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‘Blue’ print for a model village
Posted on 10 Dec, 2014 01:08 PMOn October 11, 2014, the Government of India launched an ambitious scheme for village development – the Saansad Aadarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY).
Are we heading towards ecological and social suicide?
Posted on 10 Dec, 2014 10:17 AMIn 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
Applications invited for the post of 'Junior Research Fellow under the DST sponsored Project', Amity School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Haryana
Posted on 03 Dec, 2014 03:35 PMApplication 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
Posted on 03 Dec, 2014 09:47 AMGovernment to scrap river interlinking project, if it will pose threat to environment: Uma Bharti
Invitation to the Science Academies’ Lecture Workshop on 'Climate Change', G B Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand
Posted on 02 Dec, 2014 06:23 PMWorkshop Objectives:
Invitation to the Environmental Film Festival, Quotes from the Earth, Toxic Links
Posted on 02 Dec, 2014 04:28 PMEnvironmental 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.
NadiSutra: A 2000 km canoe ride to tell a river's story
Posted on 01 Dec, 2014 01:19 PM2000 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
Invitation to the training programme on 'Understanding Groundwater', ACWADAM, Pune, Maharashtra
Posted on 28 Nov, 2014 04:14 PMACWADAM 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.
Invitation to the '5th edition of Waste Management Summit 2014', CII - Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Posted on 28 Nov, 2014 03:46 PMGet more information of the Summit.
Know more about CII-Godrej GBC.