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October 8, 2023

India's rivers: From conservation movements to legal personhood

While the current push for legal personhood for rivers is facing obstacles and is stalled, it holds potential as a viable long-term strategy for the preservation of India's rivers

River quality deteriorates as demand for hydropower to support economic growth continues to expand. (Image: Yogendra Singh Negi, Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED)

October 6, 2022

Visualizing the Vrishabhavathi river to keep it alive

In an effort to inform the general public, especially citizen activists, policymakers, researchers, and students, about the current status of the Vrishabhavathi river, Paani.Earth has created the necessary maps, data, analysis, and information to drive conservation awareness and action around the river.

Vrishabhavathi river (Image Source: Paani.Earth)

October 1, 2021

Community videos: By the community, for the community

Community videos as a tool to influence behaviour change and adoption in rural communities

Community videos are produced by farmers themselves and feature local participants and agents from the rural communities themselves (Image: Digital Green)

September 17, 2021

Villagers’ shramdaan revives canal, enhances area under cultivation

Benefits of well-managed commons on livelihoods

Collective efforts revived the canal structure of Bichhiya dam bringing water to the village (Image: Foundation for Ecological Security)

September 4, 2021

How Paani Foundation harnesses the power of communication for social transformation

Committed to use the power of all forms of communication to bring about behavioral change and transformation at scale

Villagers participating in shramdaan for making watershed structures (Image: Paani Foundation)

September 3, 2021

Learning about safe water practices and solutions

Safe water learning cards being used to train a wide spectrum of stakeholders

Different combinations of safe water learning cards can be customised for a session based on the target audience (Image: INREM)

Invite for an International course on 'Farming, Natural home building and Self Sustainable Living', Krisit, Rajasthan, November 2013 - October 2014

A 12 month programme that will teach you to create and manage a 100%self-sustainable -profitable farm with a Vedic Vastu house

Posted on 10 Aug, 2013 02:11 PM

For details on this very interesting course please click here

Applications invited for ' Ecovillage Design Education Course', Organic Farming Association of India (OFAI), Koraput, Orissa, September10-October 8, 2013

A holistic approach to education for sustainable development by developing curricula for sustainable community design

Posted on 10 Aug, 2013 08:07 AM

For details on the sustainable training course please click here

You may also download the brochure for the course from below

Seminar on 'Who is to blame for the Uttarakhand disaster', Uttarakhand Aapada Rahat Manch, New Delhi

A discussion by prominent speakers on the deluge and destruction that gripped Uttarakhand

Posted on 07 Aug, 2013 01:55 PM

Organiser 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

Waterless in Whitefield- Learn, discuss & find solutions to your water woes, Jagriti Theatre, Bangalore

How much water do you use? What can you do? Be empowered to take action- learn what we can do together to solve this crisis?

Posted on 07 Aug, 2013 12:24 PM

Hosted by

Jagriti Theatre

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.

Invitation for Expression of interest (EOI) in Health Nutrition Water & Sanitation (HNWASH) & Open Defecation Free (ODF) assignments, Government of Odisha

An invitation to agencies having interest for CLTS approach to help in preparing for larger community participation in the total sanitation of Odisha state

Posted on 06 Aug, 2013 03:30 PM

Offered by

Government of Odisha & United Kingdom's Department for International Development

Background information

Invite to international conference on 'City of Kota - The Next Solar Destination', Cities Network Campaign, Kota, Rajasthan

The city of Kota, in its efforts to move towards using green technologies to nurture a sustainable planet, is unleashing the Solar Energy potential in eastern Rajasthan

Posted on 06 Aug, 2013 02:43 PM

Organisers

Cities Network Campaign & The Green Mantra

About the conference

Applications invited for ICIMOD Media Fellowship 2013 for journalists from Northeast India

The primary goal is to help strengthen capacity of environmental journalists and facilitate a deeper understanding of issues related to climate change and sustainable mountain development.

Posted on 05 Aug, 2013 08:07 AM

Offered by

The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)

About the Fellowship

Yamuna’s Delhi

Delhi was once well-planned along the course of the river Yamuna but it isn't so any more. It can reach a similar state with thoughtful and better urban planning, says Anupam Mishra.

Anupam Mishra

Posted on 04 Aug, 2013 07:55 PM

History tells us cities were settled and abandoned several times in Delhi. But I have not come across an explanation for why the city was repeatedly established at the same site. Surely, the presence of the river Yamuna to the east of Delhi would have been a reason. The Yamuna, though is not a small river; it flows for 1,300 km.

National Conference on 'Water Management In India – 2013', IBK Media, Ahmedabad

A conference to understand new policies and updates on National Water Policy

Posted on 02 Aug, 2013 11:58 AM

Organisers

Indian Business Media Knowledge (IBK Media)

About the conference

Touched by very little water

Anupam Mishra talks about how the desert societies of Rajasthan have managed their scarce water resources for over 1000 years.

Amita Bhaduri

Posted on 01 Aug, 2013 11:54 AM

Author 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

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