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Tamil Nadu
Invitation for Madurai Symposium 2013 themed 'Governance for Advancing Development', Dhan Foundation, Madurai
Posted on 31 Aug, 2013 01:03 PMFor 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](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/madurai_symposium.png?itok=0EfWuNBM)
Can we keep blaming dengue on climate change?
Posted on 25 Aug, 2013 10:15 PMShantamma 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.
![Mosquito bites - the cause for dengue fever](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dengue.jpg?itok=2N1-5TFD)
Go organic and triple your profits
Posted on 20 Aug, 2013 07:15 PMKalaivani, 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)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc09519.jpg?itok=aViSKalw)
Invite to International Conference & Exhibition, Green Building Congress 2013, Indian Green Building Council, Chennai
Posted on 20 Aug, 2013 01:20 PMFor more details on the conference, please click here.
Registration form and the brochure are attached below for your reference.
For further information and support, please feel free to contact
![Green Building Congress 2013](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/igbc.png?itok=8K201Cr6)
An organic manure factory for Rs. 800 only
Posted on 19 Aug, 2013 01:22 PMNitrogen 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](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/alagesan.jpg?itok=0U8-N-zo)
Call for Abstracts - Fourth National Research Conference on Climate Change,Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Posted on 30 Jul, 2013 12:49 PMOrganisers
![IIT Madras](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/iit.png?itok=ERlduWFS)
Extreme weather warning!
Posted on 11 Jul, 2013 04:04 PMWe sat in a plush climate-controlled room and deliberated climate change as the outside world collapsed around us..
![The flooded Bagmati river](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bagmati_flood.jpg?itok=a_nSwqcp)
Vacancy with the Environmental Governance team, Keystone Foundation, Kotagiri, Tamil Nadu
Posted on 07 Jul, 2013 04:47 PMOffered by
Introduction to the institute
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Wonder women of many Tamil Nadu villages - Water and Sanitation Promoters
Posted on 24 Jun, 2013 09:32 PMSanitation 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)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/img_5190-2.jpg?itok=2ieomvjq)
Rain rain go away, our cities can't keep the water at bay!
Posted on 17 Jun, 2013 06:32 PMBreaking news! The monsoon is here! It hit Kerala on June 1 and with that put an end to newspapers stories on drought in India highlighted by pictures of farmers standing on cracked earth and staring up at the sunny skies. However, very soon there will be Page-1 picture spreads of water-logged cities with traffic jams and harried people titled "The city is drowning"!
![Water logging on city streets](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/monsoon-1-june-17.jpg?itok=YXDvUWwM)