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‘Cities are valued as places of commerce and not well-being, so trees are seen as dispensable’

In an age when cities are building more malls, parking lots, offices, schools and colleges, there seems to be hardly any room for trees. We have stopped valuing the natural resources and the ecosystem they support; as cities turn grey…
By Team QoCOctober 20, 2023
  • Trees
  • Climate Change
  • Natural Environment

‘By leaves we live, the world is mainly a vast leaf colony’

They are everywhere, although hidden sometimes, but provide a layer of comfort amidst the grey concrete. Lush green landscapes not only soothe…
By Shivani DaveOctober 20, 2023
  • Trees
  • Climate Change
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Walking through a green Mumbai, meeting special and rare trees

Oasis in a concrete city, areas like the Five Gardens in Dadar Parsi Colony are a veritable treasure trove for naturalists and…
By Jashvitha DhageyOctober 20, 2023
  • Trees
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A new tree ethic: What if trees really mattered?

The chopping down of trees has become a casual act. Perhaps, we have forgotten all the daily delights that trees provide, or…
By Tim BeatleyOctober 20, 2023
  • Climate Change
  • Natural Environment
  • Urban Floods

Libya floods: Derna drowning was a man-made disaster decades in the making

Two dams collapsed upstream towards the Jebel Akhdar (the Green Mountain) in Libya, overwhelmed by the rain surge from Storm Daniel. A…
By Scott LucasSeptember 22, 2023
  • Rivers & Waterbodies
  • Natural Environment
  • Urban Planning

Mithi: Desperately seeking course correction, ecological restoration

It’s been 18 long years since the Mithi river was blamed for Mumbai’s worst flood. Ten committee reports and thousands of crores…
By Jashvitha Dhagey and Shivani DaveAugust 11, 2023
  • Rivers & Waterbodies
  • Climate Change
  • Natural Environment

‘This year’s Yamuna floods are a trailer of bigger floods to hit Delhi’

New Delhi and parts of the National Capital region (NCR) struggled through a massive flood in July, the likes of which had…
By Team QoCAugust 11, 2023
  • Land Use
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Making new cities in climate emergency calls for respecting nature

A city does not exist outside of its natural conditions, no matter how much air conditioning or bottled water we use. As Climate Change continues to increase in intensity and variability, it is necessary to pay attention to building sustainable…
By Rachel KeetonApril 21, 2023
  • Natural Environment
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How Navi Mumbai developed into an urban jungle edging out nature

The planned satellite city on the outskirts of the oversaturated Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, was built from scratch. Its landscape was once an…
By Jashvitha DhageyApril 21, 2023
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‘Why Joshimath, Mussoorie and Nainital are also threatened towns’

When Joshimath, a hill town in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, suffered the destruction caused by subsidence in January, the large infrastructure projects…
By Team QoCApril 21, 2023

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