What started as a hobby is now becoming a viable way of tackling waste paper for 58-year-old Meena Patankar who uses discarded newspaper to make dolls and other home décor items The lifespan of a newspaper is rarely more than a day. For those who haven’t yet switched completely to consuming news digitally, it continues …
58-Year-Old Woman From Nashik Takes On Newspaper Waste, Converts It Into Dolls Read More »
It has become trendy to refuse single-use plastic straws. Paper straws now line the shelves of supermarkets, some cafes now use paper straws, and some convenience stores have swapped to lids. But the goal to eliminate all single-use plastic isn’t helped when those paper straws sit in plastic cups and the lid replacements are also …
Ditching plastic straws isn’t enough. Here’s how to achieve zero waste. Read More »
Two months ago, Priyesh KV, a fisherman from Kerala’s Kozhikode district, started collecting plastic every time he went out to sea. 30-year-old Priyesh KV, a fisherman from Kerala’s Kozhikode district, has been going to sea to fish since he was 14 years old. But in the past few years, his fishing nets have caught more …
Meet the Kerala fisherman who has removed 3.5 tonnes of plastic from the sea Read More »
Since mankind came to exist some 300,000 years ago, the content of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has never been as high as it is now—415 ppm. The measure of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was 200 ppm during the ice age. But since the Industrial Revolution in the 20th century, the amount of the …
Carbon dioxide levels hitting historic high is the final wake-up call Read More »
The world’s oceans are running out of breath. In the past 50 years, we have lost nearly half our coral reefs and mangrove forests and the size of marine populations has halved. A third of global fish stocks are already depleted. If these trends continue, it is estimated that there will be no stocks left for …
We need to deep clean the oceans. Here’s how to pay for it Read More »
