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Environment

Sustainability, climate change and environmental action; Policies, budgeting and developments that affect urban water and air quality, green cover and the commons.

Group of protestors holding a banner that reads, No Metro III Yard. There are better alternatives
Environment

What does it take to build an environmental movement?

September 28, 2023 Derrek Xavier and Joeanna Rebello Fernandes

Environmentalist Stalin Dayanand says public engagement is crucial for environmental movements, which shouldn’t be branded as anti-development.

Asian Paradise Flycatcher. Pic: Manasi Warde
Environment

Be a citizen scientist, start with watching birds around you

September 26, 2023 Manasi Warde

Mumbai is bustling with urban wildlife. Apart from the common crows, sparrows and pigeons, there are tons of different species to explore.

Environment

Mumbai steadily moves towards eco-friendly Ganpati celebrations

September 20, 2023 Sherine Raj

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

Shorewalks conducted by MLOM
Environment

Rediscovering the forgotten marine life on Mumbai’s shores

August 29, 2023 Raniya Ansari

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

A woman in a sari on a beach carrying a big bag filled with plastic bottles to be recycled on her head
Environment

Dabul residents strive for a zero-waste locality

August 8, 2023 snehlata alphonso

Concerned by amount of plastic generated, parish member starts a ‘green cell’ to take collective action as a community.

Marine drive, Mumbai showing rising sea level
Environment

Climate change: Rising sea levels ring alarm bells for Mumbai

August 3, 2023 Sherine Raj

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

Volunteers collecting the waste accumulated at the mangrove forest during a clean-up drive at Seawood.
Environment

Saving Navi Mumbai’s mangroves, one week at a time, for over 150 weeks

July 17, 2023 Sherine Raj

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.

trees are lit up as part of beautification drive
Environment

BMC beautification: Environmentalists warn of damage to trees by paints and lights

July 13, 2023 Hepzi Anthony

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

Solid Waste Management Parel
Environment

What the rest of Mumbai can learn from Parel’s waste management model

June 22, 2023 Janhavi Deshmukh

Effective implementation of schemes, waste segregation and recycling helps Parel become the best in solid waste management.

Waste around the wet areas of Chowpatty beach, Mumbai.
Environment

Beach clean-up drives: Protecting the earth one step at a time

June 7, 2023 Zahra Mithiborwala and Jess Doshi

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.

flamingoes in foreground and transharbour link in the background.
Environment

Chanakya Wetlands: In the pink or on the brink?

June 5, 2023 Padmaja Parulkar

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

Environment

Aarey: Did you know this forest also has a film city, garden, hospital and more?

May 24, 2023 Sherine Raj

Places in Aarey besides the forest include tourism spots, government departments, tribal settlements, milk colony and more.

sea anemone
Environment

City Nature Challenge: Exploring neighbourhoods for citizen science

May 23, 2023 Malaika Mathew Chawla

City Nature Challenge, an initiative that brings enthusiasts together to look closely at neighbourhoods to discover flora and fauna.

RMC Plant operating in Orlem, captured by a citizen residing in the vicinity
Environment

Cementing resistance: Orlem citizens oppose a polluting concrete plant

May 18, 2023 Pooja Bhatia

People in Orlem, Malad complain of health hazards caused due to a Ready-Mix Concrete plant in residential area, mainly affecting senior citizens.

location of the recent tree felling for mumbai metro
Environment

Aarey tree felling: A reluctant green signal allows MMRCL to axe more trees

May 10, 2023 Sherine Raj

Activists claim several unaccounted trees in Aarey continue to be chopped despite judicial disobedience and alleged misinformation by the MMRCL.

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