/topics/ecology-and-environment
Ecology and Environment
Training Programme on Citywide Sanitation Planning (CSP), Consortium for DEWATS Dissemination Society, Bangalore
Posted on 17 Jun, 2013 04:58 PMOffered by
Consortium for DEWATS Dissemination Society
Venue
Centre for Advanced Sanitation Solutions,
Survey # 205, Kommaghata Road, Bandmath, Bangalore
About the programme
How to make your home self sufficient- An open house workshop, The Alternative, Bangalore
Posted on 13 Jun, 2013 03:33 PMOrganisers
The Alternative in collaboration with Apartment ADDA
Venue
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Domlur II Stage, Bangalore
About the workshop
![Sustainable initiatives in an apartment/ community](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/green_storey_house.png?itok=_mof2TG_)
Call for the positions of Fellow and Research Associate, Society for Promoting Participative Ecosystem Management (SOPPECOM), Pune
Posted on 13 Jun, 2013 02:38 PMOffered by
Society for Promoting Participative Ecosystem Management (SOPPECOM), Pune, on behalf of Forum for Policy Dialogue on Water Conflicts, India
About the opening
![](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/soppecom.png?itok=gcsQxeWd)
Online course on 'Sustainability of Food Systems: A Global Life Cycle Perspective', University of Minnesota
Posted on 13 Jun, 2013 01:24 PMOrganisers
![The food that we eat and its impact](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/food_course_0.png?itok=g-2KOdjE)
Invite for an anti coke protest & yatra, Uttarakhand Nadi Bachao Andolan, Charba, Uttarakhand
Posted on 12 Jun, 2013 06:57 PMOrganisers
Uttarakhand Nadi Bachao Andolan
Venue
Charba village, Dehradun, Uttarakhand
Background
An anti coke protest and a week long yatra is being organised by the concerned citizens and social activists, against the proposed take over of their land, forest and groundwater by the Coca Cola company.
![Anti coke protest in Uttarakhand](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/coca_cola.png?itok=S_eQ3F-t)
Krishna river saves Chennai
Posted on 10 Jun, 2013 02:30 PMKerala welcomes the monsoons!
The monsoons finally hit Kerala on June 1, bringing respite for the drought-ridden southern state. Things are looking up this year with an expected 98% of rainfall in the state.
![Monsoon hits Kerala](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/monsoons.png?itok=_fyo162T)
Drought-free in Maharashtra – six small villages, one big lesson
Posted on 10 Jun, 2013 02:09 PMMaharashtra is reeling under a drought – one of the worst in the last 40 years. The state declared drought in 125 out of 358 talukas during kharif 2012-13, and then declared water scarcity in 3,905 villages in rabi 2012-13.
![Satchiwadi village used less groundwater this year](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/thumbnail_img_0289.jpg?itok=dQHkX7MV)
From green to bare in New Delhi
Posted on 09 Jun, 2013 01:00 PMThe pavement burns the skin of my soles through my thick shoes, and the merciless sun blazes through my sunglasses making me squint in the blinding light. I look around for some shade but the tiny umbrella in my bag, my only saviour, proves useless. Delhi’s tree-lined streets are barren, the beautiful green shady canopies scarce .
![Beautiful green canopies to brown, barren stumps](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bare_delhi.png?itok=bOvKAApd)
Book review - ‘Conserving resources in the Himalayas’
Posted on 09 Jun, 2013 07:29 AMUttarakhand is blessed with an immense amount of natural resources such as forests, wildlife and water, but if you are looking for some research-based information that quantifies, classifies and organizes this information, there isn’t much out there.
![A man tries to beat out a wildfire in pine forest](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/forest_fire.jpg?itok=1Ncq8-1f)