AboutArticles by Meena Janardhan

Urban forests to help cities breathe easy

26 Nov 2019

India’s Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar recently made a case in Parliament for creating urban forests to provide lungs to cities gasping for clean air and introducing a programme in schools...

Alarming rise in cyclones around India

19 Nov 2019

Data released by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) reveals that the number of cyclones in the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal has increased by 32% in the last...

Highway woes: human-animal battles

12 Nov 2019

NH 766! It is a national highway in India that cuts through a forest reserve. It’s a bone of contention between two states — Kerala and Karnataka. It’s a highway...

Sea level rise: Alarm bells ringing loud

05 Nov 2019

A total of 36 million people in India could be at risk by 2050 due to seal-level rise — about 31 million more than previously thought, warns a study by...

Young voices resonate for a One Young World

29 Oct 2019

India’s young climate activist, 23-year-old Madhav Datt, founder of ‘Green the Gene’, one of the world’s largest youth-run environmental non-profit organisations, joined the One Young World summit last week. Featured...

Solar dryers hold potential to cut food loss

22 Oct 2019

Last week, the UN Environment highlighted the story of Varun Raheja, a mechanical engineer from India, who was always fascinated by farming. As he loves nature, he considered farming, and...

India’s bold initiative to fight disasters

15 Oct 2019

India is building a coalition for disaster-resilient infrastructure. Announcing this at the UN Climate Action Summit 2019 held in New York City, Indian Prime minister Narendra Modi invited other...

Extreme weather patterns wreak havoc in India

08 Oct 2019

From the third driest June in 54 years to the rainiest September in 102 years, the monsoon season in India has wreaked havoc across the country. Though last week...

Waste tyre imports a bad proposition for India

01 Oct 2019

India produces over six percent of the global waste tyres every year. Every day India discards about 275,000 tyres but there is currently no comprehensive plan to deal with...

No Planet B, and the dangers loom large for India

24 Sep 2019

Last week, joining Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg’s call for mass protests to sound the alarm on climate change, youth across India staged several protests. Their slogans highlighted the...

Meena Janardhan

Writer/Editor/Consultant. She has over 25 years of experience in the fields of environmental journalism and publishing.

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