No Bt-ing around the bush, please!

Participants at a public hearing attended by Jairam Ramesh made it clear that they wanted their food to be free of genetic modification

Children protesting loud and clear amused him the most. He stopped by and asked a student of Sri Sri Ravishankar Vidya Mandir why she was protesting against the genetic modification of brinjal. “It’s bad for health,” came the reply. Read more

Wow ! respect to Esthonia.

Campaign "Let's Do It!" - a grassroot initiative to clean up the country from illegal waste in just one day. There was over 10 000 tons of illegal waste lying around all over Estonia.In 2008, 50,000 Estonians got together and did in one day what it would have taken the government 3 years and 22 million euros to do - clean up all the garbage in the country! More than 600 volunteers came together to organize Campaign “Lets Do It!”, a grassroots initiative to clean up the country from 10,000 tons of illegal waste in just one day. This civil society initative shows that we all can make a difference if we want to. ( Thanks to Mona Ingle for the information)