Fifteen-year-old Monali Manohar, a Standard X student in a local girls high school in Bhrampura, Gadchiroli, is not aware of the state's environmental issues, neither does she know the significance of rain-water harvesting. However, for the past one year, she has been diligently collecting and storing rain water to make paintings and greeting cards. Her stragtegy: store rain water and use it little by little with her medium, water colour.

Inspite of rising fuel prices and air fares, the increasing number of short haul passenger trips has contributed immensely to the increase in per capita carbon emission

Mumbai's ambitious metro rail project today received a shot in the arm with the Centre announcing the sanctioning of Rs 4,500 crore for its completion. "Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh had requested for funds from the Centre. The Centre is sanctioning Rs 4,500 crore as viability gap funding for the Mumbai Metro Rail Project (MMRP),' Union Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy said.

Amanora Park Town, the township project managed digitally at Hadapsar, is now all set to add another feather to its cap, this time in the field of environment conservation as the work for the first ever "Temple of environment' being set up on the premisis is in the final stages of completion. The temple would be ceremoniously unveiled on the occasion of World Environment Day, on June 5.

To commemorate the World Environment Day on June 5, Commonwealth Youth Games Pune 2008 is planning to host nature conservation activities. "With growing concerns over global warming and depleting green cover, the aim is to enhance public attention and action about nature conservation and environmentalprotection,'said a press release. On June 5 the city would witness a Tree plantation drive where 25000 saplings will be planted at Vetal Tekdi, Paud Road.

At the receiving end for long for the poor state of roads in the during the monsoon season, Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has now resolved to curb the menace by capturing the roads post-showers on camera. The Municipal Commissioner has directed all the 14 ward offices to first capture the potholes and the waterlogging spots on camera immediately after the first showers in a bid to identify the problem areas and the extent of the problems before taking up corrective measures.

An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore's 90-minute award winning film on global warming and its effects on world's societies and economies; The Vanishing Vultures, a 20-minute documentary on the country's almost-extinct scavenger birds; Can We Save Planet Earth, legendary British naturalist Sir David Attenborough's hour-long film, and the self-explanatory A Tribute To Steve Irvin Crocodile Hunter. These are names of just a few films that will be featured in Mumbai's Ravindra Natya Mandir, Prabhadevi, from Thursday to commemorate the World Environment Day, this year.

Three lakh cubic meters of silt removed from Mutha Even if it rains heavily this year, the Pune Municipal Corporation has claimed that it was ready to tackle any flood situation. The PMC's confidence stems from the removal of three lakh cubic meter of silt from Mutha river

Several trees cut, pruned without permission, says PMC's Tree Authority; local association denies charges Illegal felling of trees has found its way into the upmarket Boat Club area of the city. The Tree Authority of the Pune Municipal Corporation has issued a show cause notice to the Riverside Estate, an association of plot owners on Boat Club Road