Team L&M An astounding 2,000 tonnes of unsegregated waste is burned every day in the Waste to Energy (WtE) plant at Okhla. At the receiving end are over 10 lakh residents living in and around the area who are forced to inhale the poisonous gases emanating out of it. The Okhla incinerator emits gases like […]Read More
Team L&M On July 1, this year Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change prohibited manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale and use of single use plastic items like ear buds with plastic sticks plastic sticks for balloons, plastic flags, candy sticks, ice-cream sticks, polystyrene [Thermocol] for decoration; plates, cups, glasses, cutlery such as forks, spoons, […]Read More
Team L&M ETO Motors has entered into an agreement with GMR Varalakshmi Foundation and MOWO, an NGO promoting safe mobility for women, to on-board and train women drivers for last mile last-mile connectivity at Delhi Metro Stations. The initiative of ETO Motors aims to create sustainable income and enhancement opportunities for 300 women earners Delhi. […]Read More
Team L&M The development of Kalindi Kunj ghat landscape was among the key projects approved in the 43rd Executive Committee meeting of the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG). NMCG Director General G Asok Kumar okayed a cost of around Rs 38 crore for this project. The other okayed projects pertained to industrial and sewerage pollution […]Read More
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