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Workshop on peri-urban futures and sustainability, STEPS, New Delhi
Posted on 29 Jan, 2010 03:26 PMThe STEPS Centre (www.steps-centre.org) at the University of Sussex, UK, Sarai (CSDS) and Centre for Studies in Regional Development (JNU) are hosting a workshop on 'Peri-urban Futures and Sustainability' on 8th February at the India International Centre, New Delhi
Conference on Water, A Precious Liquid, New Delhi
Posted on 29 Jan, 2010 03:06 PM8th February at 6.30pm, Instituto Cervantes, Hanuman Lane, Connaught Place, Delhi
Consultation on the Ganga and Yamuna Action Plans, Manushi Sangathan, New Delhi
Posted on 29 Jan, 2010 02:58 PMManushi and Jal Biradari are organizing a three-day meeting to discuss the New Yamuna Action Plan. It will cover YAP 1 [Yamuna Action Plan] and the agenda for YAP2. Minister for Environment and Forests Mr Jairam Ramesh will participate in a dialogue on 10 February.
Case studies - Drinking Water - Samagra Jal Vikash Samiti, Arghyam and Development Alternatives - Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh
Posted on 28 Jan, 2010 06:17 PMThis document contains case studies from the work of Samagra Jal Vikash Samiti, Arghyam and Development Alternatives, in Rajpura, Kachipura, Pipra and Hastinapur villages of Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, in organising drinking water and improving water quality of available drinking water.
Gray water recycling
Posted on 28 Jan, 2010 04:08 PMGRAY WATER (Bathroom water) recycling project
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Invitation for application to Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship- Apply by 17 February, 2010
Posted on 28 Jan, 2010 03:36 PMSkoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship
The Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship are designed to support and celebrate social entrepreneurs whose work has the potential for large-scale positive influence in important areas often burdened by intractable imbalances -- tolerance and human rights, health, environmental sustainability, peace and security, institutional responsibility, and economic and social equity.
WaterAid India is looking for a Programme Officer - Policy Research and Rights
Posted on 27 Jan, 2010 01:02 PMWaterAid India - Programme Officer (Policy Research and Rights), New Delhi
WaterAid is an international non-governmental organisation focused exclusively on improving poor people’s access to safe water, improved hygiene and sanitation in developing countries. WaterAid is an equal opportunities employer.
"India: Water Need to be Double the Supply in 20 Years" : Droplets, e-newsletter, Jan 2010
Posted on 27 Jan, 2010 12:33 PM
Announcement for small grants and fellowships for work on toxicity, waste and pollution,Environmental Equity and Justice Partnership (EEJP), 2010
Posted on 25 Jan, 2010 04:10 PMSmall Grants and Fellowships Available for Work on Toxicity, Waste and Pollution in India
Environmental Equity and Justice Partnership (EEJP) announces the launch of second phase of its grant program. Over next three years the program will work towards ‘securing environmental justice, especially for poor and the marginalized who are often expected to bear more than their share of environmental burdens’.
Towards the attainment of this larger goal, EEJP strives to catalyse grassroots initiatives, trigger new imagination and perspectives, encourage crossover linkages, and provide greater opportunities to connect to environmental thinking. This it seeks to accomplish through its two components -- Environmental Small Grants (for organisations) and Environmental Fellowship (for individuals)