The other day I saw this picture in the newspaper showing a tiger running across the road in the middle of the forest with vehicles going at high speeds around it. Well, having being in the field of environment for the past two years, I’ve read a lot about issues with infrastructure development in forests [...]
Archive for the ‘Environmental Concept’ Category
Why did the tiger cross the road?
Posted in Development, Environmental Concept, Introspection, tagged Biodiversity, Development, Extinction, Habitat Fragmentation, Reserves, Roads, Tigers, Viable population on November 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What I learnt from Darwin
Posted in Education, Environmental Concept, Science, tagged Book Review, Charles Darwin, Economy of nature, Evolution, History, Inspiration, Natural Selection, Recommended reading, Species, The Origin of Species on September 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The name Charles Darwin is familiar to anyone who has completed high school or has read about him otherwise. Since his name appears in a high school textbook, his contribution to science is assumedly very basic and important.
“The Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection” was what he had proposed around 1850. When a student now [...]
Observation
Posted in Education, Environmental Concept, Introspection, tagged Activity, Children, Education, Environment, Neighbourhood, Observation, Transect Walk on July 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“What the mind doesn’t know, the eye cannot see” is what our Forensic Medicine professor used to say back at medical college. We can only find what we’re looking for if we have an idea of what we’re looking for.
I recently took part in a workshop for teachers involved in environmental studies. It was called [...]
Precautionary Principle
Posted in Development, Environmental Concept, tagged Environment, Legislature, Philosophy, Precautionary Principle on April 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This important piece of legislature is worth knowing about. It is a safety valve mechanism which allows us to challenge any developmental initiative on the lines of doubt of negative impacts the initiative may have.
Even though science is growing at an astronomical pace, there are many things that we don’t know and can’t prove. Any [...]
The Illusions of Time, Space and Person
Posted in Environmental Concept, Ideology, Introspection, tagged Actions, Buddhism, Consequences, Environment, Illusions, Philosophy on March 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Consequences of action seek definability. One knows through experience not to touch a steaming cup of coffee or their hands or lips may get burnt in the process.
The ramifications of ones actions are not always so definable. If one spills water on the stairway, someone else may slip and fall a few minutes later. But [...]
The Earth Organism
Posted in Environmental Concept, Ideology, Introspection, tagged Environment, Philosophy, Gaia Hypothesis, Crisis on February 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’ve already introduced the term ‘Gaia Hypothesis’ in a previous post and I think it is about time we explore a little further into this all important concept.
An easy way to get a better understanding of the concept is to compare the earth as a whole to the functioning of the human body. The human [...]
Ideologies in environmentalism
Posted in Environmental Concept, Ideology, tagged Anthropocentricism, Biocentricism, Ecocentricism, Environment, Philosophy on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If one were to read the literature discussing the evolution and history of the approaches to environmental issues, there are 2 or 3 basic ideologies that govern the thought process of human perception about the environment. More specifically, the various outlooks to other living beings are of prime significance in our approach to nature.
A few terms which are to be discussed [...]
Understanding exponential growth
Posted in Environmental Concept, Introspection, tagged Environment, Growth, Philosophy, Problem definition on December 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Growth is a common word, used repeatedly by governments of ‘developing countries’ to measure progress. By growth, one can imply economic growth or population growth or consumption growth. Growth is usually measured at national level by the GDP – Gross Domestic Product, which is the total values of the goods and services a country produces. [...]
Hidden Legacy
Posted in Environmental Concept, Health, tagged Bioaccumulation, Biomagnification, Environment, Food chain, Health, Philosophy, POPs on October 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The world has more money now than ever before. We are also ‘more concerned’ with the health of our near and dear ones and are willing to spend a lot of money for the sake of their ‘health’. There is wide-spread dissemination of knowledge related to health and hygiene issues. We have medical insurance [...]
