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Total Sanitation Campaign's Eco-san drive
TSC and Ecosan's initiative to ensure sustainable sanitation solutions for India Posted on 20 Aug, 2009 01:55 PM

TSC and Ecosan's initiative to bring about sustainable sanitation in India based on technologically advanced and eco friendly approaches towards sanitation, involving NGO, Community and Individual participation. Read more

Collection of articles on climate change with special reference to India
The following documents address various issues related to climate change, particularly highlighting the Indian context Posted on 20 Aug, 2009 12:36 PM

Climage Change, Indias perceptions, positions, policies and possibilities, written by Jyoti K Parikh and Kirit Parikh, Indira Gandhi

Teaching climate change: An interactive toolkit that will help communicate related ideas better
Are you tired of trying to communicate the issue of climate change to young students? This toolkit designed exclusively for school teachers maybe your answer to the problem Posted on 20 Aug, 2009 11:50 AM

It offers modules on various aspects of climate change in an interactive student friendly manner designed to making teaching fun for you.

Download the toolkit here - WWF Nepal

Seminar on Emerging Green Business Opportunities, 27 Aug. 2009 Ahmedabad
Posted on 20 Aug, 2009 05:11 AM

Image & Content Courtesy: Confederation of Indian Industries.

CII Gujarat is organizing Seminar on “Emerging Green Business Opportunities" on 27 August 2009 at Hotel Pride, Ahmedabad, With the objective of advancement in development, commercialization and global adoption of clean technologies and sustainable industry practices.

CEOs, Senior and Middle level Managers, Department Heads, Environment Specialists, Consultants, Maintenance Engineers, Operation/Production Managers, Architects, Civil & Structural Engineers, Institutes involved in designing and constructions, Students / Academia are all invited to attend this seminar.

Registration fee: CII Member:Rs 1,650.00 Non- Member:Rs 2,250.00 Students: Rs 1,100.00

Government of India's National Environment Awareness Campaign: Entry forms
Download entry forms to the National Environment Awareness Campaign Posted on 19 Aug, 2009 10:03 PM

The Indian Government conducts a National Environment Awareness Campaign every year.

International Climate Champions: A British Council and TERI initiative
International Climate Champions is a partnership project between the British Council and TERI aimed to engage youth with society leaders and reach out to the wider community Posted on 19 Aug, 2009 09:18 PM

British Council and TERI have identified 52 youth over the country who are empowered to pilot climate change adaptation and mitigation activities in their communities as part of their International Climate Championships 2009 program.

Campaigns aimed at battling climate change being organized in Karnataka
Campaigns against climate change being planned all across the state of Karnataka Posted on 19 Aug, 2009 09:09 PM

You too can play an active role in these activities. Use the contacts provided in this newsreport to be an active member of the global climate change crusade.

Find out more

Fighting climate change: Greenpeace
Efforts of Greenpeace in raising awareness about climate change Posted on 19 Aug, 2009 08:55 PM

Greenpeace has done a lot of commendable work in the field of climate change. This link takes you through their climate change campaigns involving the masses.

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Chennai metropolitan area's water woes: CMWSSB's plans for the future
Steps outlined by the Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board to meet the water demands of Chennai city Posted on 19 Aug, 2009 04:01 PM

CMWSSB or Metro Water was established in 1978 and serves 180 sq kms of area and 5.5 million population.

Physiographic rainfall variations across India: Thematic map from the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology
This map shows the recent rainfall trends, based on data from 1813 to 2006, and also shows monthly trends for the 4 main rainfall months of the year - June to September. Posted on 19 Aug, 2009 03:59 PM

The map shows that there is a decreasing trend of rainfall over most of peninsular India (barring Maharashtra) including the western part of the Gangetic plain and the north eastern states apart from Assam.

An increasing trend of rainfall has been observed for the eastern part of the Gangetic plain, Assam, Telengana and all coastal regions of the country.

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