Publications

The paper examines the disappearance of Tulare Lake (California) and the Aral Sea (Central Asia) - where river diversions for irrigation destroyed millennia-old lakeshore societies - as emblematic cases of global lake desiccation due to over-exploitation, silting, and waste dumping. It is pointed out that lakes, ponds, and other waterbodies would play an increasingly important role in recharging underground aquifers and offering a relief on a planet under stress due to climate change.

Every piece of litter left on a street, plastic bottle thrown into a river, or food discarded unnecessarily adds to a much larger environmental problem. Clean up is often seen as something that happens after a place becomes dirty. But a more sustainable approach is to make cleanliness a culture, not a campaign. While humanity struggles to cope and keep the environment cleaner, another challenge daunts everyone: the need to clean up the spaces in the mind.