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Ecology and Environment
Invite to a Public talk on 'Uttarakhand Disaster: Can the nation learn any lessons ?', by Himanshu Thakkar, Environment Support Group, Bangalore
Posted on 11 Aug, 2013 09:37 AMFor more information on the event please download the invitation for the talk from below.
![South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sandrp.png?itok=Yf45aVLP)
Open Confusion: Charba and Coca Cola
Posted on 10 Aug, 2013 08:36 PMCharba is a small village in Uttarakhand with a population of 10,000. It is located in the 'Vikas Nagar' area just beyond Dehradun - a section that the government has denoted an industrial area. This little village shot to fame when Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages (HCCB) decided to build a plant there.
![Radha Behen addresses the villagers](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/p1020261.jpg?itok=uLhpYWnG)
Invite for an International course on 'Farming, Natural home building and Self Sustainable Living', Krisit, Rajasthan, November 2013 - October 2014
Posted on 10 Aug, 2013 02:11 PMFor details on this very interesting course please click here
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Applications invited for ' Ecovillage Design Education Course', Organic Farming Association of India (OFAI), Koraput, Orissa, September10-October 8, 2013
Posted on 10 Aug, 2013 08:07 AMFor details on the sustainable training course please click here
You may also download the brochure for the course from below
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Turtle relocation program or turtle poaching plan?
Posted on 09 Aug, 2013 12:23 PMRajkumar needs no urging to talk about Sundari. She is evidently a favourite of his. When we met, he regaled me with stories of her beauty, her smartness and her incredibly sweet nature. When he finally brought her out to meet me, I failed to see any signs of a winning personality or of towering intelligence. "Well," I rebuked myself, "you've only met her for two minutes.
![Juvenile turtles at the Sarnath Sanctuary](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/p1010852.jpg?itok=7UxZxfNM)
Sowing the seeds of change
Posted on 07 Aug, 2013 07:53 PMTill a few decades ago, most people in India grew vegetables and fruits in their own gardens. Then something changed. We shifted from 'farming for food' to 'farming for money'. The start of the ‘green revolution’ meant that production increased but so did the farmer's dependency on chemicals, fertilizers and pesticides.
![Garden irrigated by a single pot of water](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sow_1.jpg?itok=Q0JMpFQD)
Seminar on 'Who is to blame for the Uttarakhand disaster', Uttarakhand Aapada Rahat Manch, New Delhi
Posted on 07 Aug, 2013 01:55 PMOrganiser details
Uttarakhan Aapada Rahat Manch
About the seminar
Discussion on the cause of the Uttarakhand disaster and how the rehabilitation process can be strenghthened
Panelists
![Uttarakhand devastated](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/uttaranchal.png?itok=g_NptkdN)
Waterless in Whitefield- Learn, discuss & find solutions to your water woes, Jagriti Theatre, Bangalore
Posted on 07 Aug, 2013 12:24 PMHosted by
About the event
Water is a rapidly diminishing resource, the basis of life.
Learn about Whitefield’s water usage and issues, discover solutions, and find out what you can do to help solve Whitefield’s water woes.
![Jagriti Theatre](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/jagriti.png?itok=NfF0Hx0A)
Invitation for Expression of interest (EOI) in Health Nutrition Water & Sanitation (HNWASH) & Open Defecation Free (ODF) assignments, Government of Odisha
Posted on 06 Aug, 2013 03:30 PMOffered by
Government of Odisha & United Kingdom's Department for International Development
Background information
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Invite to international conference on 'City of Kota - The Next Solar Destination', Cities Network Campaign, Kota, Rajasthan
Posted on 06 Aug, 2013 02:43 PMOrganisers
Cities Network Campaign & The Green Mantra
About the conference
![Cities Network Campaign](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/cnc.png?itok=KfJnWR4N)