When it started, it was considered a part of the lunatic fringe. Greenpeace is today perhaps the most influential of green movements

A couple in Maharashtra, who practice organic farming, have also set up a non governmental organisation to motivate others to follow suit

The environmental movement in the USA began with the bleeding heart propagation of a pastoral ideal: the national parks. The founders of the Sierra Club were all passionate woodsmen first and philanthropes later

A MALAYSIAN of Indian origin, Shirin Gadhia of Gujarat was shocked at the recurrent droughts in a naturally well endowed country. Gadhia, who has studied animal breeding and genetics in West Berlin, returned to settle down in Valsad district of the state.