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Chinese suplex
As China plays smart games in the business of rare earths, India braces itself to enter the frayIllustration: Vaibhav RaghunandanCompanies that mine rare earth elements, which power mobile phones and...
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Fish and a philosophy
A cooperative in Kolkata shows the way for urban sewage managementFishing ponds in the abandoned wetland of Calcutta Port Trust now earn Rs 60 lakh per annum (Photo: Sayantan Bera)Homepage Teaser: A...
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Climbers on call
Trained to climb palms, they revive Kerala’s coconut industryUnder the initiative, trained persons get free machines to climb coconut trees (Photo: Prashant Ravi)Kerala has 180 million coconut trees....
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Keep it flowing
Tour of a house that thrives on air circulation, saves energy costChitra Vishwanath's house is made of compressed stabilised earth blocks excavated from the site itself (Photo: Chitra...
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Web unravels
Spiders can tell us about the health of the environmentNeoscona theisi is one of the 244 spider species identified in the Valley of Flowers (Photographs: Shazia Quasin)Homepage Teaser: Spiders can tell...
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Keeper of grains
An ecologist has been guarding seeds of more than 750 rare rice varieties for over a decadeDebal Deb’s hut that stores rare germplasms of rice (Photo: Jyotika Sood)Homepage Teaser: An ecologist has...
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Reflections on glass
Use of glass in construction has become a fad. But it is not the right choice for Indian climateCBI building in Lodhi Road area, New Delhi (Photo: Meeta Ahlawat)read more
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Loneliness of Narmada Human
Thirty years on, it remains the only fossil of early humans found on the subcontinentThe Narmada fossil is a part of a skull cap; (bottom) its artificial reconstruction (Photographs Courtesy: Arun...
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Simply creative
General principles of architecture are imaginatively applied to create a green building in GurgaonIRRAD building has achieved LEED platinum rating, the highest certification for green architecture;...
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Water ATM
Sarvajal makes clean drinking water accessible to peoplePhotographs: Ankur Paliwal As dawn breaks, two queues start forming at the only petrol pump in Lakshmangarh, a small town in Rajasthan’s Alwar...
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Embodied energy demystified
Building materials are much more energy-intensive than perceived. India lags in taking steps to reduce their usePhoto: Meeta Ahlawatread more
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Beris to the rescue
Revival of rainwater harvesting structures quenches the thirst of a Thar villageBeri is a pitcher-shaped structure that catches rainwater and stores it (Courtesy: Gravis)read more
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Humble filter makes a comeback
Traditional bio-sand purifier can filter arsenic which most commercial water purifiers fail to doPhoto: Sayantan Beraread more
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Night under a winter sky
As night falls in Delhi and mercury dips, Meeta Ahlawat ventures out with her camera to make a warm conversation with the homeless in the city. She comes back with stories in snapshotsread more
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Lean, mean scheme
Budget to start process of reforming Central rural schemes, 45 years after first demandPhoto: MoynaCover Story Related Articles: A million opportunities lostHomepage Teaser: Budget to start process of...
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Lighting up hearts
A hospital for cardiac patients in Ahmedabad is sunlit to cheer up patients. It saves energy, tooAn open courtyard outside the hospital’s OPD reduces need for artificial lights (Photos: Anupam...
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Smart farming
Two IITians explore ways to make farming profitable for Bihar farmersShashank and Manish discuss market trends with farmers at their office (Photo: Paras Nath)Homepage Teaser: Two IITians explore ways...
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What killed the chirp?
A study confirms modern buildings, pesticides and mobile towers are responsible for decline in sparrow populationPhoto: Matt Macgillivrayread more
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A window to well-being
Natural ventilation is a good way to perk up lifeChhajjas, which reduce direct heat from the sun, are used aesthetically in Jaisalmer (Photo: Avikal Somvanshi)“During childhood, the worst punishment my...
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Let’s play with mud
Using earth to develop modern, sustainable buildingsAuroville’s visitor centre, designed by Satprem Maïni and Suhasini Iyer, is India’s oldest building constructed using compressed stabilised earth...
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