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A social entrepreneurship opportunity at Reach Out Water Solutions
Posted on 11 Oct, 2009 11:58 PM

 

Background

Migration and displacement due to sea-level rise: Mega-cities like Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai could be hit hard
A one-meter sea level rise will inundate 6000 square kilometers in India, of which Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai will be the major cities being affected. This would mean losses of billions of dollars in infrastructural, social, physical assets and capital. Posted on 26 Aug, 2009 05:34 PM

125 million people are likely to migrate in the coming century of which 75 million will be from Bangladesh. The people from Bangladesh will most likely migrate to India in addition to our own 50 to 60 million people who will be displaced due to sea-level rise, shrinking water sources due to CC in the densely populated coastal regions of India.

Water democracy - reclaiming public water in Asia: collection of essays by reclaiming public water (RPW) network
The essays present examples of ongoing struggles against water privatization and commercialization as well as inspiring examples of people-centered public water management from across Asia Posted on 29 Apr, 2009 05:08 PM

The collection includes the following four case studies from India:

Whitman Direct Action's safe and sustainable water conference in Mumbai, 19 March 2008
Posted on 01 Mar, 2008 11:06 PM

Guest post from Daniel Bachhuber ======== Whitman Direct Action (WDA) is a non-profit, open-source, and student-run organization from Whitman College in the USA dedicated to helping marginalized people by promoting economically and environmentally sustainable community development.

H2H organises "Rainwater harvesting" competition in Mumbai, 29 Feb 2008
Posted on 12 Jan, 2008 02:26 AM

Thanks to Sanjay Bapat for forwarding this to us: ========== Dear friends: Popular demand has been pulling at our sleeves… so we are happily extending our deadline! Harvest 2 Harness is extending the deadline for submission of your entries on Rainwater Harvesting models to February 29, 2008 (Friday). After 3 successful years, you will agree that we have created a brand out of H2H… your support, of course, being the most significant part of this.

"Earth Bound" : Photography exhibition celebrating land, water and people held in Mumbai & Jaipur, 15 Nov 2007
Posted on 27 Oct, 2007 08:24 AM

germanagroaction_2.jpg "We invite you to an exhibition of black and white photographs celebrating Land, Water and People presented by German Agro Action (GAA- Deutsche Welthungerhilfe) in collabor

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