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Water Management
Water for sale - to the highest bidder!
Posted on 25 Jul, 2013 01:02 PMDid you know that the planet would die in three days if it ran out of water? Water is a basic necessity and the United Nations recognized the right to it as a basic human right in 2010. Isn’t it ironic that we are still allowing a few utility companies privatise it, speculate over it and control it?
![Rising cost of water Source: K.N. Balraj](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/water_privatization_0.jpg?itok=vTT7TLyO)
Call for suggestions, solidarity & support for the Uttarakhand catastrophe, HIMCON & Himalaya Seva Sangh, New Delhi
Posted on 23 Jul, 2013 09:52 AMInvitation from
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The recent catastrophe due to massive flash floods and landslides in Uttarakhand Himalayas caused severe damage to land, life and livelihoods
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Rainwater harvesting saves college lakhs of rupees
Posted on 20 Jul, 2013 11:04 AMYenepoya Medical and Dental College, some 15 kilometres away from Mangalore city near Delarekatte, is located in a developing neighbourhood; three other medical colleges, many schools and the Mangalore University are all situated in the same area. A software park is also expected to come up shortly.
![Rainwater harvesting pond in Yenepoya College](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/img_0263.jpg?itok=7Fl3200V)
What's in your drinking water?
Posted on 19 Jul, 2013 03:11 PMBoth rural and urban India are faced with water problems. People do not have access to good quality, safe drinking water. The source for most drinking water is either rivers or underground aquifers (wells). Since water can dissolve just about anything that it comes into contact with long enough, often the groundwater we get isn’t pure.
![Water quality in India Source UNICEF Repository](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/lead_image.jpg?itok=r6vg_C0s)
Sacchidanand Bharti - in his own words
Posted on 15 Jul, 2013 07:12 PMReams have been written about Sacchidanand Bharti, of Ufrenkhal fame and his work on afforestation and water conservation. However, very rarely does he speak about his own efforts and experiences.
![Sacchidanand Bharti in the Ufrenkhal forest](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bhartiji_on_ufrenkhal_road.jpg?itok=Ciwj-d_P)
Applications invited for Research Fellowship Scheme, Sitaram Jindal Foundation
Posted on 15 Jul, 2013 06:03 PMOffered by
Sitaram Jindal Foundation (SJ Foundation)
About the scheme
The Fellowship is for supporting individual investigators in research and development leading to applications of innovations
Fields of research
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One year course in ' Science and Management for Sustainable Living', Bhoomi College, Bangalore
Posted on 15 Jul, 2013 02:44 PMAbout the organisers
Course period
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Invite to a book release 'Ecological and Environmental reporting in India- A handbook for media,NGOs and people', Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai
Posted on 15 Jul, 2013 01:14 PMOrganisers
Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS)
Venue
BNHS, Hornbill House,
Dr Salik Ali Chowk
Shahid Bhagt Singh Marg
Mumbai-1
About the book
![BNHS, India](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bnhs.png?itok=OHVmOA9h)
Extreme weather warning!
Posted on 11 Jul, 2013 04:04 PMWe sat in a plush climate-controlled room and deliberated climate change as the outside world collapsed around us..
![The flooded Bagmati river](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bagmati_flood.jpg?itok=a_nSwqcp)
Invite to the ‘India Water Forum (IWF 2013)', The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi
Posted on 08 Jul, 2013 05:09 PMOrganisers
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
About the conference
![TERI](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/teri.png?itok=e9mX0-KS)