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Here’s how Bengaluru can get back the green cover

March 15, 2018 Smitha N

A scientific, data-based, methodical approach to tree planting will help in coming up with a practical strategy to green the city.

Environment

Report on Bengaluru’s waste crisis reveals the reality of landfills

March 6, 2018 News Desk

Bengaluru has been in the forefront of progressive measures to handle waste. But what’s the reality? What issues are the landfills and villages around facing? A report has been released by Environment Support Group.

Environment

Bengaluru needs its green cover to remain livable

February 26, 2018 Smitha N

There is a need to recreate the greenery in Bengaluru, not just in remote peri-urban parts of the city, but even more urgently in front of our factories.

Environment

613 of 702 trees on Bellary Road need no permission to cut, if Karnataka Assembly amends Tree Act

February 17, 2018 Manasi Paresh Kumar

A newly proposed amendment by the State Government to the Karnataka Tree Protection Act (1976) asks to denotify about 50 species/ subspecies of trees that currently need permission to be cut down. Simply put, if

Environment

Lake isn’t just a blue water body, it’s a green wetland

February 13, 2018 Shubha Ramachandran

Popular imagination of a lake has pristine blue water, walking tracks and jogging tracks. But in Bengaluru the ideal image of the lake isn’t practically possible.

Environment

Flower show brings Bahubali to Bengaluru

January 22, 2018 Deepa Vaishnavi V M

Lalbagh flower show is here again, this time with a theme that might compel you to get out of Bengaluru and explore Karnataka!

Environment

Who killed Priya?

August 16, 2017 Manju George

A 13-year-old died in a park in MEG Layout, after a loose play equipment fell on her head. Who is to blame?

Environment

Poisonous plants in gardens and homes

July 19, 2017 Deepa Mohan

Many of us have small gardens or even potted plants at home, to add a touch of greenery and, as we hope, to purify the city air.  Houseplants play several beneficial roles in our home

Environment

Carpets of blooms that lift us from gloom

May 17, 2017 Deepa Mohan

Bengaluru needs more and more such trees that bloom and help us forget our worries, says Deepa Mohan.

Environment

A community garden flourishes in this IT campus

April 26, 2017 Lalithamba B V

Wipro’s new initiative engages employees in growing vegetables in their corporate campus.

Commute

Warning signs ignored as Kempegowda Layout turns green belt into red

April 14, 2017 B V Rajarama Bhat

Development of yet another layout on Bengaluru outskirts is an environmental and urban planning disaster in the making, but it could still be mitigated if authorities care to listen.

Environment

Flowers that bloom in Lalbagh in March

March 9, 2017 Deepa Mohan

Lalbagh is quite colourful in March, thanks to the flowers that bloom in the season. Take a virtual floral tour of Lalbagh through this feature!

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Environment

Bengaluru’s climate change history and lessons to learn

May 26, 2016 Rajesh S

Bangalore is hot, dry, dusty. We’re heating it up more, with all the gadgets and appliances we use. It’s local heating—not global warming. This is the story of climate change in Bengaluru!

Environment

Nature’s umbrellas

January 7, 2016 Deepa Mohan

There are some organisms that thrive in the moist, humid environment that the monsoons bring. And though they have a short life, they are beautiful and intriguing, when they appear.

Civic

Volunteers clear out 150 kg of waste while celebrating Turahalli Day

December 11, 2015 Sugandhi G

The annual fest at Turahalli forest saw eager participation from volunteers, bird-watchers, nature walkers, rock climbers and others, to celebrate one of Bengaluru’s last remaining lung spaces.

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