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by Naquib Alatas Extract from: Islam and Secularism (pp.127-160) (This is an introduction written by Claude Alvares to a proposed booklet carrying an extract from Islam and Secularism, to be published by Citizens International, Penang) Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas is one of the towering intellectual giants of our era, one who has written consistently, wisely, […]
The aam aadmi Government of Digambar Kamat is getting unhinged about policing activists and protesters against mining, even on World Environment Day. On 4th June, 2008, a busload of some 40 women and children (and some ten males) on its way from Advalpal near Assonora to Panaji was trailed by police vans up to Porvorim. […]
For some time now, India’s schools have had to accommodate a healthy dose of environmentalism within their curricula. This was not always the case. In 1991, the Supreme Court of India, in an unprecedented order, directed the mandatory inclusion of environment education in the coursework of all Indian educational institutions, from school to university. It […]
(Interview on Deccan Herald, published on April 27th, 2008) Environmentalist Dr Claude Alvares is Director of the Central Secretariat of the Organic Farming Association of India (OFAI) and also heads the pro-active Goa Foundation. A member of the Supreme Court Monitoring Committee on Hazardous Wastes, Alvares has written several books including De-Colonizing History: Technology and […]
Sonsoddo is Goa’s most famous garbage dumping site. It carries 40 years of accumulated waste. In the past year, some new forms of garbage are being added to the pile. Read on: The work order enabling Hyderabad-based Hyquip to takeover and manage the Sonsoddo garbage site was issued on 11 August 2006, for a total […]