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Food Security Bill sees light of the day
News this week - Lok Sabha passes the Food Security Bill, floods engulf Gujarat and India bans shark finning. Posted on 01 Sep, 2013 10:28 PM

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Food security bill passed

Affordable food for all (Source: Google Images)
Invitation for Madurai Symposium 2013 themed 'Governance for Advancing Development', Dhan Foundation, Madurai
A unique development platform that brings together various stakeholders to share, learn from each others' experience and practices, and throws opportunities for collaborative endeavors.
Posted on 31 Aug, 2013 01:03 PM

For details on the symposium, please click here.

For further information on the various events, workshops & conferences , please click here.

For brochure on event, please see attachment below.

Madurai Symposium 2013
Can we keep blaming dengue on climate change?
Poor sanitation, poor waste management systems and poor urban planning are the real causes of dengue. Find out what we can do to prevent this disease. Posted on 25 Aug, 2013 10:15 PM

Shantamma woke up one morning with a high fever. She also had a sudden pain at the back of her eyes and severe joint pain. She had been finding it very difficult to move around and go on with her daily routine. And it was quite a tedious routine, which began at 5 a.m. She was a house maid and worked at multiple houses every day.

The dengue-causing Aedes aegypti mosquito (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Go organic and triple your profits
Twenty years of hard work and devotion has made Kalaivani from Vellitiruppur, Tamil Nadu a celebrity of sorts in the organic farming circles in Erode district and beyond. Posted on 20 Aug, 2013 07:15 PM

Kalaivani, a single mother of three, took to farming after the loss of her husband almost two decades ago. Since then, she has grown all the crops on her farm without using chemical or synthetic pesticides or fertilisers. Over the last few years, she has focused her time and energy in growing organic cotton. 

Cotton picking in progress at Kalaivani's farm (Source: Seetha Gopalakrishnan, IWP)
Invite to International Conference & Exhibition, Green Building Congress 2013, Indian Green Building Council, Chennai
An effort by IGBC to spearhead the green building movement in the country.
Posted on 20 Aug, 2013 01:20 PM

For more details on the conference, please click here.

Registration form and the brochure are attached below for your reference.

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Green Building Congress 2013
An organic manure factory for Rs. 800 only
An innovative idea by a farmer in Chennimalai, Tamil Nadu lets farmers create their own liquid manure out of the cow dung and urine available in their own farms. Posted on 19 Aug, 2013 01:22 PM

Nitrogen and phosphorus are essential for plant growth – that is common knowledge for farmers. Cow dung contains nitrogen – that is also common knowledge for farmers. Then why is it that many farmers look for costly solutions rather than use the abundant cow dung they have in their farms as manure? Luckily, one farmer did think of this.

Alagesan with the barrel used to ferment cow dung
Call for Abstracts - Fourth National Research Conference on Climate Change,Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
This event, the fourth in the series, intends to nurture and enhance a dedicated network of climate researchers
Posted on 30 Jul, 2013 12:49 PM

Organisers

IIT Madras
Extreme weather warning!
Climate change is manifesting itself through modified rainfall patterns, extreme events and temperature fluctuations. What effect will these have on water, sanitation and health in India? Posted on 11 Jul, 2013 04:04 PM

We sat in a plush climate-controlled room and deliberated climate change as the outside world collapsed around us..

The flooded Bagmati river
Vacancy with the Environmental Governance team, Keystone Foundation, Kotagiri, Tamil Nadu
Keystone works in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve (NBR) with indigenous communities on eco-development initiatives
Posted on 07 Jul, 2013 04:47 PM

Offered by 

Keystone foundation

Introduction to the institute

Wonder women of many Tamil Nadu villages - Water and Sanitation Promoters
The Water and Sanitation Promoter believes that there is a spirit of ownership among villagers that can be tapped into by someone within their own community. Posted on 24 Jun, 2013 09:32 PM

Sanitation is a familiar term but is often misunderstood to mean the building and using of toilets but this isn’t true. It covers a whole range of thought and action both pre and post latrine use, which includes cleanliness, personal hygiene and the safe disposal of the urine and faeces.

Wonder women of Sanarpudur, Namakkal (Tamil Nadu)
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