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At COP27, We Must Find a Better Way to Reduce our Carbon Footprint
Published in The Indian Express
Setting the Context — Water Governance in Bengaluru
In this series, we explain the need to better understand how water moves through cities and illustrate effective ways to create and visualise urban water balance through the case of Bengaluru.
Can Farmers Make More Money While Using Less Water?
Farmers need to be able to transition to crops that use less water but yield a higher profit. This was the basis of an agent-based modelling exercise we did in six states.
Is Agroecological Farming a Solution for Rainfed Degraded Land?
Published in Mongabay
How Open Data and Wastewater Reuse Can Prevent Flooding in Bengaluru
Published in Citizen Matters
Why it’s Important to Map the Flow of Water through Cities
A City Water Balance of all flows in the urban water system is a good starting point to understand the paradox of flooded streets and dry borewells.
Why We Need Urban Water Balances
We explain the need to better understand how water moves through cities and illustrate effective ways to visualise urban water balances.
Grey to Green: Mapping Bengaluru’s Apartments and Parks
In Bengaluru alone, around 35 million litres of water is needed every day to irrigate urban green spaces. Currently, it is freshwater that is being used. This is far from ideal at a time of worsening water scarcity. So, why don’t we use treated wastewater instead?
The Benefits of a Diversified Farm in Maharashtra
Published in Scroll
The Ease of Doing Sustainability
No one wants to destroy the planet. People just want to avoid getting sick or spreading disease more than they want to save the planet.
We Must Address the Wastewater Reuse ‘Yuck Factor’ to Save Freshwater, Reduce Pollution
Published in The Times of India
‘A Gamble like the Stock Market’ in India’s Onion Belt
As erratic rain and unstable markets plague onion farming in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar, an FPO looks into protections from extreme weather
Is the STP in your Apartment Always Out of Order?
Here are six tips to save the failing sewage treatment plant (STP) in your apartment.
Field Notes from Anantapur’s Tomato Markets
At a time when tomato prices skyrocket in cities, piles of tomatoes lay discarded in the countryside. In Anantapur, farmers dump tomatoes despite having Asia’s largest tomato mandi in the next district