sustainable development

World Environment Day & why do we celebrate? Since 1964, the UN selected 5 June as World Environment Day. It is a renowned day that observes environment protection and environmental issues awareness. It aims to engage the government, businesses and citizens to focus on the environment-related problems and encourage people to be aware and to take actions for the betterment of the planet. The day offers a global platform for all the communities to come up together and inspire positive changes. For a global change, the involvement of every individual is essential. A theme is chosen every year as the topic of ... Read more

Gender Inequality still prevails in the modern world Times have changed, but there are some old social issues still prevailing in societies. Gender inequality has been existing all over the world for a long time back. It recognizes that men and women are not equal. Even though they do have biological differences, discrimination is done based on socially constructed divisions. Some of the common reasons that cause gender inequality are patriarchy, misogyny, religion, and self-interests. A gender discriminated victim goes through pressure, poor-treatment, stress, and disrespected other times. Women are the one that suffers a lot because of gender discrimination ... Read more

Evolving villages to eradicate poverty According to the 2011 census of India, there are more than 6 lakh villages in the country. Poverty is one of the issues faced by the nation as well. Sustainable Development Goal 1 by the UN is ‘eradicating poverty for all people everywhere’. ‘Evolve’ is one such enterprise that plans on achieving the goal through small ways. In a hope to earn more for a living, many people from rural villages move to metropolitan areas and cities in search of work. However, not everyone gets to fulfil their desires. Instead, most of them end up ... Read more

SUSTAINABLE LIVING:an outlook for future Life before the outbreak of Coronavirus was different than how it is currently. People were able to travel, go out to eat or order food online, to the malls for shopping, party and whatnot. This freedom then, however, was taken for granted and often misused. Also, it greatly affected the environment and society. People became accustomed to arbitrary consumption pattern which further leads to over-extraction of resources, wastage of goods and increases pollution. Life during this pandemic situation has transformed. The loss of freedom, work and shortage of resources has improved people’s habit, if not ... Read more