River Pollution

PUBLIC OUTCRY

For the past several months, Delhi has been witness to a half hearted government being prodded by a determined Supreme Court to clean the Yamuna. In September 1999, when the court banned the discharge of industrial effluents into the river, several indust

Publication Date:

27/02/2000

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

8

Issue:

20000228

pp:

0

Tags:

River Pollution, Yamuna, Drinking Water, Industry, Legislation, Governance, Delhi

India

Erosion of values

...and how it leads to environmental degradation

Publication Date:

14/02/2000

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

8

Issue:

20000215

pp:

0

Tags:

River Pollution, Air Pollution, Noise Pollution, Ganga, Yamuna, Health Effects, Religious Beliefs, Environment Education, Public Participation, India

India

The beacon

Several social groups are trying to restore the link between Hinduism and the environment

Publication Date:

14/02/2000

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

8

Issue:

20000215

pp:

0

Tags:

River Pollution, Air Pollution, Noise Pollution, Ganga, Yamuna, Health Effects, Religious Beliefs, Environment Education, Public Participation, India

India

Defiling the sacred

How the environment sacred to Hindus is bearing the brunt of pollution in the name of religion

Publication Date:

14/02/2000

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

8

Issue:

20000215

pp:

0

Tags:

River Pollution, Air Pollution, Noise Pollution, Ganga, Yamuna, Health Effects, Religious Beliefs, Environment Education, Public Participation, India

India

Pollution of Hinduisim

Simply put it is an amazing gap between theory and practice. Yet it is one of the main reasons why India's environment is as degraded as it is today. Followers of the Hindu way of life have forgotten the emphasis that is laid on nature, the environment an

Publication Date:

14/02/2000

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

8

Issue:

20000215

pp:

0

Tags:

River Pollution, Air Pollution, Noise Pollution, Ganga, Yamuna, Health Effects, Religious Beliefs, Environment Education, Public Participation, India

Environment

Our ecological footprint - think of your city as an ecosystem

Our Ecological Footprint: think of your city as an ecosystem - a book that aims to bring an environmental focus to mainstream education to make it more relevant. It helps teachers to: relook at the relationship between subjects in the curriculum and environment education; adopt methods of knitting its concepts into the regular curriculum; and equip them to conduct their own Ecological Footprint Project.

Publication Date:

Dec 1999

Source: Centre for Science and Environment

Tags:

River Pollution, Ecosystems, Water Harvesting, Waste Disposal, Environment Education, Delhi

India