Environment & Ecology

Kashmir’s Karewas, Woedders, crumbling under urbanization
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Kashmir is an oval-shaped basin with a plain area of nearly 5600 kms.  The valley has large tracts of plateaus, the Karewas (one of the most valuable geomorphological assets of…

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Here is why you should consider adopting a slow lifestyle.
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Why on Earth are we trying to hurry? It is not good to be lazy or procrastinate, but what’s required is slowing down. A slower lifestyle helps calm nerves, make…

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It’s time to ask: when will Kashmir have proper waste disposal infrastructure
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Waste generation has become a serious environmental and public health problem everywhere in the world, and disposal is as big a problem as is waste. India, alone, generates about 100,000…

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The overwhelming crisis of waste management in Kashmir
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“Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.” – W.H. Auden The overuse of local natural resources has, for the last two decades in rural village settings, contributed to…

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Kitchen gardening: A culture model for environmentally sustainable food production
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Climate change represents the greatest challenges to maintaining the sustainability of agricultural systems stressed by increasing food demands. Therefore, agrarian activities such as kitchen gardening that favour agricultural sustainability by bringing economic and environmental benefits merit further discussion.

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