Sustainable Development

India

Built to last

Designing a sustainable product is not easy. The common lawnmower has taught us that

Publication Date:

14/04/1998

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

6

Issue:

19980415

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0

Tags:

Sustainable Development

Climate Change

How do you define and measure sustainable development? A host of non governmental organisations led by the Switzerland based World Conservation Union are trying to evolve a new approach to do just that

Publication Date:

14/04/1998

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Himalaya, NGO, Mussoorie, Sustainable Development

India

The X factor

Business ultimately depends on profit. Sustained growth depends on wise investment. But as economies grow and productivity rises, resource use also increases, leading to wastage. This need not be so. Profit making and resource conservation can be complem

Publication Date:

14/03/1998

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

6

Issue:

19980315

pp:

0

Tags:

Trade, Industry, Technology, Sustainable Development

Forests

Benchmark for success

The Songhai Centre in the Republic of Benin is a model for food self-sufficiency and sustainable development

Publication Date:

30/01/1998

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

6

Issue:

19980131

pp:

0

Tags:

Benin, Sustainable Development

Mining

Good but not true

The United Nations does not take into account sustainability of the environment in assessing progress using the Human Development Index, casting serious doubts on the accuracy of the method

Publication Date:

29/11/1997

Author(s): B Ramanathan

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

6

Issue:

19971130

pp:

0

Tags:

UNDP, Sustainable Development

Transport

We have not been good listeners

The G B Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development in Almora, Uttar Pradesh, is among the few in the world that concentrate on issues related to mountains. Its director, L M S Palni , dwelt on the need to develop s

Publication Date:

30/10/1997

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

6

Issue:

19971031

pp:

0

Tags:

Mountains, Himalaya, Almora (D), Sustainable Development

India

Rising from rubble

An African nation refuses international aid and sets up a highly ambitious agenda to stand on its own feet

Publication Date:

14/07/1997

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Deserts, Ethiopia, Sustainable Development

Industry

Combating drought

Oxfam (India), a relief and development organisation, has launched a massive relief and sustainable development programme in the drought-hit areas of Orissa. The Rs 1.5 crore programme

Publication Date:

14/07/1997

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

6

Issue:

19970715

pp:

0

Tags:

Drought Prone Areas, Agricultural Inputs, NGO, Orissa (Odisha), Sustainable Development

India