Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS) 2011

Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS) 2011

Forest degradation is widespread and continues unabated. Starting from 37 percent forest cover in 1947 it has been reduced to 10 percent forest cover at present. Participatory and sustainable forest…
Climate Change - Human caused or not?

Climate Change - Human caused or not?

A question I get asked alot is "Is humanity the cause of climate change". The short answer is yes, no, or maybe. It all depends upon your point of view. From my point of view, species homo sapiens…
Green house gas emission and global warming

Green house gas emission and global warming

Green house gas emissions are natural with use of fossil fuel resources and increasing levels of Carbon di oxide are causing great concern. “Scoping meeting on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate…
Sustainable development and economic growth

Sustainable development and economic growth

The world survies largely on fossil fuel economy but burning fossil fuel causes green house gas emissions which raise Carbon di oxide levels. Kyoto protocol expiring in 2012 , Copenhagen without…
Sustainable development and GDP

Sustainable development and GDP

Any economic growth will have energy inputs as one of the major imperative and equity is increasing in the developing world. A 60 percent growth in GDP will require lot more energy and world economy…
A Call to Action

A Call to Action

It is just before dawn. The raft has rotated on its mooring and aligned to the new direction of the tidal flow. The hydro generator has just come on-line again, and its low whine pervades the silence…
Bringing a Non-profit to Life

Bringing a Non-profit to Life

Well here I am again with an Earth-shaking update (for those of you who don't know me well I am extremely humorous). Demeter Design is well on its way to non-profitdom. I am winging this (mostly…
Can the world wait for us?

Can the world wait for us?

It seems that every time I open the newspaper there is something awful happening in the world, pollution being the least of our worries. But can the world stand us? Can we continue to break…