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Comics for Change
Posted on 10 Jun, 2016 04:42 PM“The earth, the air, the land and the water are not an inheritance from our forefathers but on loan from our children. So we have to hand over to them at least as it was handed over to us.” This famous quote of Mahatma Gandhi aptly forms the basis of today’s ever-growing focus on sustainable development and inclusive growth.
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Knowing Kamla’s sorrow could control Bihar floods
Posted on 08 Jun, 2016 07:41 PM“When I was a boy, a family and their livestock could feed on just one crop for three years,” says Jugal Mandal of Sakhwar village in Darbhanga district. “For the last five years though, the village fields have been fallow because we have not had water,” he adds.
![A young girl leads her buffaloes in search of water](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/searching_for_water.jpg?itok=L_wHaDjl)
Environmental disaster in the face of climate change
Posted on 08 Jun, 2016 12:30 PMMarathwada has been witnessing severe drought over the last few years. This year has seen the worst with many farmer suicides reported [1].
![Farmers, stuck in the midst of a crisis (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/farmer_7.jpg?itok=8Kq2PgR5)
At Simhastha, govt fishes in Kshipra’s troubled waters
Posted on 05 Jun, 2016 07:05 AMThe Madhya Simhastha Maha Kumbh festival, the religious extravaganza that happens once in every 12 years, was held in Ujjain from April 22-May 21, 2016.
![Kshipra before Shahi Snan](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0220es.jpg?itok=IOXdBOPj)
Business interests and environmental crisis: A book review
Posted on 05 Jun, 2016 07:03 AMA number of Asian countries are going through environmental crisis. Nowhere is the impact felt so seriously than in India, where the crisis threatens to affect survival. It is also impacting biodiversity, ecology and livelihoods. In this context, it becomes important to understand how nature and the current environmental crisis are being addressed in policy discourses.
![Business profits and the environmental crisis (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/enviroment.jpg?itok=brBjUxtQ)
Sailing the ocean to save marine life
Posted on 04 Jun, 2016 05:14 PMHe is called Mobi Dick's Avenger.
![Captain Siddharth Chakravarty with the illegal driftnets confiscated by Sea Shepherd during Operation Driftnet (Photo source: Sea Shepherd)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/captain_siddharth_chakravarty_sea_shepherd.jpg?itok=hvGQps1s)
Short-term training course on solar-powered pumping systems sustainable solution for community-based for drinking water supply
Posted on 03 Jun, 2016 08:37 PMObjective of training:
Expression of Interest invited for collaborating in a Mobile Water Testing Laboratory Project with Livpure Foundation
Posted on 03 Jun, 2016 08:13 PMAbout Livpure Foundation: Livpure Foundation (CSR wing of Livpure Pvt. Ltd) is a National Level Non-Profit registered Organization that works as a catalyst in policy advocacy, technological innovations and mobilization of communities on clean drinking water.
Restructuring water governance for future
Posted on 02 Jun, 2016 12:40 PMWith increasing concern over water security, water governance worldwide is undergoing a gradual change.
![Water governance for future water security (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/a_full_well_0.jpg?itok=85lpEmRc)