Team L&M “Isn’t it worth saving 13 lives a minute worldwide, or three lives a minute in India alone, just by saying ‘no’ to fossil fuels? Asks Bhavreen Kandhari, co-founder of the Warrior Moms Collective in India, back from Stockholm. Bhavreen along with mothers from Europe, Latin America and South Asia met UK COP26 President […]Read More
Team L&M The World Environment Day is celebrated every year to emphasise the significance of environmental protection. The theme for 2022 is ‘Only One Earth’ and this year, the focus is on living sustainably and in harmony with nature. When it comes to sustainable living and using energy-efficient solutions, we often miss looking at ways […]Read More
Akash Pharande The World Environment Day, celebrated on June 5, is meant to remind us that we live on a planet with finite resources, and that each of us must respect these limitations. In 2022, World Environment Day carries the theme ‘Only One Earth’, and asks us to focus on living sustainably in harmony with […]Read More
Team L&M Unhappy with the state government as well as the Union Ministry of Environment not paying any heed to their protests against the massive felling of tree in the Hasdeo Forest in Chattisgarh, Lokendra Balasaria has started an online petition seeking public support for putting a stop to this project. By May 30, over […]Read More
Forest fires which plague different parts of India, especially during the summer season play a major role in reducing solar power production in India. A new study has found that such analysis of the energy and financial losses due to the direct and indirect effects of forest fires on the production of solar plants can help […]Read More
Team L&M Inspired by the Chennai water crisis of 2019, six science and engineering students of Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management (GITAM), a Deemed to be-university, have designed a smart water-recycling system for kitchen sinks to ease the water problems of Indian cities. The system has won the first prize at the Business Plan […]Read More
Team L&M A first of its kind joint initiative directed towards curbing carbon footprint for Swachh Delhi, Swavalambi Delhi, Sivasubramanian Ramann, Chairman and Managing Director, Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) along with Padmashree Milind Kamble, Founder Chairman, Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DICCI) will be installing 1000 Plastic Reverse Vending Machines […]Read More
Team L&M A Conservation & Breeding Centre for the Great Indian Bustard will soon be set up at Kota, Rajasthan. A site for this has already been identified by the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEFCC) in consultation with State Forest Departments of Rajasthan and Gujarat, Wildlife Institute of India (WII) and international […]Read More
Dr Mukesh Kwatra Plastic is everywhere so much so that humans are now vulnerably reliant on it. Decades of plastic use has contaminated our environment – air, water, and soil. Plastics can take hundreds of years to decompose depending on the material. For instance, plastic bottles require approximately 450 years to decompose in a landfill. […]Read More
Team L&M South Maubuang in Aibawk block of Aizawl district in Mizoram has been declared a model ODF Plus village. It has fulfilled all the criteria as per SBM-G Phase II guidelines. It is first ODF Plus village in the State of Mizoram. The village has a population of 649 individuals from 116 households. ODF […]Read More