‘plastic producers have known for decades that plastic recycling is too cumbersome and expensive to ever become a feasible waste management solution, but promoted it to the public anyway’ theguardian.com/us-news/articl… #plastic #polycrisis

no your eyes don't deceive you, The southern Sahara Desert has turned unusually green ! thanks to the extreme northward movement this year of the Inter Tropical Convergence zone which has brought rain to areas normally completely dry. Also the SW Arabian Peninsula.

#GSTApology #FreeSpeech

Ask questions! #GST #Manipur #nirmalasitharaman

Bangalore boasts trees in bloom all year round, thanks to Gustav Krumbiegel, the renowned horticulturist who designed a system of ‘serial planting’ to keep streets flowering throughout the year. What inspired this intentional town planning from the early 20th century?

Two cities, two different problems Mumbai Metro: Trains are available, but line isn't ready. Bengaluru Metro: Line is ready, but there are no trains. Metro trains are not interoperable either.

Data center emissions likely 662% higher than big tech claims. Can it keep up the ruse? theguardian.com/technology/202…

In a recent conversation, a Nicobarese person said "Shompen is what we [Nicobarese] call them. We have no idea what Shompen call themselves [bc we don't understand their language]." It doesn't take much to acknowledge native history but BJP govt manages to fail extraordinarily.

It is stunning to me how the govt fails to recognise that while "Port Blair" was not a native name, neither is "Sri Vijaya Puram" & this, when awareness & empathy comes easily among two tribal communities. Anyway, full interview with person from the Nicobarese community soon

We won’t discard the colonial “wasteland” tag that is helping erase our grasslands… nor demonstrate our conservation resolve by recovering bustards on the brink… but we will strive tirelessly to uphold the vanity of this ill-conceived spectacle. Shabash! frontline.thehindu.com/environment/af…

Our environmental regulation is a joke. First, the absurdity that forest destruction in Great Nicobar can be offset via compensatory afforestation in the Aravali. Now, turns out that a fifth of this Aravali land has itself been auctioned off for mining! timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigar…

Rishika Pardikar Can you imagine upto January 2005, the commissioners office in Campbell bay didn't have a map of the neighbouring island of Little Nicobar and its various villages? I provided the map to the then Assistant Commissioner after the 100's of tsunami affected islanders came to C bay

Sep 20 | Friday | 6:30pm Urban Legends As Indian cities rapidly expand, the challenges of governing urban spaces become ever more complex. This session will explore key aspects of India’s urbanisation-land management, infrastructure development & environmental sustainability.

Marisha Thakur Deepak K Viswanathan Marisha Thakur Hi! here is your unroll: threadreaderapp.com/thread/1835638… Talk to you soon. 🤖

The Dutch invest €500 million annually on cycling, or €30 per capita. Seems expensive? It's not! All km cycled by the Dutch prevent 6,500 premature deaths per year and saves the healthcare system a whopping €19 billion. #MobiltyWeek

Another day, another record: August 2024 registered as Earth’s hottest August in 175 years #ClimateCatastrophe downtoearth.org.in/climate-change…

Near threatened / in IUCN red list. Whenever there is talk of development and multi-crore infrastructure projects, we must ask who/whom is the development for.

How many band-aid solutions will we push for? Instead of just AC mandates, why aren't we also collectively demanding to phase out fossil fuels & forever chemicals to help cool down the planet? #polycrisis Bloomberg CityLab C40 Cities Tara Raghuveer bloomberg.com/news/articles/…