Urban Environment

Ganesh festival is back with more enthusiasm and more energy. Families and groups are more conscious of its impact on the environment.

Mumbai, ‘ the city that never sleeps’, holds a secret: its shores too remain in a perpetual state of wakefulness hosting life.

Protecting Mumbai’s urban forests, like SGNP and Aarey, and prioritising climate-resilient infrastructure is vital for climate change and rising seas

Navi Mumbai’s NGO continues to preserve the fragile mangrove ecosystem with clean-up drives for over 152 weeks and removing over 250 tonnes of waste.

Painting and decorating trees with lights as part of beautification drive will cause long term damage to city’s precious trees, say activists.

Waste inflow into Mithi River continues even as BMC releases 80 lakh litres of filtered water every day as part of its clean up initiative.

Change Is Us is an initiative run by some young students at the Chowpatty beach for a clean up every Sunday, contributing their bit to environment.

This photo essay puts the spotlight on the site’s rich avifaunal diversity highlighting the importance of its conservation.

With frequent extreme weather events, those who walk to work are more vulnerable to health risks, accidents, and thus livelihood uncertainty.

Fisherpeople involved in dry fish trade demand compensation on the lines granted to farmers who face regular climate change problems.

Is it possible to control Mumbai’s AQI levels during the winter or is poor air quality inevitable as soon as the temperature falls?

Due to the population, mismanaged waste, high rainfall and proximity to the sea, the risk of plastic pollution from landfills in Mumbai is severe.