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Trees felled along Nelamangala-Doddaballapura road for the Bengaluru Surrounding Roads Project

How High Court is curbing mindless tree felling in Bengaluru

June 18, 2021 News Desk

Responding to a PIL, Karnataka High Court has given many orders to reduce tree felling in Bengaluru. Now citizens have greater say in decisions on tree felling as well.

Bengaluru home gardeners find their mojo during the pandemic

June 17, 2021 Anila Kurian

Home garden enthusiasts have got into growing veggies, fruits and more with DIY tutorials, support groups and online workshops.

Vrishabhavathi, Arkavathi, Cauvery, my mother

June 15, 2021 Nirmala Gowda

Waiting in line to perform my mother’s last rites at Sumanahalli Crematorium, the familiar smell in the air took me towards the valley. The Vrishabhavathi river flowed dark and foul next to the crematorium.

All you want to know about rooftop solar installation in Bengaluru

May 18, 2021 Sandhya Bhat

If your apartment MC wants to switch to a more environment-friendly energy source but doesn’t know what it involves, here’s a quick guide to rooftop solar power.

The day it rained ash

May 5, 2021 Jaissy John

“We are not activists, we are just common people, asking for our basic right to a clean environment and we refuse to breathe this poison every night.”

Why are Bengaluru lakes green in colour?

May 4, 2021 Priyanka Jamwal, Sanjana Alex, Shashank Palur, Suma Rao, Shubha Ramachandran and Laurence Carvalho

One of the characteristic features of a lake is its colour. You may have noticed that the water in many lakes in Bengaluru is green, and not blue, as you might have imagined it to

Why suburban rail shouldn’t hurry public consultation

April 21, 2021 Disha A Ravi

Now more than ever is the time to improve the public consultation process. This is also the first time a suburban railway project is being launched, and it is different from a regular road, flyover or underpass project.

Doubling Baiyappanahalli-Hosur railway line: Boon or Bane?

April 8, 2021 Shreya Pillai

Do the villages and municipalities along the rail route want the project cutting through their environment? The consultation process should be more inclusive.

A “multi-cause” walk at Turahalli

March 19, 2021 Deepa Mohan

A birding walk in Turahalli during the Great Backyard Bird Count in February demonstrated that it is a paradise for birds and birdwatchers alike.

“The ropeway to Nandi Hills is a terrible idea”

March 16, 2021 Siddharth Raja

How would you feel if the principal lens through which your locality’s upkeep is viewed is that of an outsider’s, looking in as a tourist?

Making Turahalli a model for urban forests

March 10, 2021 Bhargavi S Rao

The debate over Turahalli is an incredible opportunity to set right the governance of all urban forests, spaces without which cities could die.

The Xylocopa latipes is India’s biggest bee, and the world’s second largest (Need to confirm). This is a female who has collected pollen and is carrying it on the fine hairs on her legs. Xylocopa’s wings are iridescent not due to pigmentation but due to light refracting through nanostructures in their wings.

The secret life of solitary bees

March 8, 2021 Arati Kumar Rao

There’s still hope for solitary bees in cities. Urban planners and landscapers could foster biodiversity and food resources for these precious pollinators by creating green corridors.

Halting Turahalli tree park – A breath of fresh air

February 26, 2021 Niyati Gadepalli, Ananya Parthasarathy and Maya Ramachandran

The government was right in abandoning the tree-park idea in Turahalli Forest, say students of biology and sustainability.

Tree park beda okay, but what’s the vision for Turahalli?

February 22, 2021 Navya P K

The tree park project in Turahalli has been put on hold after a citizen campaign, but the campaigners have different ideas on how the forest should be protected henceforth.

Turahalli: Missing the woods for the trees

February 17, 2021 Leo Saldanha and Malvika Kaushik

Efforts to grab forest land in Turahalli Gudda, as it’s long been known, has persisted over the years. And, people have been in the forefront to protect it.