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Eco Myths Can’t Save the Planet. Wake Up and Smell the Foul Air!
We Can’t Save the Planet with Green Myths! This was the title of a talk I gave to Sri Lanka Rationalists’ Association (SLRA) in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on 7 June 2012 — two days after World Environment...
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Dispatch from Rio+20: Ensure Good Governance and People’s Rights for a...
Text of my news feature published in Ceylon Today newspaper on 21 June 2012 Ensure Good Governance and People’s Rights for a Sustainable Sri Lanka, urge civil society in Rio By Nalaka Gunawardene in...
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සිවුමංසල කොලූගැටයා #73: රියෝ නුවර සැණකෙලියෙන් එහා ලෝකය
In this week’s Ravaya column (in Sinhala), I share my impressions and reflections of the city of Rio de Janeiro that just hosted the Rio+20 conference. But this piece is not about the event, but its...
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සිවුමංසල කොලූගැටයා #106: ‘ඔබ මට විශ්වාසයි’ ඕස්ටේ‍්‍රලියාවට හදුන්වා දුන් ලාංකිකයා
In my Ravaya column (in Sinhala) this week, I write about Lentil As Anything, the uncommon restaurant chain in Melbourne, Australia. It has no prices on the menu, no cashier, no cash register....
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සිවුමංසල කොලූගැටයා #130: “හරිත විප්ලවය නිසා අපේ ගොවිතැන මංමුලා වුණා!” –රේ...
In this week’s Ravaya column (in Sinhala), I have adapted a long exchange I did in 1995 with the late Dr Ray Wijewardene, agro-engineer turned farmer and a leading practitioner in conservation farming...
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සිවුමංසල කොලූගැටයා #131: රේ විජේවර්ධනට ‘හූ’ කියූ අපේ පරිසරවේදියෝ
This week, my Ravaya Sunday column (in Sinhala) carries the second part of my long exchange with the late Dr Ray Wijewardene, agro-engineer turned farmer and a leading practitioner in conservation...
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සිවුමංසල කොලූගැටයා #158: දේශීය බීජ හා ගොවි උරුමය රැක ගන්නේ කෙසේද?
In this week’s Ravaya column (in Sinhala), I summarise concerns about the draft new Seed Act of Sri Lanka proposed by the government’s Department of Agriculture. Many farmer groups and environmental...
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සිවුමංසල කොලූගැටයා #180: උඩුගුවන ජය ගන්නට පොර බදන දකුණු ආසියානු රටවල්
New opportunities for South Asian collaboration in space technologies can help reduce poverty and promote sustainable development. Both China and India are keen to enhance links with smaller Asian...
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සිවුමංසල කොලූගැටයා #184: වන්දනාවෙන් තොරව වන්දනා ශිවා කියවමු!
Indian social and environmental activist Dr Vandana Shiva visited Sri Lanka in June 2014, and delivered a well attended public lecture in Colombo. She also joined the launch of a Sinhala translation of...
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සිවුමංසල කොලූගැටයා #207: “තොරතුරු නීතිය ලැබුණාට මදි. එයින් නිසි ඵල නෙළා ගත...
In this week’s Ravaya column (in Sinhala), I continue the Sinhala adaptation of my June 2014 TV interview with Dr Rajesh Tandon of India, an internationally acclaimed leader and practitioner of...
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සිවුමංසල කොලූගැටයා #260: විද්‍යුත් මාධ්‍ය නියාමනය යනු වාරණය නොවේ!
Sri Lanka’s broadcast sector, which was a state monopoly for decades, was finally opened up for private sector participation in 1992. However, it has been an ad hoc process ever since – with no clear...
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