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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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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)
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)
Applications invited for ICIMOD Media Fellowship 2013 for journalists from Northeast India
Posted on 05 Aug, 2013 08:07 AMOffered by
The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
About the Fellowship
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Call for abstracts - International conference on Ecosystem Conservation, Climate Change and Sustainable Development (ECOCASD 2013), University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram , October 3-5, 2013
Posted on 04 Aug, 2013 05:16 PMOrganisers
Department of Aquatic Biology & Fisheries, University of Kerala
Theme of the conference
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IAS officer suspended for targeting illegal sand mining
Posted on 04 Aug, 2013 05:01 PMIAS officer in Uttar Pradesh suspended for action against sand mining
![Sand mining near the Yamuna river](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/mining.jpg?itok=alGOMcDa)
Touched by very little water
Posted on 01 Aug, 2013 11:54 AMAuthor and conservationist, Anupam Mishra has spent decades promoting water conservation and management. Through his travels across various states of India, he has been studying and teaching the time-tested techniques of rainwater harvesting.
![Kunds and tankas have been used to collect water](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/kunds.jpg?itok=7cWwToz3)
Help influence water and environmental policy for the Himalayan states: Sustainable Development Forum, Nagaland and India Water Portal invite contributions for the upcoming Mountain Summit at Kohima, Nagaland in September 2013
Posted on 29 Jul, 2013 06:15 AMThe catastrophe at Uttarakhand in June 2013, was a hot topic of discussion for many of us across the country, but only those who live in the Himalayan states understand the significance and impact it has on their lives. Poor policies and governance were the root cause; much more than heavy rains.
![3rd Sustainable Mountain Development Summit Kohima](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/smds3logo_0.png?itok=oM8lXdXU)
Forest panel rejects highly opposed dam projects in the Northeast
Posted on 28 Jul, 2013 04:22 PMForest Advisory Committee rejects the controversial Tipaimukh and Dibang hydro-electric projects
![The idyllic Barak river (source: Wikimedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/barak_river.jpg?itok=zBqdB-EJ)