“In bureaucratic system obedience to power and self-goals have pushed self-consciousness and uprightness into darkness.” These words, written by a forest department official in his retirement letter were in response to the mining controversy that has brought the state of Haryana under scrutiny for indiscriminate mining policies. Following a stern report by the Central [...]

Discussions focussed around sustainability in the built environment yesterday, at the Econcern Sustainable Energy Event running parallel to COP14 here in Poznan. Peter Head, Director and Global Planning leader at Arup, presented the company’s vision for the transition we need to make to move to an ‘ecological civilisation’ – a term coined by President Hu [...]