Mahazareen Dastur's Blog – March 2012 Archive (2)

Of late, I have been thinking that one day goes by without a newspaper carrying an article or story related to environmental issues. If you live in India (like I do), such news is more often than not (very) depressing. After reading numerous such stories, I (almost) started questioning myself about whether anything "can go right" when it comes to environmental concerns. So, this morning, when I picked up the latest issue of Saudi Aramco World magazine and flipped through it, I was…

“The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.”

― C. S. Lewis

With the introduction of Environmental Studies in the Indian educational…