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Calculating the water footprint of buildings
Water is used at every stage of construction, especially so in the production of construction materials. Understanding how much of it has been used can lead to better conservation methods. Posted on 02 Apr, 2016 05:43 PM

Construction industry is a booming industry, with the real estate sector contributing heavily towards the country’s GDP.

What is the water footprint of a building (Source: Wikipedia)
The new Indian middle class and water use in Calcutta
Greater insight into consumer behaviour can help replace blanket notions of an ‘average consumer’ with closely observed knowledge of the diversity of water use practices in domestic spaces. Posted on 27 Feb, 2016 01:54 PM

An ever expanding middle class has come to symbolise a new India which is changing individual and household consumption patterns by accessing resources and technologies beyond their availabilities.

Water use in urban cities (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
The curious case of Kolkata's missing water bodies
The city which has close to 5000 water bodies has lost 44% in the last two decades, says Mohit Ray of Vasundhara, a group working on environmental and human rights issues in an interview. Posted on 25 Aug, 2015 12:26 PM

Mohit Ray of Vasundhara has written two books--"Five Thousand Mirrors: The Water Bodies of Kolkata”

Bhukailash - a water body in Kolkata; Image: Mohit Ray
Water privatisation, a failed model?
JUSCO, India's largest water supply developer, has failed to provide water connections in many parts of India. Water must be treated as a non-commercial entity if there is to be equity in access. Posted on 05 Apr, 2014 03:12 PM

Since water reforms were introduced in India in the 1990s, water privatisation has been propagated as a panacea to the sector's problems. 

JUSCO disconnected Nirmal Basti's water connection
Kolkata's grossly undervalued natural sewage management system
The benefits of the East Kolkata Wetlands are known to all in the state but the greed for land and lax penalties are destroying this Wetland of International Importance. Posted on 16 Mar, 2014 10:34 PM

The city of Kolkata is blessed to have its very own natural urban wastewater treatment system in the form of the East Kolkata Wetlands.

Fish rearing on wastewater, East Kolkata Wetlands
Vacancy for the posts of Hygiene Program Manager & Partner Support Coordinator, Splash, Kolkatta
Splash's mission is to change the lives of vulnerable children in impoverished urban areas by providing clean drinking water.
Posted on 19 Sep, 2013 05:13 PM

For more information on the post of 'Hygiene Program Manager', please click here and for the post of 'Partner Support Coordinator', click here.

Navigating National Waterway 1 or the Ganga, as we call it
Navigation on the Ganga - how was it in the past, what is the situation currently and what does the future hold? Posted on 17 May, 2013 10:05 AM

Spending a week on a cramped boat with five strangers may not sound like fun to many but it was a dream come true for me. When I found a note in my inbox that said ”I want to travel down part of the Ganga by boat. Would you know of anyone who is interested”? , I jumped at the chance and set off on an unforgettable journey with five others.

Green Sanitation Foundation, an NGO in Kolkata develops biotoilets, a unique toilet technology
Green Sanitation Foundation is an NGO in Kolkata that strives to improve hygiene and sanitation in India through the use of BioToilets. Posted on 21 Jan, 2013 12:01 PM

Biotoilets are biological toilets, named so because they convert human waste into non toxic, non contaminating water compatible with environmental standards, through application of multi strain bacteria culture, using aerobic forms of bacteria.

Splash invites applications for the post of Country Director - India
Posted on 17 Nov, 2012 02:27 PM

Splash

About Splash

Splash's mission is simple: To change the lives of vulnerable children in impoverished urban areas by providing clean, safe drinking water to orphanages, schools, children’s hospitals, street shelters, and rescue homes.

The idea behind Splash is not to create new institutions‚ÄĒbut to help existing ones get even better.

Earthcare books in collaboration with Jatan offers a special offer on the Indian edition of the book "GMO Myths and Truths"
Posted on 25 Sep, 2012 07:36 PM

Earthcare Books is a publisher and distributor of books on environmental issues and just and sustainable development. We believe that an understanding of our problems and their roots must be supplemented with a vision of what needs to be done or is being done.

GMO Myths and Truths