
Bright Neon Lights - the Bane of Road Users?
(July 23, 2000)
They flash, blink, switch colours with blinding speed, making for distressing driving conditions and cause great harm to citizens' health. Chennai must follow Mumbai's example and impose curbs on its neon-lit hoardings.
Visual Pollution - Hoardings and more hoardings
(July 16, 2000)
What strikes one approaching Chennai is hoardings, posters, more hoardings and more posters in every conceivable spot.
Chennai's early morning air polluted by burning solid waste
(July 09, 2000)
It is high time we realize the harmful impact to our health and environs caused by burning domestic solid waste.
Rain Harvesting - Need of the hour
(July 02, 2000)
Rainwater harvesting can solve major water problems in most parts of India.
Cooperative Scheme for Fodder
(June 25, 2000)
If this is the diet that cows get, one dreads to think what kind of contamination is present in their milk, which we give even to infants.
Kattupalli Island Threatened by Development
(June 17, 2000)
The Ministry of Environment and Forests had granted only 400 hectares of Kattupalli island for the port, but a total of 1053 hectares have been taken over.
Be an Environment-Friendly Consumer
(June 10, 2000)
This is the day of the sachet. Oil, shampoos, eatables, betel nut, even snuff comes in sachets. They make for easy buying, but pose a grave threat to our environment.
Save Trees - Live Longer
(June 03, 2000)
The roots of trees, besides binding the soil together and preventing erosion, also hold moisture and conserve groundwater. They are good raw materials for many natural drugs.
Adyar: Sad State
of the Estuary (Part Two)
(May
27, 2000)
The Adyar creek is a typical example of a wetland degraded mainly by human encroachment. But even now, we can turn this into a positive situation by creating awareness among the people.
Adyar: Sad State
of the Estuary (Part one)
(May
20, 2000)
Although the river is now highly polluted, there is still vegetation and nesting of
migratory birds in the estuary.
Breathing to a
Better Life (May 13, 2000)
He said policemen were subject to great stress, not only because of the tensions and noise
of the city's chaotic traffic but also because of the heavy atmospheric pollution.
Making Chennai
Singara is in Your Hands
(Apr.
30, 2000)
Once garbage is thrown out of the house, the first
person to come into the picture is the rag picker, nowadays rightly called the 'street
beautifier", who actually provides immense service to society.
A terrace-garden
to cherish (Mar. 11, 2000)
The gardens can be grown in such things as poles,
pipes, drums, racks, sacks, curtains, and, of course, pots.
The ABC of
animal welfare (Mar. 02, 2000)
Eight sheds have been constructed in a 1500 sq.ft. area
to provide pre and post operative care facilities to canines.
Observing life in
the concrete jungle (Feb. 29, 2000)
Go through his scrapbook and you can see Chennai come
to life.
A RAY OF HOPE
by Nisha Miller (Feb. 16, 2000)
For, with deforestation, many wild creatures are on the
brink of extinction.
City Green
Cover by K. Sridhar (Feb. 10, 2000)
The campaign will go a long, long way in reducing
pollution levels in urban centres. Not to mention enhancing the quality of life in a
number of other ways!
Trees from the Woods
by T.L.Raghavan. (Jan 21, 2000)
At this rate, very soon, thanks to all round devastation, trees will remain a distant
memory.
Global Warming -
Environmental changes by Nisha Miller
(Jan 15, 2000)
Every rupee added to the economy will mean 4-10 times increase in pollution.
Romulus Whitaker
- "hiss"tory by T.L.Raghavan
(Nov 24, 1999)
Currently he is the Director of Madras Crocodile Bank, an outfit run by a Trust. They do
lots of research in collaboration with the Rajiv Gandhi molecular biology institute in
Hyderabad and also breed crocodiles for various governments in India and also for client's
abroad. It was an amazing revelation when he informed me that while it is the chromosomal
configuration that determines the sex of off springs in all other living beings it is the
temperature, timing and duration during incubation of the eggs that determines it in the
case of crocodiles.
Can we dump our
garbage dumps? by Ravichandran K .
(Nov 23, 1999)
The non-governmental civic body, Exnora, has once again brought to focus an issue that has
been too all often ignored by city hall, viz., solid waste landfills or to be more direct,
garbage dumps. Exnora has now gone to court complaining against the dumping of garbage on
the dry bed of a lake in the Ambattur municipality.
Organic Farming -
Hotline to Health by Ambujam Anantharaman
(Nov 19, 1999)
Remember the taste and tang of a "vada" fried in groundnut oil? Or the flavour
of "sambar" seasoned with mustard seeds in gingely oil? If today food tastes
much the same everywhere and has lost much of its individuality, it is because the cooking
medium used has become common to all types of food.
Tackling the
city’s huge mounds of waste by Ravichandran K . (Nov 14, 1999)
With a population of around nine million, Chennai has quite a few problems in the
management of solid waste, thrown up in enormous quantities and that on a daily basis.
After struggling for a number of years with inadequate equipment and poorly trained
personnel, the Chennai Municipal Administration has now seriously begun to explore fresh
methods of tackling the problem, including the privatisation of waste management.
Honey from the
Heights by Ambujam Anantharaman
(Nov
12, 1999)
The bees swarm around the face of the Kurumba honey hunter as he climbs up the vine ladder
leading to the honeycomb high up in the cliffs of the Nilgiris. The smoker set on fire to
drive away the bees does not do its job fully and the tribal is in danger of being stung
before he completes his job.
"Prani Mitra
Awards" To Be Presented On 30th October (Oct 24, 1999)
Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) organised for a press meet in the city to announce
about "Prani Mitra Awards" to be presented and about the various activities
undertaken by the board.
Creating a
designer garden by Shobha Mathur Pandian
Creating and maintaining a garden is a reasonably costly affair so it is
better to
have a fair idea of what you’re letting yourself in for before you launch yourself
with gusto into it, especially tips on the right selection of seasonal plants and flowers.
After all, not everyone is born with a green thumb. You learn the tricks of gardening
through trial and error, some hits and misses.
Waste Matters
by Rinku Gupta
The magic word seemed to be VERMICOMPOST. What then is this magical process that can
address almost all garbage related problems?
Urbanization And
Agriculture by Aranthai Manian
Industrial pollution is causing harm to the agricultural land. Farmers are suffering due
to smoke, smog and toxic – water discharged by heavy industries. Strict action is
needed against such offenders.
For a Better
Environment by Aranthai Manian
During the last week two International ‘Days’ were observed – the first one
was "Smokeless – Day" and the second one was "World Environment
Day".
From Garbage to
Manure by Padma Subiah
n this scenario, what we need is our grandmother’s technology of using bio-degradable
waste (kitchen and garden) as manure for gardens or as food for animals.
Green Health
Movement - Concern
by Shobha Mathur
Pandian
"Concern is a unique welfare organisation. It creates environmental awareness and
works for the uplift of the economically weaker strata of society." Malnourished
children mired in poverty, are its pivots
Your
zone in Ozone
G. Anne Josephine (November 24, 2000)
Being Ozone friendly means taking individual action to reduce and eliminate impact on the Ozone layer by the products we buy
Rainwater Harvesting is Everybody's Business
(Sept 16, 2000)
Simple, economic methods of water conservation and management by which Chennaiwasis can erase the words 'water scarcity' from their dictionaries.
Contamination of Porur Lake
(Sept 10, 2000)
The activities that contaminate the waters of Porur Lake, an important drinking water source for Chennai, can been seen every day. But nothing is being done about it.
Way out of Vehicular Pollution?
(Sept 3, 2000)
The benzene emissions from petrol vehicles are as carcinogenic as suspended particulate matter and nitrogen oxides in diesel.
Roads or Open air toilets?
(Aug 27, 2000)
How does one tackle the problem of citizens dirtying city roads every morning? Creation of awareness and motivation, along with stringent action, would help.
Remembering a Naturalist
(Aug 20, 2000)
M Krishnan, who spent a long lifetime studying and working for India's forests and wild life, wanted to leave a heritage of nature later generations would be proud of. But what are the prospects?
Environmental Philosophies
(Aug 13, 2000)
Like political dogmas, the new and growing science of environmentalism has evolved its own philosophies. But none of them fills the bill.
Exhibition on Rain Harvesting Systems
(Aug 06, 2000)
For more than a decade, this Chennai-based institution has been working to raise public awareness on eco-environmental issues all over the south. It is now planning an exhibition on rainwater harvesting.
Keeping the Dust Down
(July 30, 2000)
Stone crushing in an important industry, but it also constitutes a major environmental hazard with the enormous quantities of silica-rich dust that it generates.
Bright Neon Lights - the Bane of Road Users?
(July 23, 2000)
They flash, blink, switch colours with blinding speed, making for distressing driving conditions and cause great harm to citizens' health. Chennai must follow Mumbai's example and impose curbs on its neon-lit hoardings.
Visual Pollution - Hoardings and more hoardings
(July 16, 2000)
What strikes one approaching Chennai is hoardings, posters, more hoardings and more posters in every conceivable spot.
Chennai's early morning air polluted by burning solid waste
(July 09, 2000)
It is high time we realize the harmful impact to our health and environs caused by burning domestic solid waste.
Rain Harvesting - Need of the hour
(July 02, 2000)
Rainwater harvesting can solve major water problems in most parts of India.
Cooperative Scheme for Fodder
(June 25, 2000)
If this is the diet that cows get, one dreads to think what kind of contamination is present in their milk, which we give even to infants.
Kattupalli Island Threatened by Development
(June 17, 2000)
The Ministry of Environment and Forests had granted only 400 hectares of Kattupalli island for the port, but a total of 1053 hectares have been taken over.
Be an Environment-Friendly Consumer
(June 10, 2000)
This is the day of the sachet. Oil, shampoos, eatables, betel nut, even snuff comes in sachets. They make for easy buying, but pose a grave threat to our environment.
Save Trees - Live Longer
(June 03, 2000)
The roots of trees, besides binding the soil together and preventing erosion, also hold moisture and conserve groundwater. They are good raw materials for many natural drugs.
Adyar: Sad State
of the Estuary (Part Two) (May
27, 2000)
The Adyar creek is a typical example of a wetland degraded mainly by human encroachment. But even now, we can turn this into a positive situation by creating awareness among the people.
Adyar: Sad State
of the Estuary (Part one) (May
20, 2000)
Although the river is now highly polluted, there is still vegetation and nesting of
migratory birds in the estuary.
Breathing to a
Better Life (May 13, 2000)
He said policemen were subject to great stress, not only because of the tensions and noise
of the city's chaotic traffic but also because of the heavy atmospheric pollution.
Making Chennai
Singara is in Your Hands (Apr.
30, 2000)
Once garbage is thrown out of the house, the first
person to come into the picture is the rag picker, nowadays rightly called the 'street
beautifier", who actually provides immense service to society.
A terrace-garden
to cherish (Mar. 11, 2000)
The gardens can be grown in such things as poles,
pipes, drums, racks, sacks, curtains, and, of course, pots.
The ABC of
animal welfare (Mar. 02, 2000)
Eight sheds have been constructed in a 1500 sq.ft. area
to provide pre and post operative care facilities to canines.
Observing life in
the concrete jungle (Feb. 29, 2000)
Go through his scrapbook and you can see Chennai come
to life.
A RAY OF HOPE
by Nisha Miller (Feb. 16, 2000)
For, with deforestation, many wild creatures are on the
brink of extinction.
City Green
Cover by K. Sridhar (Feb. 10, 2000)
The campaign will go a long, long way in reducing
pollution levels in urban centres. Not to mention enhancing the quality of life in a
number of other ways!
Trees from the Woods
by T.L.Raghavan. (Jan 21, 2000)
At this rate, very soon, thanks to all round devastation, trees will remain a distant
memory.
Global Warming -
Environmental changes by Nisha Miller
(Jan 15, 2000)
Every rupee added to the economy will mean 4-10 times increase in pollution.
Romulus Whitaker
- "hiss"tory by T.L.Raghavan (Nov 24, 1999)
Currently he is the Director of Madras Crocodile Bank, an outfit run by a Trust. They do
lots of research in collaboration with the Rajiv Gandhi molecular biology institute in
Hyderabad and also breed crocodiles for various governments in India and also for client's
abroad. It was an amazing revelation when he informed me that while it is the chromosomal
configuration that determines the sex of off springs in all other living beings it is the
temperature, timing and duration during incubation of the eggs that determines it in the
case of crocodiles.
Can we dump our
garbage dumps? by Ravichandran K .
(Nov 23, 1999)
The non-governmental civic body, Exnora, has once again brought to focus an issue that has
been too all often ignored by city hall, viz., solid waste landfills or to be more direct,
garbage dumps. Exnora has now gone to court complaining against the dumping of garbage on
the dry bed of a lake in the Ambattur municipality.
Organic Farming -
Hotline to Health by Ambujam Anantharaman
(Nov 19, 1999)
Remember the taste and tang of a "vada" fried in groundnut oil? Or the flavour
of "sambar" seasoned with mustard seeds in gingely oil? If today food tastes
much the same everywhere and has lost much of its individuality, it is because the cooking
medium used has become common to all types of food.
Tackling the
city’s huge mounds of waste by Ravichandran K . (Nov 14, 1999)
With a population of around nine million, Chennai has quite a few problems in the
management of solid waste, thrown up in enormous quantities and that on a daily basis.
After struggling for a number of years with inadequate equipment and poorly trained
personnel, the Chennai Municipal Administration has now seriously begun to explore fresh
methods of tackling the problem, including the privatisation of waste management.
Honey from the
Heights by Ambujam Anantharaman (Nov
12, 1999)
The bees swarm around the face of the Kurumba honey hunter as he climbs up the vine ladder
leading to the honeycomb high up in the cliffs of the Nilgiris. The smoker set on fire to
drive away the bees does not do its job fully and the tribal is in danger of being stung
before he completes his job.
"Prani Mitra
Awards" To Be Presented On 30th October
(Oct 24, 1999)
Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) organised for a press meet in the city to announce
about "Prani Mitra Awards" to be presented and about the various activities
undertaken by the board.
Creating a
designer garden by Shobha Mathur Pandian
Creating and maintaining a garden is a reasonably costly affair so it is
better to
have a fair idea of what you’re letting yourself in for before you launch yourself
with gusto into it, especially tips on the right selection of seasonal plants and flowers.
After all, not everyone is born with a green thumb. You learn the tricks of gardening
through trial and error, some hits and misses.
Waste Matters
by Rinku Gupta
The magic word seemed to be VERMICOMPOST. What then is this magical process that can
address almost all garbage related problems?
Urbanization And
Agriculture by Aranthai Manian
Industrial pollution is causing harm to the agricultural land. Farmers are suffering due
to smoke, smog and toxic – water discharged by heavy industries. Strict action is
needed against such offenders.
For a Better
Environment by Aranthai Manian
During the last week two International ‘Days’ were observed – the first one
was "Smokeless – Day" and the second one was "World Environment
Day".
From Garbage to
Manure by Padma Subiah
n this scenario, what we need is our grandmother’s technology of using bio-degradable
waste (kitchen and garden) as manure for gardens or as food for animals.
Green Health
Movement - Concern
by Shobha Mathur
Pandian
"Concern is a unique welfare organisation. It creates environmental awareness and
works for the uplift of the economically weaker strata of society." Malnourished
children mired in poverty, are its pivots.
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