Ecology and Environment

SVARAJ Newsletter October 2009 edition - SPLASH has the following contents:

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• Dying Tigers, hidden numbers
• Is Gen Next more environmentally conscious?
• New Media and Development - Can we stand up to the challenge?
• Tell us what you think - Youth in governance
• The critical link between climate change and food, water and livelihood security
• Water drops Global

The 2010 Echoing Green Fellowship is for those individuals which “the next big idea for social change, and also have what it takes to start your own groundbreaking organization.” Organizations both non-profit and for-profit from any part of the world can apply for the fellowship.

The Industrial Green Chemistry Workshop (IGCW-2009) is to be held in Mumbai from 4th to 6th December, 2009, its an initiative to address Industrial needs for creating a momentum in implementing Green Chemistry and Engineering Technologies at industrial scale and allow altering realities on the ground.

Vishwa 2009 is a international level Exhibition / Conference to support eco friendly business solutions. Promoted by the Institute for Studies in Vedic Sciences (ISVS), Vishwa 2009 is a unique and first ever endeavor taken by any association to acknowledge numerous efforts for a greener tomorrow, making them a reality of our world today.

Department of Agricultural and Food Engineering, IIT Kharagpur is organising an International Conference on Food Security and Environmental Sustainability.

13th Birding Fair at Jaipur's Man Sagar on 2 – 3 Feb 2010 to be devoted to 'Rivers’ Restoration'

“Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much.”

What kind of a walk must have Ralph Waldo Emerson had, to pen down these lines?

Public Hearing not Performed in Devsari HEP

{for pics see matujan.blogspot.com}
FIR filed against 11 people by name (Vimalbhai, Gabbarsingh etc.) under IPC. 148,332,427,436,504
Agitation is continue in Deval

On 13th October, 2009 the Environmental Public Hearing (PH) of the proposed Devsari HEP (252 MW) on river Pinder, one of the main tributary of Alaknanda River, District Chamoli, Uttarakhand was organised by Uttarakhand Pollution Control Board amidst growing opposition to the Project from the local vilagers. Satluj Jal Vidhut Co. Ltd., a joint venture of Central Govt. and Himachal State is the project proponent.

We are a registered NGO working towards environmental protection and conservation.

SEP (Society for Environment Protection) is organizing a National level exhibition and consultation on Eco-friendly Disaster Resilient Habitat during 18th to 20th December at Ahmedabad, Gujarat (India).