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‘Blue’ print for a model village
Can the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana that was launched in October this year, achieve its aim to create model villages through the Participatory Groundwater Management (PGWM) programme? Posted on 10 Dec, 2014 01:08 PM

On October 11, 2014, the Government of India launched an ambitious scheme for village development – the Saansad Aadarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY).

50 year old well in Thapewadi village
Are we heading towards ecological and social suicide?
Development at the cost of the environment and ecosystem-dependent communities can be an easy recipe for ecological and social disaster. Posted on 10 Dec, 2014 10:17 AM

In the article titled 'A hundred days closer to ecological and social suicide' published in the Economic and Political Weekly, the author argues that the recent changes in the government do not seem to have helped in changing the environmental policies of the country. Rather, they reflect regressive actions that could lead to a large-scale assault on rules, laws

The revived lake in Valni village, Nagpur
The challenged coasts of India: A report
The report highlights how degradation of the coastal environment has reached alarming proportions, closely reflecting the urban population explosion and rapid and unplanned urbanisation. Posted on 05 Dec, 2014 10:18 AM

Aims of the report:

Fishing, an important coastal activity
Applications invited for the post of 'Junior Research Fellow under the DST sponsored Project', Amity School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Haryana
The DST sponsored Project is entitled “Carbon dioxide fixation by culturable and non culturable (metagenomic approach) microbial community and role of microbe for calcite and biofuel production”
Posted on 03 Dec, 2014 03:35 PM

 Application are invited for engagement of one post of Junior Research Fellow (JRF) purely on temporary/contractual basis for three years under the DST sponsored Project entitled “Carbon dioxide fixation by culturable and non culturable (metagenomic approach) microbial community and role of microbe for calcite and biofuel production

Government to reconsider river interlinking project
Policy matters this week Posted on 03 Dec, 2014 09:47 AM

Government to scrap river interlinking project, if it will pose threat to environment: Uma Bharti

River Cauvery in Karnataka
Invitation to the Science Academies’ Lecture Workshop on 'Climate Change', G B Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand
The workshop will provide an excellent opportunity to students, researchers, scientists and technologists to understand the science of climate change
Posted on 02 Dec, 2014 06:23 PM

Workshop Objectives: 

Science Academies' Lecture Workshop
Invitation to the Environmental Film Festival, Quotes from the Earth, Toxic Links
The festival is a collaborative effort by Toxics Link and India International Centre, Delhi to highlight environmental challenges at the national and international level through films
Posted on 02 Dec, 2014 04:28 PM
About the event: 

Environmental Film Festival ‘Quotes from the Earth’ has been the first of its kind in the Indian Capital Since 2004. It uses a discursive platform to highlight environmental challenges at the national and international level through films that happen to be one of the most powerful medium of communication and discussion.

Environmental Film Festival
NadiSutra: A 2000 km canoe ride to tell a river's story
A father-son team will follow the river Mahakali, which is proposed to be the longest and most radical link, to see and experience the effects of interlinking on the entire river system, and beyond. Posted on 01 Dec, 2014 01:19 PM

2000 km on a kayak to follow 'their' river, to see and experience firsthand the progressions from the glaciers to the ocean, and to bear witness, both through images and the written word, to the radical changes being wrought on the entire river system, and beyond.

A long, winding and confusing path

Theo and Zanskar set off on their canoe
Invitation to the training programme on 'Understanding Groundwater', ACWADAM, Pune, Maharashtra
ACWADAM invites you to the certificate course on training and facilitation in hydrogeology to enhance civil societies capabilities in watershed and groundwater management
Posted on 28 Nov, 2014 04:14 PM

ACWADAM has embarked on strengthening Civil Society Capabilities in groundwater management, using the watershed management platform. As a part of this endeavor, ACWADAM has begun running a fifteen-day training programme on basic hydrogeology or groundwater science, for professionals from Civil Society Organisations or NGOs.

Training programme on 'Understanding Groundwater'
Invitation to the '5th edition of Waste Management Summit 2014', CII - Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra
The summit provides a unique platform for all key stakeholders to address various issues and challenges on waste management.
Posted on 28 Nov, 2014 03:46 PM

Get more information of the Summit.

Know more about CII-Godrej GBC.

5th edition of Waste Management Summit 2014
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