Avoid Plastic Bags By Dr Arvind Kumar According to broad estimates, about 500 billion to 1 trillion plastic bags are consumed worldwide each year. That comes out to over one million per minute! It is ...

Pitiable Plight of Children By Dr Arvind Kumar UNICEF’s release of State of World Children 2011 report presents a grim picture of the plight of the children, particularly in developing countries. Near ...

Stabilizing the Planet By Dr Arvind Kumar The present day governments can least be expected to do someday what they are supposed to do – represent their constituents and act in their interests. There ...

Extravagant Weddingsby Dr Arvind Kumar An editorial in The Tribune dated 24 February 2011 laments that weddings, especially North Indian ones, are often extravagant affairs that last days, and involve ...

Green Economy and Growth By Dr Arvind Kumar An investment of just two percent, or $1.3 trillion, of global gross domestic product into greening sectors such as construction, energy and fishing can hel ...

Economics of Happiness By Dr Arvind Kumar Helena Norberg-Hodge, the founder of the International Society for Ecology and Culture, has recently directed a new documentary film The Economics of Happines ...

Ecological Lessons from Japan By Dr Arvind Kumar The people of Japan are now faced a prime example of the importance of biodiversity in nature — the arrival once again of the hay fever season. Accordi ...

Bleak Economic Outlook By Dr Arvind Kumar Preliminary indications present a dismal outlook for global economy in 2011. The US and UK are likely to withdraw their stimulus packages because of increasin ...

Saving Lake Baikal By Dr Arvind kumar Lake Baikal, located in the south of the Russian region of Siberia near the city of Irkutsk, is the largest freshwater lake in the world, with an average depth of ...

Question Mark on Biomass Projects By Dr Arvind Kumar An official report released by the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry of Japan and published in Japan Times dated 16 February 2011 reveal ...