Down to Earth (magazine)

Indian science and environment magazine

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Down to Earth

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Editor| Sunita Narain
Categories| Environment, science, nature
Frequency| Fortnightly
Circulation| 70,000 copies (2017)[1]
First issue| May 1992[2]
Company| Centre for Science and Environment
Country| India
Based in| New Delhi
Language| English, Hindi
Website| www.downtoearth.org.in

Down to Earth is a fortnightly magazine focused on politics of environment and development, published in New Delhi, India. The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) assists in the production of the magazine.

## About[edit]

It was started in 1992 by environmentalist Anil Agarwal, with a commitment to make people aware of the challenges of environment and development and to create informed change agents. Indian environmentalist Sunita Narain, director general at CSE, is the current editor. The fortnightly format was created specifically to supplement the research, analyses and documentation efforts of CSE, also founded by Anil Agarwal in 1980. The objective / founding principles of the magazine, as envisioned in the first editorial, was to "fill a critical information gap’ rather than ‘capture a share of the information market". Reportage and analysis is geared to enable an increasingly young India with information and analysis from villages, fields, factories and labs, places where the mainstream media has vacated.[citation needed]

In October 2016, Down To Earth launched a Hindi edition of the magazine, with exclusive coverage as well as repurposed content from DTE English edition. The Hindi edition was launched to serve a long-standing need to serve the large Hindi-speaking audiences in the country, especially in the Hindi speaking heartland, and to begin a conversation on environment, development and sustainability concerns with them.[1]

## Divisions and initiatives[edit]

Down To Earth Books is the magazine's publishing wing. It brings out two annuals: State of India's Environment and State of India's Environment In Figures, the country's only annual survey on the environment. The latter one is a completely data-driven annual statement on the state of India's environment published every World Environment Day.[citation needed]

The Young Environmentalist is a Down to Earth and Gobar Times initiative to promote environmental awareness among the young and curious.[3]

## Recognition[edit]

The magazine was awarded the Ozone Award for its reportage in 2017,[4][5] and its writers have won many national and international fellowships.[6] It won the Greenaccord International Media Award in 2013.[7]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Down to Earth celebrates 25 years with Hindi launch -". indianprinterpublisher.com (Indian Printer & Publisher). 22 May 2017. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
2. ^ "About Us". Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
3. ^ "The Young Environmentalist". young.downtoearth.org.in. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
4. ^ "Ozon Awards Recipients 2017" (PDF). Montreal Protocol. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
5. ^ Chakraborty, Ajanta (25 November 2017). "International Civil Aviation Organization: World Ozone Awards for CSE". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 26 November 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
6. ^ "MSF Media Fellowship 2016". Médecins Sans Frontières(MSF)/Doctors Without Borders. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
7. ^ Lakshman, Nikhil (22 March 2019). "An Editor Like None Other". Rediff. Archived from the original on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2021.

## External links[edit]

* Official website Archived 11 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine