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A note on System of Rice Intensification practices in 13 states of India
Posted on 17 Feb, 2013 07:55 PMArticle Courtesy: Economic and Political Weekly, Vol - XLVIII No.8
Author(s): K Palanisami, K R Karunakaran, Upali Amarasinghe, and C R Ranganathan
GreenKarbon photography contest Expedition 5, GreenKarbon - Deutsche Bank - Submit entries by February 28, 2013
Posted on 17 Feb, 2013 01:23 PMOrganizers
The role of sanitation in girl child education - A documentary film by HEEALS
Posted on 15 Feb, 2013 08:31 PM
The role of sanitation in girl child education - A documentary film by HEEALS
HEEALS is a vibrant civil society organization that aims to safeguard health, environment, education and livelihood to promote sustainable development of society. Through the medium of documentary film and art it is trying to create awareness among the masses about girl child education, menstrual hygiene, sanitation and safe drinking water and attempting to relate how girl child education directly suffers due to bad sanitation facilities, unsafe drinking water and lack of knowledge to obtain the same.
Handbook for flood protection, anti-erosion and river training works by Central Water Commission (2012)
Posted on 13 Feb, 2013 09:43 PMThis handbook by Central Water Commission aims to provide necessary guidance to the field engineers in the state and central for design, appraisal, construction and monitoring of the flood management works covering all the relevant BIS codes, design manuals, guidelines, technical specifications for construction materials and practices etc. to meet new challenges in the flood management in India.
Google announces India's first ever Mapathon 2013 - Contest duration: February 12 to March 25, 2013
Posted on 13 Feb, 2013 07:29 PMBook review: Governing international watercourses by Susanne Schmeier
Posted on 13 Feb, 2013 04:45 PMThis article presents a review of the book 'Governing international watercourses' by Susanne Schmeier - a book that has been called 'a stunning piece of work' by Aaron T. Wolf. The author examines the river basin organisation as a key institution for managing international watercourses. The book follows a three-part structure of developing theory, refining it, and then discussing three case studies. By emphasizing that more trans-boundary events are focused on cooperation rather than on conflict- with a far smaller percentage being violent conflict - it carries a message of hope.
How to grow food on your roof ?: Video interview with Dr Vishwanath Kadur, an expert on terrace gardens
Posted on 13 Feb, 2013 02:52 PMDo you crave for home grown, pesticide free, healthy greens on your plate? Does lack of land stop you from soiling your hands and farming your meals?
Read on and learn to grow food on your terrace itself !
Interview with Dr Vishwanath Kadur, a terrace garden expert ( Source of video: Getta India)
Living rivers, dying rivers: Everything you wanted to know about rivers in India
Posted on 13 Feb, 2013 10:41 AMIn an attempt to join crucial debates surrounding the alarming increase in environmental degradation, especially of rivers and river systems, Prof. Ramaswamy Iyer, India’s foremost expert in the field conceived and carried forward a series of talks titled ‘Living Rivers, Dying Rivers’ with support of India International Centre.
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Guidelines for decentralized wastewater management by Ministry of Urban Development (2012)
Posted on 12 Feb, 2013 07:36 PMThis guideline is prepared by the Centre of Excellence in the area of Decentralized Wastewater Management, in the Department of Civil Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, which comes under Ministry of Urban Development
Guidelines on the integrated low cost sanitation scheme by Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (2012)
Posted on 11 Feb, 2013 05:41 PMThis document by Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation provides guidelines for the low cost sanitation scheme. The main objective of the scheme is to convert the existing dry latrines into low cost flush latrines and to construct new ones.