Gobar Times Magazine (Environment for Kids Monthly) - Centre for Science and Environment

EDITORIAL

Hey folks,
This issue has been planned a little differently. It has been planned as a visual WATER ALERT. So no more words. ....

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COVER STORY

WAITING FOR WATER THE REAL PICTURE

water Dry taps and pipelines. Handpumps that don’t pull up water any more. Tankers that just can’t carry enough for everyone. It’s the same story every summer in India’s cities, towns and villages. The shortage only gets worse. The bad news is that the crisis is here to stay. Do you know that civic bodies in Delhi and Mumbai will need to crank up supply by almost 50 per cent and Chennai by an astounding 75 per cent by 2011, if they want to take care of even the basic needs of their citizens? Do you also know that Delhi’s supply comes from the ...

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POSTER

MAKE ROOM FOR SPARROWS

He may be known for crafting eye-catchingly decorative nest boxes for house sparrows, but he has always been a firm believer of ‘thinking out of the box’. So Mohammed Dilawar...

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SCRAPS SCARE

LIVING WITH THE LETHAL LEFT OVER

Are nuclear deals just the business of world leaders? Ask the hapless scrap dealer and his men who earned their living from collecting waste in Mayapuri, New Delhi, Asia’s largest ....

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MEANCLEANING

BLEACH OUT!

Clean can also be dirty. Sounds like a contradiction? Not when we are talking about this ‘cleaning agent’ that seems to come straight from the devil’s workshop. It does more harm ...

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FUNDUNG

by Rustam vania

GREEEN SCHOOLS

Should the Earth be remembered only on the Earth Day?

Organising a colourful programme in school or just being careful about how we use energy on one particular day is not enough to protect the Earth any more. We have listed some quetions here for you to answer. Give honest replies and find out how you fare as a manager of the planet’s environment....
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