Blogs

Temperatures recorded in the city over the past 75 years show the city has been warming at an unprecedented pace since the 1990s, and will be worrisomely warm by 2050  

It is high time the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSSAI), notified the regulations reducing trans fat limits, to save people from non communicable diseases. Regulations on trans fat, issued by FSSAI from time to time, are captured in this blog.

The world has come to a standstill thanks to a microscopic thing. Sumana zooms out to take a look at the big picture - how did this happen and what does it portend for the future?

This article serves as a ready reckoner for us to eat healthy during quarantine times and lists out food categories that contain high trans fat. 

There is euphoria of breathing clean air amid the stress and despair of the COVID-19 pandemic. How true is it for Chennai? Does the lockdown hold any clues to mitigate air pollution?

Is Chennai’s public transit beyond help? How hard is it to navigate? Sumana takes a bus, train, and metro to understand what ails the system and challenges you to take the 30 day Public Transit Challenge

A smattering of the insights we gleaned and the lessons we unlearned in talking climate emergency to college and school students.  

Harish conducts a road safety assessment of eight schools in Chennai and highlights the hurdles faced by children daily.

Do you know that every change you make - no matter how little - can go a long way in tackling climate emergency? Take the pledge to change one thing today. This blog combines 29 simple and doable sustainability pledges that you can adopt in your day-to-day life. CAG ran this campaign in February 2020 as part of the Climate Action Month, Chennai 2020. 

This blog is a summary of the capacity building sessions conducted in 7 schools in and around Chennai. The objective was to spread awareness about electricity/energy related topics.