“There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth.  We are all crew”. Marshall McLuhan, 1964
My colleague Ashank and I were listening to a presentation by Anmol, a bright young man whose firm had been engaged by Mastek, my company, to study our carbon footprint. We wanted to understand how much damage we were causing to the environment, and how we could reduce that damage. The discussions were very revealing.   We...Read the full article »

From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It'll teach you something, it'll make you...Read the full article »

  "For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack". Rudyard Kipling  
The old lion, a couple of lionesses and three playful cubs were just a few yards from our Jeep. The lion and the lionesses lazed in the sun, probably after a sumptuous meal of a zebra or wildebeest. The cubs strayed near a herd of wild buffalo, fifty yards away. Our guide told us that the buffalos had poor eyesight but if they caught the scent of the cubs...Read the full article »

"Bt brinjal (eggplant) gets biotech regulator’s approval", said the headline in an Indian newspaper.   The story went on to report that a key government committee has cleared the way for the first genetically modified food crop in the country. The company producing the genetically-modified eggplant seed says it has been tested for nine years and is fully compliant with guidelines and directives issued by government regulators. They claim that a...Read the full article »