One Earth, One Chance
April 22 serves to remind everyone globally that the Earth needs us. Earth Day encourages people to act, come together and be responsible. As the Earth’s climate worsens and natural areas vanish, Earth Day...
Category: Earth Matters
Environmental issues and initiatives in Pondicherry.
‘Sadhana’ for Reviving the Ecology
Did you know that the Tamil Nadu coastline was once covered with indigenous ‘Tropical Dry Evergreen Forest’ (TDEF)? Well, a volunteer-based organization, ‘Sadhana Forest’ knew about it and attempted to revive it. But, why...
World Oceans Day
The World Oceans day, which is observed every year on 8 June was proposed at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil by Canada in the year 1992. Since then it has been...
World Environment Day – Raise your voice not the sea level
5 June is observed as World Environment Day (WED) all over the world. WED was created by United Nations in the year 1972 to encourage “worldwide awareness and action for the environment”. Every year...
India to support a stable maritime environment in Asia
As China pushes to lay claim over the South China Sea, India went out on a limb and said that it supports a stable maritime environment in Asia, which includes the right of maritime...
Environmental studies in engineering curriculum are the need of the hour, says Dr. G D Agrawal
In the efforts to use media for creating awareness, the Department of Electronic Media and Mass Communication, Pondicherry University, has taken up an initiative ‘Earth Matters’. It organized a documentary film screening at SOM...
Centre for Science and Environment: Save our Coasts
Whoever had ever heard of beaches not being stationery, rather, as rivers of sand that are constantly on the move. To introduce us to this knowledge, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), New...
Working with ‘em Tigers, working for ‘em Tigers
The ruthless killing of tigers is leading to the extinction of the species, authorities show no concern. Tehelka released a two month research into the close knit international poachers’ network which revealed that the...