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Call for poster abstracts for workshop on 'Indo-UK Perspective on Water Quality: Threats, Technologies & Options', Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
The workshop aims at facilitating research collaborations between academia and industry to understand and develop cutting-edge and affordable technologies for improving water quality.
Posted on 25 Jul, 2013 02:19 PM

Organisers

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and Royal Society of Chemistry

About the workshop
IISC, Bangalore
The Dongria Kondhs' tribals bring the judiciary down on its knees
Niyamgiri tribals' decision to veto mining, environment degradation's effect on the country's GDP and Maharashtra's carbon trading scheme are the highlights of this week's news.
Ravleen Kaur
Posted on 22 Jul, 2013 01:40 AM

Dongria Kondh tribals stand firm against mining of Niyamgiri
Celebration Dance (Source: Wikimedia)
Rainwater harvesting saves college lakhs of rupees
Yenepoya Medical College in Mangalore, which has implemented rainwater harvesting (RWH) within its campus has reduced its dependence on water tankers.
Aarti Kelkar Khambete
Posted on 20 Jul, 2013 11:04 AM

Yenepoya Medical and Dental College, some 15 kilometres away from Mangalore city near Delarekatte, is located in a developing neighbourhood; three other medical colleges, many schools and the Mangalore University are all situated in the same area. A software park is also expected to come up shortly.
Rainwater harvesting pond in Yenepoya College
One year course in ' Science and Management for Sustainable Living', Bhoomi College, Bangalore
A programme meant to foster an interest in green careers in those who wish to explore the possibility of learning and action connected with sustainable living.
Posted on 15 Jul, 2013 02:44 PM

About the organisers

Bhoomi College

Course period
Training programme on Sustainable Community Based Sanitation,Consortium for DEWATS Dissemination Society, Bangalore
A programme that aims to provide knowledge and skills to NGOs and social facilitators to coordinate various social and technical interventions
Posted on 15 Jul, 2013 02:13 PM

Organiser details

Consortium for DEWATS Dissemination (CDD) Society

Venue

Centre for Advanced Sanitation Solutions (CASS)
Survey # 205, Kommagaffa Road
Bandemath,Kengeri Satellite Town
Bangalore

Objective of the conference
CDDS
Floods in Assam affect one lakh people - Dhemaji worst hit
Floods in Assam, bio-toilets in Konkan railway stations and damage of hydropower project in Uttarakhand are highlights of this week's news.
Ravleen Kaur
Posted on 08 Jul, 2013 11:31 AM

 Flood fury hits Assam

 
The flooded plains of Brahamputra
Opening for Programme Associate ( Western Ghats), Nature Conservation Foundation, Mysore
Seeking a candidate to work for a species-focussed conservation policy project to contribute to various project tasks
Posted on 04 Jul, 2013 11:00 AM

Offered by 

Nature Conservation Foundation

About the vacancy

The candidate shall
Face to face with our star volunteers!
They found India Water Portal by chance. Realizing that their experience could help us, they gave their time willingly to our data projects and transformed the data into a more usable format.
Sumedha Khosla
Posted on 02 Jul, 2013 12:46 PM

Meet Ajay, a software professional in Bangalore with over 8 years work experience. He came across the India Water Portal when he searched for borewell consultants. He found the information on the site so reliable and useful that he kept coming back. On one such visit, he read about the volunteer program, which encourages non-water experts to engage with water data.
Volunteer with us
A 'green' house like no other!
Most of us understand the problems with water availability but how much do we know about implementing rainwater harvesting strategies and reusing grey water at home?
Ketaki
Puneetha
Posted on 01 Jul, 2013 02:50 PM

“I want to live in a house like this!” was my first thought when I entered Vishwanath’s home. (Vishwanath is Founder, Director of Biome Solutions). My colleague and I had gone to visit his house to see and understand how he has implemented ranwater harvesting systems and other green initiatives there.
Rainwater harvesting tank in a Bangalore house
Another Bangalore lake becomes a garbage dump
The Sarakki lake, once a year-round water recharge area is now a garbage dump. Its Lake Trust calls on the Karnataka government and people to save the lake.
Priya Desai
Posted on 27 Jun, 2013 03:48 PM

Sarakki Lake is one of the bigger stand-alone lakes in Bangalore, and was once a great year-round recharge area for Sarakki, Jaraganahalli, Puttenahalli, Chunchagatta and Kothanur. It is now a cesspool of sewage, and is polluting the air, water and land around it. India Water Portal volunteer Sucheta Ramprakash covered

Garbage fills Sarakki Lake
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