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Even climate change discriminates between women and men
Climate change is coming – and women in particular will feel its effects
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 23 Jun, 2013 04:15 AM

We await a future that could be hotter and drier because of climate change. This is increasingly recognised as a global concern, and available data suggests that it is increasing the frequency and severity of weather-related hazards in South Asia.
Floods in Bihar; Image: Sharada Prasad
Online course on 'Sustainability of Food Systems: A Global Life Cycle Perspective', University of Minnesota
A course that explores the diversity of the foods we eat, the ways in which we grow, process, distribute, and prepare them, and the impacts they have upon our environment, health, and society.
Posted on 13 Jun, 2013 01:24 PM

University of Minnesota

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The food that we eat and its impact
Call for Participation-Ecosystems for Life Media Fellowship, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), July-December 2013
An initiative to create a knowledge hub that will facilitate developing a shared vision in both India and Bangladesh, for effective governance of trans-boundary ecosystems
Posted on 04 Jun, 2013 04:11 PM

Ecosystems for life

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Offer of grant progamme for journalists - The Himalayan Climate Change Adaptation Programme (HICAP)
The HICAP grant programme seeks to encourage journalists from the Hindu Kush Himalayan region to report on climate change across the five sub-basins
Posted on 29 May, 2013 09:20 AM

HICAP

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Call for participation- Digital Photo Contest on 'Water and Life', ICIMOD , June 5, 2013
A photo contest on the theme of ‘Water and Life' celebrates ICIMOD's 30th anniversary. It also coincides with the United Nation’s International Year of Water Cooperation 2013.
Posted on 12 May, 2013 11:56 AM

Job opportunities with Consortium for DEWATS Dissemination (CDD) Society
CDD Society requires staff for its office and Centre for Advanced Sanitation Solutions (CASS) in Bangalore
Posted on 27 Apr, 2013 10:43 AM

International Rivers invites applications for Co-Director - South Asia Program
International Rivers is looking for an experienced, skilled, dynamic Co-Director of their South Asia Program.
Posted on 26 Apr, 2013 04:29 PM

SANDEE calls for research concept notes on the economics of natural resource use and environmental change in South Asia
SANDEE's focus is on environmental management, and is asking for proposals that include a strong economics component
Posted on 30 Mar, 2013 12:46 PM

  
Traditional household water purification methods practised by rural communities in developing countries - A compilation by the Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems
What are the different ways through which water can be purified before it can be consumed? Read on to know more about the traditional and household water purification methods practised by rural communities in developing countries.
S Vigneswaran
M Sundaravadivel
Posted on 19 Mar, 2013 09:15 PM

This article published in the Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems includes a collation of traditional household water purification methods practised by rural communities in developing countries.
Water in movies: Exploring the role of water in mainstream media and popular culture
This article by Priya Desai deals with how water has been treated in many ways in film - as a theme, as an issue or simply as a beautiful backdrop for a great story.
Priya Desai
Posted on 11 Mar, 2013 03:20 PM

From the serious to the absurd, water has featured across a breadth of movies, both in Hollywood and Bollywood.
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