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Workshop on life cycle assessment, CII-Godrej GBC, 8th July, 2011, Hyderabad
Posted on 17 Jun, 2011 12:41 PMOrganizer: Confederation of Indian Industry CII – Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre
Venue: CII – Sohrabji Godrej GBC, Survey No. 64, Kothagunda Post, Near Hitech City, R R District, Hyderabad
Topics:
- Introduction to life cycle assessment
- Demonstration of LCA software tool
Workshop on 'Water and wastewater analysis', SEA, SERI, 26th - 31st July, 2011, Pune
Posted on 17 Jun, 2011 12:29 PMOrganizers:
- Shrushti Environment Academy (SEA), Pune
- Shrishti Eco-Research Institute (SERI), Pune
- Indian Environment Association (IEA), Pune Chapter
- Aavanira Biotech Pvt. Ltd., Pune
Venue: ‘Growth Lab’ Science & Technology Park, Pune-Nashik road, Opp. Panjerpole, Bhosari, Pune
Workshop on 'Best practices in sustainable agriculture', NABARD-ACCESS, 28th - 29th July, 2011, Kolkata
Posted on 16 Jun, 2011 06:03 PMOrganizers:
- National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)
- ACCESS Development Service
Venue: Kolkata
NABARD has undertaken many initiatives for promoting sustainable agriculture. The Regional Offices, CBOs, PIAs have also innovated locally depending on the local requirements. However, this vast knowledge base is not always tapped for sharing and dissemination in a systematic way. Outside NABARD also there are many successful experiments, models on sustainable agriculture practices. One of the mandates of NRMC is to identify such models and facilitate their replication.
A three-day workshop on how to leverage new media technologies for advocacy and strategic communication, CSE, 6th – 8th July, 2011, New Delhi
Posted on 16 Jun, 2011 05:36 PMOrganizer: Anil Agarwal Green college, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Venue: Centre for Science and Environment, 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi
Taking action in India on downstream impact of dams - Report of the workshop held by International Rivers and Save Western Ghats Movement at Jog Falls, Karnataka in May 2011
Posted on 14 Jun, 2011 05:17 PMJog falls in Western Ghats
These dams have had a profound negative impact on communities and ecology upstream and downstream. While promised benefits of these dams (irrigation, hydro-power or flood control) have been overstated, numerous interrelated and complex negative impacts have simply not been studied or documented. Nonetheless, communities and ecosystems continue paying huge prices of these impacts.
The annual young environmental scientist award for school children, Industrial Waste Management Association, 16th – 17th September, 2011, Chennai
Posted on 14 Jun, 2011 03:41 PMOrganizer: Industrial Waste Management Association (IWMA)
Venue: Chennai
Topics:
- Junior level (class VIII to X )
- Recycling/Reuse of materials/waste products
- Rain water harvesting
- Methods to manage domestic garbage – starting from home
- Water conservation
Workshop for citizen journalists from central tribal region, CGNet, 20th - 25th June, 2011, New Delhi
Posted on 13 Jun, 2011 03:24 PMOrganizer: CGNet
Venue: Rajghat, New Delhi
Description:
CGNet is pleased to announce that Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti, New Delhi has agreed to help organize a week long workshop for citizen journalists from Central Tribal India.
‘A Scientists-People Partnership’ - National conference on science of climate change and earth’s sustainability: Issues and challenges, The Society of Earth Scientists, 12th – 14th September, 2011, Lucknow
Posted on 13 Jun, 2011 03:18 PMOrganizer: The Society of Earth Scientists
Venue: Lucknow
Topics:
- Science of earth’s climate system and related process
- Human impacts and natural resource management
- Sustainable agricultural productivity, energy management
‘Public spending and its effectiveness: Selected studies from Karnataka’ - One day seminar on health, education, water and local self-government, CBPS, 25th June, 2011, Bangalore
Posted on 13 Jun, 2011 02:09 PMOrganizer: Centre for Budget and Policy Studies (CBPS)
Venue: White House, The Hotel Capitol, Raj bhavan Road, Bangalore
Topics:
- Health
- Education
- Drinking water
- Decentralisation
"Grassroots Comics: A Tool for Democracy" An exhibition of wall poster comics, World Comics India, 11th - 17th June, 2011, New Delhi
Posted on 10 Jun, 2011 03:02 PMContent courtesy: The Hindu
Organizer: World Comics India
Venue: Art Gallery (Annexe Building), India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Muller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi