Akash Pharande Before urbanisation took off earnestly in India, humans and nature coexisted admirably. Unfortunately, rampant real estate development has steadily reduced Indians’ access to nature. From the increasing demand for integrated townships with abundant greenery, we can see that urban dwellers today are looking to reconnect with nature. The Cost of Urbanisation Our cities’ […]Read More
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Team L&M Several prominent personalities have endorsed a letter demanding provisions in the Union budget 2023-24 to make Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) affordable to poor households across India. The letter was sent to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, early today by Warrior Moms, a collective of mothers from all over India fighting for children’s right […]Read More
Rajkumari Sharma Tankha Birds of Paradise that promise togetherness, Peace lily that brings in prosperity and Red Salvia that ensures wisdom and good health… all this and more botanical art will be on display at Bikaner House as artist Salonika Meattle Aggarwal debuts with her solo art show beginning on March 23. Thickly populated green […]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 Fashion for Good has launched the ‘Untapped Agricultural Waste Project’ to validate and scale technologies that can successfully transform agricultural waste into sustainable textile fibres. The funds have been provided by Laudes Foundation, Fashion for Good partners adidas, BESTSELLER, Vivobarefoot and Birla Cellulose, and six innovators. The project will assess the technical feasibility […]Read More
Mukta Munshi They say it takes 21 days to form a habit. I think it is true in my case. In the early days of Covid-19, the situation was confusing, panicky, scary, tense and uncertain — all put together at once for everyone including us. We, personally, had so many questions — should we cancel […]Read More
Team L&M Ages and ages of running after pleasure and instant gratification have dulled our very souls. We have traded simplicity for complexity, clean air for smog and machines for spirit. We have corrupted the soil we tread, the air we breathe and the water we drink. The consequences are here now, cutting holes into […]Read More
Team L&M This June 5 (World Environment Day), let us look for ways to shift our consumption pattern and lifestyle towards sustainable alternatives. Rather than having only development, let us have sustainable development with low ecological footprints. While people’s values, expectations and aspirations for future must be taken into account to develop strategies for consumer […]Read More
When was the last time you walked into an air-conditioned auditorium or a cinema hall and got the feeling that the air inside was stale. And it forced you to take out your handkerchief or pull out a wet tissue and place it on your nose. But this will happen no more. Driven by environmental […]Read More