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 ‘Introspection’ 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 »
Why we feel what we feel
Posted in Introspection, Verbal diarrhoea, tagged Aboriginal, Conservation, Feelings, Interdependence, Project Tiger, Save the tiger, Survival, Wildlife on October 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Save the tiger” seems to be the major buzz now. You turn on the TV and you have some celebrity appealing to save the tiger. You turn on the radio and you have another celebrity or well known figure pledging their support for the tiger. Many organizations have come out in support for saving the [...]
A thought on communication
Posted in Development, Health, Ideology, Introspection, Verbal diarrhoea, tagged Approach, Communication, Development, Health, Innovation on September 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
(I had written this essay for an online competition conducted by the IPHU on the theme of “Innovating for the health of all” )
Countries of the world have been busy investing money in making bullets to silence communication. What we need now is for countries to invest time on making valuable communication.
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When the meaning of [...]
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 [...]
Play your part
Posted in Development, Introspection, tagged Choices, Environment, Philosophy, Sustainable Development on June 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“The first step in being a part of the solution is to not be a part of the problem”.
It becomes very difficult for us to suddenly accept that many of our activities of daily living are problem creators, “I’ve been doing this all my life… my parents have lived their life the same way and [...]
Three beautiful poems about relationship with nature
Posted in Introspection, Quoted, tagged Environment, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Philosophy, Poems, Robert Frost, Wendell Berry on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A poem by the American farmer, environmentalist and poet, Wendell Berry:
Sowing the seed
My hand is one with the Earth
Wanting the seed to grow,
My mind is one with the light.
Hoeing the crop,
My hands are one with the rain.
Having cared for the plants,
My mind is one with the air.
Hungry and trusting,
My mind is one with the Earth
Eating [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
