Burning Mountains: The Invisible Toxic Poison of Campsite Garbage: Santa thinks burning a massive pile of tourist plastic bottles and noodle packets is a cheap and effective cleanup strategy. Banta stops the bonfire to reveal the dangerous atmospheric toll of open plastic incineration in the Himalayas, showcasing how Sikkim’s 1998 pioneering plastic ban offers the ultimate blueprint for structural eco-governance.
Black Carbon
The Ghost of the ‘Dhara’ and the Black Carbon Shroud
The Dying Springs of the Third Pole: How Black Carbon is Melting the Himalayas: Santa finds his ancestral village spring completely dry, blaming cosmic bad luck. Banta uses atmospheric data to reveal a terrifying climate link: how vehicular pollution and black carbon deposits are melting Himalayan glaciers and killing traditional Naulas and Dharas.
Climate Change and Uttarakhand’s Environment
Climate change as also our actions threaten the life support strategy and welfare of a large population not only in Uttarakhand but also in thee densely populated Indo-Gangetic plains. Urgent remedial action is therefore warranted to save this fragile terrain and welfare of people dependent on it.