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Sustainability
Call for Entries for the green film competition 'Films for Change', Television Trust for the Environment and Microsoft
Posted on 28 Nov, 2014 03:09 PMThe competition serves as a tool spread awareness on environmental issues on a large scale. By using film making, you are encouraged to highlight those issues that greatly affect the environment and climate change in your society. There are these three main themes around which you may make your films:
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Kerala's Ashtamudi lake certified by Marine Stewardship Council
Posted on 10 Nov, 2014 10:09 PMKerala's Ashtamudi lake recognised for sustainable clam fishing
![Mussel farm in Ashtamudi lake (Source: Fotokannan)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/mussel_farm_in_ashtamudi_lake.jpg?itok=liYdjINL)
Assam Government issued notice over dumping of waste in Deepor Beel
Posted on 28 Oct, 2014 03:09 PMNGT takes notice of waste dumping in Assam's Deepor Beel
![Dumping ground on the banks of Deepor Beel](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/13225001263_8fe96c17b7_z.jpg?itok=wGF87ze3)
The past is not a foreign country...we still do the same things for water here
Posted on 26 Oct, 2014 11:03 AMRaujibhai came to Dholavira with the excavation team of the Archeological Society of India when he was 19 years old.
![Ancient water structures at Dholavira](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/15412763840_06febcc7fa_z.jpg?itok=NMGl6dkR)
Scheme to develop 2,379 villages in the next 5 years launched
Posted on 14 Oct, 2014 11:47 AMCentre launches the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana
![A drought-free village in Maharashtra](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/11797948633_2f4f8368ea_b.jpg?itok=5JMtMbyW)
Black life: Impact of coal mining in Jharsuguda
Posted on 02 Oct, 2014 04:08 PM"The agricultural production in our region has deteriorated due to pollution. Haphazard mining has lead to serious drinking water problems in the area", says Indar Bilas Shah, a 56- year old resident of Obada village, Lakhanpur block in Jharsuguda, Odisha. He's not the only one. Thousands of villagers in Jharsuguda echo these sentiments.
Who's to blame?
![Work in progress in coal mines in Jharsuguda](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc_0066etp.jpg?itok=t8dBXRUd)
Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan is now Swachh Bharat Mission
Posted on 29 Sep, 2014 09:54 PMCentre approves reconstituting the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan into Swachh Bharat Mission
![A toilet constructed under Parishudh initiative](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/8456963363_626ed25d7c_k.jpg?itok=yPTs8DXO)
Supreme Court gets strict with illegal river sand miners
Posted on 15 Sep, 2014 09:25 PMSC gets strict with illegal river sand miners
![Sand mining in the Narmada valley](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9717150558_f144071956_b.jpg?itok=DgUyqeQ-)
Experiments with 'community wells'
Posted on 10 Sep, 2014 05:13 PMRapid increase in the use of groundwater and its declining availability has threatened the existence of this important resource. A community experiment by Desh Bandhu and Manju Gupta Foundation (DBMG), which involves implementing water resource development and mobilising farmers to use groundwater as a common resource through group wells, is showing good results.
![Community wells: A shared groundwater resource](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/well_maharashtra.png?itok=ZeberyK5)