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Workshop on waste management and resource recycling, TARA, Bangalore
Posted on 05 Nov, 2009 12:37 PMTARA & Samarthanam parisaraâ are organising an workshop on Waste Management and Resource Recycling.
Date : Tuesday, 10th November 2009
Time : 10:30 am to 4:30 pm
Venue : KRUPHWODS,#66, 6th main, 3rd phase peenya industrial estate.
Public meeting: Injustice to Dalits in flood rehabilitation, Bangalore
Posted on 05 Nov, 2009 12:16 PMDiscussion on the recent flood situation at North Karnataka regarding the injustice meted to the Dalit women, caste discrimination being shown towards Dalits in the flood affected villages.
Venue : Conference Hall, Legislative House, Bangalore
Time : 11 am – 3.00 pm
Microfinance for water: How will it work?
Posted on 04 Nov, 2009 09:09 PMLately there have been some conversations about water sector and microfinance, about bringing in microfinance to address water issues like access to clean drinking water, household water distribution and supply, associated problems of sanitation like underground drainage, and utilities.
Arghyam is looking for a Project Manager for their Technology Division
Posted on 04 Nov, 2009 11:54 AM
Thinking about giving back to society? Looking for an opportunity to do something meaningful and use your skills and experience to contribute to the lives of the disadvantaged? Come and join a small team of like-minded individuals working together with people and groups across the country on the issue of water.
Everyday more than 1000 children die of preventable, water related diseases in India. At least 30 million people don’t have access to safe drinking water in urban India, and 40 million live in slums without adequate sanitation facilities. And the situation is only going to worsen. Water is likened to oil, only much more central to our very lives and well-being. Globally, it is increasingly being seen as the burning issue of this century.
Shodh Yatra in Orissa and UP : Lessons in understanding the communities in different geographies and environment
Posted on 04 Nov, 2009 06:20 AM
“Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much.”
What kind of a walk must have Ralph Waldo Emerson had, to pen down these lines?
Bad hydrology and water resources interventions
Posted on 04 Nov, 2009 05:29 AMLet me describe a scenario which has become typical of my life in the development sector. "They never finish what they start", is the answer that I hear for most of my questions about public water supply projects (also for many other infrastructure projects), in most parts of India.
Termite mounds as hydrologic indicators - Case studies from three taluks of Coimbatore district - Tamil Nadu
Posted on 03 Nov, 2009 07:05 PMThis paper describes the findings of a study that was conducted to validate the findings of earlier studies and observations that have been conducted in ancient texts in India that describe termite mounds as useful indicators for groundwater exploration.
Environmental Public Hearing of the proposed Devsari HEP, on River Pinder, disrupted by angry villagers
Posted on 03 Nov, 2009 01:19 PMPublic Hearing not Performed in Devsari HEP
{for pics see matujan.blogspot.com}
FIR filed against 11 people by name (Vimalbhai, Gabbarsingh etc.) under IPC. 148,332,427,436,504
Agitation is continue in Deval
On 13th October, 2009 the Environmental Public Hearing (PH) of the proposed Devsari HEP (252 MW) on river Pinder, one of the main tributary of Alaknanda River, District Chamoli, Uttarakhand was organised by Uttarakhand Pollution Control Board amidst growing opposition to the Project from the local vilagers. Satluj Jal Vidhut Co. Ltd., a joint venture of Central Govt. and Himachal State is the project proponent.
History of climate change talks, the UNFCC & COP-15
Posted on 02 Nov, 2009 08:25 PM
History of Climate Change Talks
Sign letter demanding release of NBA activists
Posted on 02 Nov, 2009 04:51 PMDear friends,
The Madhya Pradesh government has brutally lathi-charged and arrested Narmada Bachao Andolan activists, tribals and farmers. Please read below for more information and click the link to sign the online letter to Chief Minister.