Reviews of books/films on environmental issues

RECORDING THE CRUSADERS

Unearthing the nuggets

Down to Earth, a magazine of the New Delhi based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) regularly carries stories of little-known men and women green crusaders. Compiling a number of those stories of struggle, CSE has recently published an impressive book. Darryl D’Monte reviews Agenda Unlimited, 2005.

Books

December 2005

THE WASTE LAND

Common people green the commons

Seva Mandir’s experiment in organising the poor to protect their own village commons is now part of a book, The Waste Land: Making of Grass-roots Leaders. Deepti Priya Mehrotra reviews this chronicle of important work at the intersection of local governance and ecological issues.

Rajasthan

May 2004

Pulp, paper and Bamboo

Manorama Savur’s two volumes on the political economy of Bamboo are a goldmine of valuable information, data-base for policy planning and reference guide for forest departments and the corporate world. Vibhuti Patel reviews And the Bamboo Flowers in the Indian Forests: What did the Pulp and the Paper Industry Do?, Vol. I & II.

Forests

March 2004

An untold story

Sucheta Dalal reviews The Narmada Dammed.

October 2002