Environment and Her News

From environment heroes to women-centric solutions for environmental problems, our stories in this series explore how the environment impacts women uniquely. What are these challenges and are women equipped to handle them?

From left: Priyanka Bharali, Rashmi Borah, Dipanjali Boraik and Mitali Boruah. Image by Arpita Das Choudhury.

When women stand guard for the forest

Arpita Das Choudhury 11 Apr 2025

Building community networks to save a rare turtle from extinction

Aditi Tandon 17 Jan 2020

Nature’s fury 2019: A year of extremes for India

Sahana Ghosh 27 Dec 2019

The Lady of Rabindra Sarovar lake

Mou Chakraborty 17 Dec 2019

How women adapt as climate comes unhinged

Sahana Ghosh 3 Dec 2019

After cyclone Fani, women in a migrant fishing community start resilience fund

Sahana Ghosh 12 Nov 2019

The 11-year-old who’s holding governments accountable for inaction on climate change

Sahana Ghosh 17 Oct 2019

[Interview] ‘India’s forest guards deserve far more recognition, respect’, says Green Oscar winner Ashwika Kapur

Sahana Ghosh 2 Oct 2019

(L to R) Ranjitha (radio jockey), Durga (volunteer) and Aparna (station director) inside the recording room at Kalanjiam Samuga Vanoli, a community radio station based in Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu. Photo by Kartik Chandramouli/Mongabay.

How a community radio gives voice to the climate-vulnerable in Tamil Nadu

Kartik Chandramouli 23 Sep 2019

An agroforestry scientist’s notes on Kodagu, coffee and climate change

Nandita Jayaraj 4 Sep 2019

How does plastic pollute the Ganga? An all-women scientists’ expedition is looking for answers

Sahana Ghosh 29 Aug 2019

She guards Mumbai’s defence against climate change

Kartik Chandramouli 25 Jul 2019

A floral calendar for bee conservation

Sahana Ghosh 25 Jun 2019

Not fad but to feed: A millennial trains to spruce up farming skills, be a change agent

Sahana Ghosh 10 Jun 2019

Women lead the way in disaster preparedness, recovery in Odisha’s Ganjam

Sahana Ghosh 3 Jun 2019

Punjab farmers’ widows respond to apathy by standing in elections

Mayank Aggarwal 16 May 2019

Jal Sahelis quench the thirst of parched villages in Bundelkhand

Kanchan Srivastava 30 Apr 2019

Firewood ignites political cauldron in Manipur

Gurvinder Singh 8 Apr 2019

A women’s squad in Odisha defends its forest for 20 years

Sahana Ghosh 21 Mar 2019

A 24-year-old woman is leading the way to catalogue biodiversity of a small Goan island

Sahana Ghosh 8 Mar 2019

Women need governmental support to deal with climate change in the Himalayas

Mayank Aggarwal 5 Mar 2019

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