Environment

In Bengaluru, food packaging dominated the plastic waste list, followed by other packaging material and. household and personal care products.

The State can’t deal with climate change if it ignores local factors like land use change and pollution, says Dr Srinivasan.

Join this discussion on Feb 11th, on how real estate projects in Bengaluru are getting Environment Clearance, and how effective this process is.

Turf grass requires excessive water, is doused with harmful chemicals, displaces food crops and grassland insects, and affects topsoil fertility.

A recent study recorded 33 species of snakes in Bengaluru. As natural habitats shrink, human-snake interactions have been increasing in the city.

What began as one family’s passion has evolved into a community garden managed by residents of this Bellandur apartment.

Government agencies have engineered Bengaluru’s natural streams into sewage-carrying drains. This has resulted in frequent floods in the city.

Captain Santhosh Kumar, an army veteran, has been on a mission to identify and restore the storm water drains of Bengaluru.

Citizen groups are no longer authorised to maintain lakes. Court-mandated committees are supposed to do this job instead, but the groups challenge this.

Bengaluru saw unprecedented rains this November. Larger trends indeed show changes in the city’s annual and monthly rainfall patterns.

Indian Pitta, one of the most beautiful migratory birds arriving from the Himalayas, are being rescued in unusually high numbers this year.

It’s possible to create micro (miyawaki) forests in small spaces around your house or apartment complex. Here’s a guide.