Tag: #environment
Articles tagged with #environment
Artistic prayer for our common future
California artist’s exhibition in Kathmandu reminds us that nature is our shared home
Himalayan people appeal for Sonam Wangchuk
Ten individuals from across the Himalayan region have issued an appeal for the life of Sonam Wangchuk, a Ladakh environmental activist, who is…
Potholes on the highway to Nepal’s EV future
New Sajha buses as they get ready to depart from the CHTC factory in Nanjing. Photo: MUKUNDA SHAH.Electric vehicles are making a splash in…
Nepal and China to study trans-Himalayan railway
A queue of trucks in 2017 at Timure, 3km from the Nepal-China border, waiting to get clearance to cross into Tibet. Since an earthquake in Nepal…
Mini forests to make Kathmandu more liveable
All photos: MITHILA WILDLIFE TRUSTImagine living next to a tiny forest the size of a tennis court right in the middle of Kathmandu, which makes…
Things are looking up
After watching Don’t Look Up on a bootleg channel this week, the Ass has come to the happy conclusion that compared to a direct hit with Planet…
Breathing can kill you
Vehicles are one of the biggest emitters of PM2.5 and other pollutants in Kathmandu. Photos: AMIT MACHAMASIIt is that time of the year again…
Environment films get tve Award
Scene from the Czech film 'Its Bean Too Hot'.Films on cultivating coffee sustainably, plastic pollution of oceans, and community media in India…
Preparing for Kathmandu’s heat waves
All photos: NEPALI TIMESThe day my father brought home a shiny new motorcycle for the first time in Kathmandu, we were thrilled.After smashing a…
Cycle to fight climate change
It must be a cosmic confluence that just as the world leaders gather in Glasgow next week to try to save the planet, we in Nepal mark the tragic…
Think globally in Glasgow, and act locally
Chanaute after the flood on the Melamchi River in 2021. All photos: RAJU PANDIT CHHETRIOn 15 June, the Melamchi River north of Kathmandu saw a…
Republic of Nepal’s animal kingdom
All photos: RED PANDA NETWORKWhen British naturalist Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker first made his ecological expedition in eastern Nepal from October…
Grow back greener
The pandemic offers us the chance to tread lighter on the land allow nature to restore itself
Nepal braces for monsoon-pandemic double hit
A landslide in Jajarkot last year. Photo: RSSBy any measure, the past year has been disastrous for Nepal. The Covid-19 lockdowns devastated the…
The nature of pandemics
Photo: THE STAR/THE PANGOLIN REPORTSOver 172 million infections and nearly 4 million lives later, the exact origin of the Covid-19 pandemic is…
The nature of pandemics
Photo: THE STAR/THE PANGOLIN REPORTSOver 172 million infections and nearly 4 million lives later, the exact origin of the Covid-19 pandemic is…
No smoke without fire
All photos: BIJAYABAR PRADHANNepalis continue to endure the worst air quality in recent years as wildfires ravage the forests at unprecedented…
Holy hike to the sacred Khaptad Plateau
All photos: BHARAT BANDHU THAPAWith the spread of the road network, and airfields coming back into operation, pilgrimage spots like Khaptad are…
Nepal must save Nijgad Forest to receive climate funds
As the 4th most vulnerable country in the world to the impact of the climate crisis, Nepal has emerged as a bellwether at international climate…
“Sight for sore eyes in Kathmandu”
Many people do not know where Maitighar intersection got its name: there used to be the office of the Nepali movie माइतीघर in the 1960s with a…
A green city is a smart city
For those growing up in the 1980s in Kathmandu, the 'Green Belt' became a familiar term as poplars rose up along the Ring Road. Over the years,…
A Year of EcoLogic with Miss Moti
Miss Moti is a body-positive character that I created to deal with my own issues with weight and self-image.Over the years, she has become an…
Nepal stalls in Prosperity Index
Photo: MANISH PAUDELNepal has only slightly progressed in the annual overall prosperity rankings this year, but rose 15 steps over the last…
A Biden presidency, climate and the Himalaya
The south face of Mt Gauri Shankar (7,134m) on the border between Nepal and China is bare rock, and shows how dramatically the snowline has…