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HomeEnvironment

Environment

Monitoring how local factors and city-level development and practices affect Bengaluru’s environment (air and water quality, pollution, water bodies, tree cover etc) and citizen engagement in the issue.

Planting Miyawaki forest
Environment

How to build a micro forest in your backyard

November 19, 2021 Varun Ravindra

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

Diesel Generator
Environment

Karnataka mandates retrofitting of diesel generators, Central rules specifically prohibits this

November 15, 2021 Sandhya Bhat

DG users now must get emission control devices certified by 1 of 5 empanelled laboratories. Or shift to gas based generators. Or retrofit DGs for gas usage.

Solar panels mounted on the terrace
Environment

You too can build a sustainable home, just do as this former submariner did

October 27, 2021 Commander Ganapathi Subramanyam

A Navy veteran built a sustainable home in the suburbs of Bengaluru, which is self-sufficient in terms of power and water. Here’s how he went about it.

Church Street during Pedestrianization
Environment

Church Street pedestrianisation reduced air pollution, improved quality of life: IISc study

October 14, 2021 Ashish Verma

An impact study of pedestrianisation of Church Street shows high acceptance among citizens, and a remarkable improvement of overall quality of life.

bird
Environment

10 young Bengalureans tell stories of Bengaluru’s biodiversity

October 7, 2021 News Desk

Have you seen the Stomorhina xanthogaster, pale-billed flowerpecker, or the cockspur coral tree? Here’s some stunning imagery young Bengalureans captured.

smart water meters in an apartment
Environment

How smart meters are helping Bengaluru apartments save water

September 23, 2021 Rohini Krishnamurthy

As water scarcity worsens, more apartments are adopting smart water metering. This helps each household get real-time consumption data, and plug leakages

bittu sahgal
Environment

“To protect nature, start at home”: Bittu Sahgal

September 21, 2021 Aruna Natarajan

At Bengaluru Biodiversity Charche, co-organised by Citizen Matters, activists, journalists and students discussed ways to protect the city’s biodiversity

A-Z of lakes booklet
Environment

A to Z guide to Bengaluru’s lakes

September 20, 2021 Labonie Roy, Mongabay-India and News Desk

In a set of illustrations, we examine the components of Bengaluru’s lakes, and get a glimpse of what lies beyond our city’s concrete layers.

Banded Digger Bee
Environment

Biodiversity loss from mega real estate projects: What is missing, what can be done?

September 8, 2021 Bhanu Sridharan

Existing species in projects sites are supposed to be identified and protected. But this is poorly done, causing loss of biodiversity

a real estate project
Environment

Superficial studies and low transparency make Env Clearance process pointless

September 7, 2021 Bhanu Sridharan

Large township projects can severely damage biodiversity. Yet, they often get Environment Clearance based on misleading, copy-pasted EIA reports.

bengaluru real estate projects
Environment

Real estate developers face few hurdles in getting environment clearance

September 6, 2021 Bhanu Sridharan

Builders have to submit biodiversity details of the project site, to get clearance. But clearance is given even as the details are missing or copy-pasted

Greenery in SJR Redwoods Apartment
Environment

How a Bengaluru apartment created a ‘food forest’

September 3, 2021 Kavitha N Kishore

The forest provides the community free food, and has brought back bird and insect species that had long vanished from the area

Mural at Cubbon Park Metro Station
Environment

Namma Ooru, Namma Neeru: Art that connects a metro station, groundwater conservation and traditional livelihoods

September 1, 2021 Vrushal Pendharkar

A collective of poets, architects, artists and a well-digging community artistically recreate Bengaluru’s water situation at Cubbon Park metro station

Lesser whistling ducks at Mallathahalli Lake
Environment

What we lose when we lose a lake — the Mallathahalli Lake experience

August 25, 2021 Vaidya R

As plans are set in motion to ‘develop’ Mallathahalli Lake, a citizen shares stunning images of the biodiversity that is under threat here.

view of bengaluru city
Environment

Bengaluru’s climate no longer cool. Here’s why

August 18, 2021 Padmaja Jayaraman

Large scale, unplanned urbanisation is turning Bengaluru into a heat island. Land surface temperatures are hitting 41℃!

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