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Elitist Delhi scores low on environmental awareness
Posted on 23 Jun, 2013 08:18 AMEnvironmentalist Robert Swan, the first person to walk the North and South Pole, was in Delhi last year. He launched phase IV of Project Search, which aimed to promote environmental awareness and sustainable lifestyles among students. Swan noted that not many Delhiites scored high on topics of environmental awareness.
![Yamuna in Delhi, Image: PEACE](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/yamuna_in_delhi_0.jpg?itok=lni500He)
Even climate change discriminates between women and men!
Posted on 23 Jun, 2013 04:15 AMWe await a future that could be hotter and drier because of climate change. This is increasingly recognized as a global concern and available data suggests that it is increasing the frequency and severity of weather-related hazards in South Asia.
![Floods in Bihar; Image: Sharada Prasad](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/floods-in-bihar-sharada-prasad.jpg?itok=HJ41HR0y)
Rain rain go away, our cities can't keep the water at bay!
Posted on 17 Jun, 2013 06:32 PMBreaking news! The monsoon is here! It hit Kerala on June 1 and with that put an end to newspapers stories on drought in India highlighted by pictures of farmers standing on cracked earth and staring up at the sunny skies. However, very soon there will be Page-1 picture spreads of water-logged cities with traffic jams and harried people titled "The city is drowning"!
![Water logging on city streets](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/monsoon-1-june-17.jpg?itok=YXDvUWwM)
Crop cultivation or construction - tough choice in Andhra Pradesh
Posted on 17 Jun, 2013 05:29 PMThe construction industry went through a boom in the 1990s due to more people demanding and affording houses. This put a lot of pressure on the Pennar area in Andhra Pradesh. Sandmining, which is the process of taking sand, became rampant at that time.
![Gonchi irrigation system in Anantapur](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/gonchi1_copy.jpg?itok=6tjTqzG-)
Celebrating Uttarakhand
Posted on 17 Jun, 2013 05:14 PMThroughout history, the Uttarakhand Himalayas have been a source of timber and water to the rest of the nation. However, this has led to severe depletion of resources in the state. Today, the mountain communities find it hard to meet their basic needs of fodder, fuel and water.
![Soil and water conservation rejuvenates forests](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/chal_and_khal_system.jpg?itok=YAmav0oW)
Krishna river saves Chennai
Posted on 10 Jun, 2013 02:30 PMKerala welcomes the monsoons!
The monsoons finally hit Kerala on June 1, bringing respite for the drought-ridden southern state. Things are looking up this year with an expected 98% of rainfall in the state.
![Monsoon hits Kerala](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/monsoons.png?itok=_fyo162T)
Book review - ‘Conserving resources in the Himalayas’
Posted on 09 Jun, 2013 07:29 AMUttarakhand is blessed with an immense amount of natural resources such as forests, wildlife and water, but if you are looking for some research-based information that quantifies, classifies and organizes this information, there isn’t much out there.
![A man tries to beat out a wildfire in pine forest](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/forest_fire.jpg?itok=1Ncq8-1f)