Health

 Cooking with kokum

Spice, fruit juice and now weight watchers' manna

Publication Date: 
14/02/2003
Sourav Dutta
Down to Earth
Tags:
Seeds, Trees, Health, Traditional Knowledge, Medicinal Plants, India, Gujarat, Kerala
Environment

 Public verdict

Cement packing unit stalled

Publication Date: 
30/12/2002
Nidhi Jamwal
Down to Earth
Tags:
Environment, Pollution Control, Noise Pollution, Fisheries, Trade, Coal, Emissions Trading, Cement Industry, Public Participation, Ireland, Gujarat, Kerala
Sanitation

 Soap scheme doesn t wash

Local people of Kerala upset over being sermonised on hygiene

Publication Date: 
14/11/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Sanitation, WHO, World Bank, Kerala
India

 Logjam

lpg is possibly the most viable of all cooking fuels today, but even a debate on the issue is meaningless unless there are vigorous government efforts to promote healthy fuels

Publication Date: 
14/09/2002
Joe Madiath
Down to Earth
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Pollution, LPG, Kerosene, Chulhas (Cookstoves), India, Kerala
India

 Kerala HC bans endosulfan, final decision awaited

Environmentalists and inhabitants of Padre village have finally tasted success. The Kerala High Court has banned the use of endosulfan

Publication Date: 
14/09/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Pesticides, Endosulfan, Legislation, India, Kerala, Kasaragod (D), Toxins
Water Resources

 Toxic Tales

IN GOD'S OWN COUNTRY Directed by Rajani Mani and Nina Subramani . Produced by Elephant Corridor . English . 28 mins . 2002 Kasaragod, a district in north

Publication Date: 
14/08/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Genetic Disorders, Endosulfan, Kerala, Kasaragod (D), Toxins
India

 Drought spreads its tentacles

UP government caught napping as state comes under dry spell

Publication Date: 
14/08/2002
Binayak Das
Down to Earth
Tags:
Agriculture, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Irrigation, Drought, Governance, India, Bihar, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh
India

 The enterprise

Keeping both the environment and economy afloat

Publication Date: 
30/07/2002
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Ecotourism, Marine Ecosystems, Mountains, Lakes, Economy, Tourism, Biodiversity, Economic Development, Kenya, South Africa, Peru, India, Kerala, Sikkim
India

 Favourite destinations

USA: Domestic and international travellers made nearly 287 million visits to the 378 parks under the US National Park Service in 1998 compared to the 275 million visits in 1997. This travel generated

Publication Date: 
30/07/2002
Down to Earth
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Ecotourism, Marine Ecosystems, Mountains, Lakes, Economy, Tourism, Biodiversity, Economic Development, Kenya, South Africa, Peru, India, Kerala, Sikkim
India

 Rudderless

Ecotourism is the new buzzword in the Indian government

Publication Date: 
30/07/2002
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Ecotourism, Marine Ecosystems, Mountains, Lakes, Economy, Tourism, Biodiversity, Economic Development, Kenya, South Africa, Peru, India, Kerala, Sikkim

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