Environment

It appears that BBMP only seeks to get deeper into the bad books of citizens. This is another example of a decision gone wrong.

Wild varieties of trees used for research in the Gandhi Krishi Vignana Kendra’s campus have been lost for the controversial Yelahanka-Bellary Road link. Construction is now on hold.

Let’s think a little before going out to buy those firecrackers not only with regard to child labour, but of safety, pollution, and disturbance, too.

Over a glass of complimentary lemonade, they struck conversations with Bangaloreans about various issues such as cyclist and pedestrian rights, dwindling public spaces and reducing greenery.

There is going to be a spanking new Bangalore, in a few years time – soulless, devoid of history, devoid of trees, devoid of culture, designed for automobiles rather than for people.

Are we on the right path, I wondered as I saw this scene in Lalbagh Botanical Gardens.

An initiative to gift or receive used items freely, shows one easy way to be green. It has also benefited many, making a difference to their education or livelihood.

Participants are invited to join the citizen consultation in Bangaluru to voice opinions about the issue of climate change, as part of a world-wide consultation on the topic to be held this Saturday.

A petition filed by a group of former vice-chancellors of University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS) and others against BBMP’s link road will be heard on September 23rd 2009.

Everyday, this Nandi (in the picture) sees people of all kinds, some wearing dhotis, others in suits, some donning white caps and some covered top to bottom in a black burkha.

Riding an expensive cycle seems to draw people’s attention to the price of the cycle, rather than the rider who is actually riding a “clean green machine”.

We in Bangalore are at the beginning of the ‘ruin-then-restore’ cycle. We can either learn from those (like Seoul) who have gone ahead of us down this path and changed course recently, or go down the same path.