Sustainable development
- Environment, Environmental sustainability, Global development, Hinduism, India, Kumbh Mela, Religion, Society, South and Central Asia, Sustainable development, Waste, Water, World news
The pop-up megacity: how the Kumbh Mela prepared for 660m Hindu devotees
Hundreds of millions of pilgrims flocked to the Ganges for this year’s festival, housed in a sprawling tempora…
- Asia Pacific, Climate crisis, Cook Islands, Environment, Fiji, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Pacific islands, Palau, Samoa, South Pacific, Sustainable development, Tahiti, Travel, Vanuatu, World news
Paradise cost: the Pacific islands changing the future of tourism
New push to attract visitors focuses on environment and culture, as experts call for better monitoring of sust…
- Architecture, Art and design, Communities, Culture, Design, Environment, Environmental sustainability, Extreme weather, Flooding, Global development, Housing, Pakistan, Society, South and Central Asia, Sustainable development, The RIBA, World news
‘This will not be swept away’: the bamboo homes helping Pakistan’s post-flood rebuild
A year on from devastating floods, a renowned architect is leading a project to build affordable and sustainab…
- Conservation, Deforestation, Environment, Food, Foraging, Global development, India, Indian food and drink, Life and style, Society, South and Central Asia, Sustainable development, Trees and forests, Women, World news
How nine women are helping save India’s mangroves – with foraging and eco-tours
In a Maharashtra town that once relied on fishing, a women’s collective found boat safaris and edible wild pla…
- Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Environment, Environmental sustainability, Global development, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Malawi, Peru, Plastics, Society, South and Central Asia, Sustainable development, Uganda, World news
From bricks to bags to eco art: six innovative uses for plastic waste around the world
From upcycled school benches in India to plant pots in Peru, people are finding enterprising and ingenious sol…
- Cattle, Climate change, Environment, Farming, Global development, India, South and Central Asia, Sustainable development, World news
Best served chilled: green tech keeps the cool on India’s dairy farms – photo essay
Photographer Prashanth Vishwanathan captured a network of community dairies providing a lifeline to off-grid f…
- Coronavirus outbreak, Environment, Environmental sustainability, Global development, Hinduism, India, Marine life, Mumbai, Oceans, Pollution, Religion, Society, South and Central Asia, Sustainable development
Covid turns tide on India’s Ganesh festival traditions
Thousands of ritual statues are dunked into the sea off Mumbai each year – but coronavirus and pollution conce…
- Bangladesh, Employment, Environment, Environmental sustainability, Global development, Rivers, South and Central Asia, Sustainable development, World news
‘The river is our home’: Bangladeshi boatmen mourn their receding waters
Decreased flows caused by water-hungry neighbours, especially India, are damaging river communities• All photo…
- Asia Pacific, Business, China, Environment, Farming, Pakistan, Primark, Retail industry, South and Central Asia, Sustainable development, UK news, World news
Primark to train 160,000 cotton farmers in sustainability drive
Retailer’s target is part of aim to use 100% sustainable cotton in all product categoriesPrimark has announced…
- Environment, Environmental sustainability, Global development, Global health, Pakistan, Plastics, Society, South and Central Asia, Sustainable development, World news
Pakistan expands ban on plastic bags as inspectors are caught in shop spat
Punjab joins regions where polythene bags are illegal and stiff fines take effect in Islamabad amid demands fo…
- Environment, Environmental sustainability, Global development, India, Society, South and Central Asia, Sustainable development, World news
India’s strongman PM: Modi to appear on Bear Grylls’ Man vs Wild
Narendra Modi claims the programme will showcase India’s ‘beautiful mountains and mighty rivers’, in the lates…