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Making of ‘The Greenbelt Reports’ recalled in ‘The Green Pen’
The process of producing and distributing TVE Asia Pacific’s educational TV series, The Greenbelt Reports, is showcased in a new book on environmental journalism in South Asia, just published by Sage,...
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Ray Wijewardene: Passionate voice for small farmers and earthworms
The small farmers, buffaloes and earthworms all over the world lost a true friend and spokesman this week when Lankan scientist Ray Wijewardene passed away. Ray packed multiple interests and pursuits...
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සිවුමංසල කොලූගැටයා #28: සැබෑ හරිත විප්ලවයක් සොයා ගිය රේ විජේවර්ධන
In this Ravaya column (in Sinhala), I summarise the views of late Dr Ray Wijewardene on sustainable farming. Written to mark his first death anniversary, it is the beginning of a series of explorations...
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සිවුමංසල කොලූගැටයා #32: ඔන්න බබෝ අන්නා එනවා!
This is my weekly column in Sinhala, published in the Ravaya newspaper on 18 Sep 2011. In this, I discuss how India’s prominent anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare uses broadcast television and new...
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Surviving Chemicals and Making Sense of Them: Tips for Journalists
Despite the recent International Year of Chemistry (2011), chemicals don’t get good press in Sri Lanka. If at all they make it to the news, or become a current affairs topic, that is usually as a bad...
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සිවුමංසල කොලූගැටයා #125: කාල බෝම්බ ඕනෑ කර තිබේ!
In the early 1990s, I had the privilege of working with the late Anil Agarwal, the outstanding environmentalist and journalist. He founded the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), which continues...
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Down to Earth magazine wins Greenaccord International Media Award
By Nalaka Gunawardene in Naples, Italy India’s Down to Earth magazine was presented with the first Greenaccord International Media Award at an international conference held in Naples, Italy, last week....
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සිවුමංසල කොලූගැටයා #222: ඉන්දියානු සාගරයේ වාර්ෂික රිද්මය –මෝසම් සුළං
Every year in May, over a billion and a half South Asians join a waiting and guessing game for the mighty rain-carrying oceanic winds, one of the great forces of nature on this planet. Few things –...
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