Environment

Ek Soch Hai Jaagi is Welspun Group's collaboration with leading playback singer, Kailash Kher, to commemorate World Environment Day 2020. Sung in Kailash Kher’s quintessential melodious and earthy voice, the song celebrates the metamorphosis of nature as it recuperates and replenishes during the lockdown. https://youtu.be/74sbc3RYzzE The Earth and its residents have always been codependent and mutually sustainable....

The unpredictable arrival of Cyclone Nisarga, the locust invasion in Northwest India, the devastating Cyclone Amphan in Orissa and West Bengal, the earthquake in New Delhi and the ongoing global pandemic. If recent events have taught us anything, it's the interdependence of all human beings and the living world in which we exist. In...

Nestlé India in collaboration with Stree Mukti Sanghatana and RECITY have released a poetry film, ‘Let’s imagine a healed world’ as part of Project HILLDAARI on World Environment Day 2020. HILLDAARI is a CSR initiative supported by Nestlé India to develop inclusive, contextualised and resilient models for solid and plastic waste management, in the tourist...

The environment is essential for the survival of life. It is because of the environment that earth is the only planet in the solar system that is habitable. Climate change is considered to be a major contributor to environmental degradation. Human activities are mainly accounted for the said climate change. While the inference has a...

Continuing with its commitment towards users and the society-at-large, Helo has launched a digital environmental awareness initiative to mark World Environment Day 2020. As part of its community empowerment CSR initiative, Helo Care, the platform has launched two-day #NamasteNature campaign in partnership with Waste Warriors, a solid waste management NGO. Between June 4 and 5, as part of #NamasteNature, users...

The worst is over with regard to Cyclone Nisarga. There will be other cyclones after Nisarga, though. With the advent of climate change, tropical cyclones are not going anywhere, rather they are poised to become more frequent and accompanied by increased intensity. In this regard, it is inevitable that we find ways to live...

The country is going through major economic and health crisis caused because of COVID-19 outbreak. While the country is still struggling to cope with this, another tragic problem has emerged in the state of Uttarakhand in the form of forest fires. A fire broke out on 24th May 2020 in Srinagar of Pauri Garhwal district...

The lockdown led to earth-shattering changes in the way we lead our lives, in the cultural fabric and in the way we move from one place to another. In many parts of the western world, public transport gave way to "active mobility" -- walking and cycling -- which have more scope as means of...

Cyclone Amphan made landfall along the coasts of Odisha and West Bengal on May 20th and wreaked havoc. Among the 10 affected districts, Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur districts have been heavily affected due to the cyclone, where many trees and electric poles have been uprooted resulting in disruption of road communication, electricity and...

Biodiversity is crucial to the existence of life in its current form on earth. However, with increasing human imposition and interference in earth’s reserves and processes, several species of flora and fauna are pushed to the verge of extinction. In fact, biologists have estimated that species extinctions are currently 500–1000 times the rate seen...

In 2000, the United Nations proclaimed 22nd May as the International Day for Biological Diversity to increase understanding and awareness of biodiversity issues. As we observe this day in our homes in the midst of a pandemic, let’s find out what makes biodiversity important for every living being on this planet (including us humans). Theme...

Forests are crucial for the survival of life on earth. From controlling the environment, preserving biodiversity to generating economic benefits and renewable energy, the importance of forests is multifold. This is why deforestation for the purpose of development has caused more damage than ever to the world. Campaigns across the world to stop deforestation have...