Green Initiative
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Once known for its sweatshops, Bangladesh is slowly moving towards sustainable production
A decade after the deadly Rana Plaza disaster, Bangladesh is home to nine of the world’s top 10 sustainable garment factories.
Mosabber Hossain, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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In Kolkata, one man’s grit helped restore an abandoned dump yard to its former green glory
Mantu Hait used guerrilla gardening to plant 25,000 trees along a one-kilometre stretch.
Satwik Paul
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Ranger, Ranger: A project documents those who protect India’s flora and fauna – often at great risk
Journalist Sonali Prasad talks to thethirdpole.net about what inspired her to profile the lives and challenges of India’s forest guards.
Omair Ahmad
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May global fiction: Six hot-off-the-press books to take you on a world literary tour
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In heated Maharashtra poll battle, Uddhav Thackeray emerges as Opposition alliance’s strike weapon
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What a regal South Indian ornament in a famous Rossetti painting tells us about the British Raj
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Why there should be no place for a ‘Brahmin conference’ at Indian universities
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Listening to 41 Modi interviews: Few tough questions, no rebuttals, no fact checks
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Meenangadi in Kerala is well on its way to being India's first carbon-neutral panchayat
With a deadline of 2020, the town is working towards increasing green cover and reducing its carbon footprint.
TA Ameerudheen
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An emerging renewables superpower: China's climate pledge guns for green growth
China's formal climate target shows that the world's largest greenhouse emitter is determined to green its economy on an unprecedented scale - and that it can bring the rest of the world along for the ride.
John Mathews, The Conversation
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Costa Rica is now running completely on renewable energy
The country doesn’t need an ounce of coal or petroleum to keep the lights on.
Adam Epstein, qz.com
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Eco India, Episode 260: Can technology's societal benefits extend to environmental sustainability?
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Video: How free and fair are Indian elections today?
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Watch: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan walks the Cannes red carpet with an injured arm
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Watch: Meet Figaro, the curious cat who loves to ‘help’ her human making pottery
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Watch: Messi, the dog from ‘Anatomy of a Fall’, walks the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival