Aarti Kelkar Khambete

Drinking water quality course by Sehgal Foundation

Drinking water quality testing course organised by Sehgal Foundation Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 3 years 1 month ago

Safe drinking water, for health (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)

Water for all, still a dream?

Lack of governance and six toothless irrigation acts have done very little to change the water situation on the ground in Maharashtra, argues water expert Pradeep Purandare. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 3 years 1 month ago

Peanut irrigation in India (Image Source: Seratobikiba via Wikimedia Commons)

MatiKalp: A low-cost solution for safe drinking water

Low cost water filter, to improve access to safe drinking water can greatly help in improving health among vulnerable populations. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 3 years 1 month ago

Meenadevi driking water from the low cost filter (Image Source: Sehgal Foundation)

Sensitisation and awareness - for WASH behavior change

Simple, low cost and locally made systems for washing hands can go a long way in motivating people to adopt regular WASH practices. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 3 years 1 month ago

Communicating, for WASH behaviour change (Image Source: Biswarup Ganguly via Wikimedia Commons)

India, in the hot seat!

The intensity and duration of heat waves is predicted to increase in India and human induced anthropogenic changes are to blame. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 3 years 2 months ago

A man sits under the scorching heat of the sun in front of Amer fort in Jaipur (Picture courtesy: Prabhu B Doss, Flickr Commons: CC-By-NC-ND-2.0)

The Teesta, in distress!

Dammed and bound, will the beautiful river Teesta survive India's insatiable demand for electricity? Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 3 years 2 months ago

Heaven on earth: A view of the Teesta from the coronation bridge (Image Source: Paramanu Sarkar via Wikimedia Commons)

Delhi, sinking?

Rampant groundwater extraction in some areas of Delhi is leading to a dangerous fall in groundwater levels and increasing the risk of land subsidence, making the city prone to floods and water logging. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 3 years 2 months ago

The rapidly urbanisisng Delhi (Image Source: Lokantha at English Wikipedia via Wikimedia Commons)

Agents of change: Women in solar irrigation

Designing policies that take into consideration the economic, social and institutional barriers that women face can greatly help in enhancing women' involvement in solar irrigation. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 3 years 2 months ago

A woman cleaning a solar panel (Image Source: IWMI)

Ceramic pot filter - to make drinking water safe

The ceramic pot is a very effective and low cost water treatment technology to obtain safe and pathogen free water. Know more about how it can be used at the household level. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 3 years 2 months ago

Making drinking water safe (Image: PxHere)

Drugged and poisoned, how do rivers in India fare?

Contamination of Indian rivers with pharmaceutical residues is not only posing a grave threat to human health, but also to river ecosystems and the survival of aquatic organisms that reside in the waters.
Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 3 years 3 months ago

The serene and drugged river Ganga (Image Source: IWP Flickr album)

Indigenous food systems - in peril!

The indigenous food systems of the Munda tribes of Jharkhand display great dietary diversity and can help enhance nutritional outcomes. Will they survive the impacts of urbanisation and climate change?
Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 3 years 3 months ago

Indigenous food systems - to cope with malnutrition

Traditional practices such as the jhum cultivation in North East India can help ensure dietary diversity and better nutritional outcomes among populations and need to be preserved. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 3 years 3 months ago

Land cleared for Jhum cultivation (Image Source: Prashanthns via Wikimedia Commons)

Collaboration and collective impact - for just and sustainable climate action

Collaboration for systems change can greatly help to align diverse stakeholders to achieve a collective impact and share outcomes while dealing with climate change. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 3 years 3 months ago

Collective action to tackle climate change (Image Source: Usha Dewani)

Poisonous encounters, fatal outcomes!

A study provides new evidence that drinking water contaminated with arsenic can lead to still births, recurrent pregnancy loss and infertility among women. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 3 years 3 months ago

A well in Rajasthan (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)

A water warrior’s fight springs hope for springs!

Shailendra Patel, a passionate water warrior from Pune, is on a mission to save a live spring in the city. It is important that he is heard and action taken!
Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 3 years 4 months ago

Shailendra Patel, near the Bavdhan spring, Pune (Image Source: Tushar Sarode)

Combining nature, wisdom and science - to tackle climate change

Preserving diversity in nature by combining traditional wisdom with science can greatly help in developing healthy ecosystems to tackle climate change. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 3 years 4 months ago

Combining nature, wisdom and science to cope with climate change (Image Source: Pankaj Oudhia via Wikimedia Commons)

Kaabar Tal gasps for breath

Bihar’s first designated Ramsar site, the Kaabar Tal is dying. Urgent efforts to restore the Tal are needed! Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 3 years 4 months ago

Kaabar Tal cries for help! (Image Source: Mausam Nandan via Wikimedia Commons)

‘Fleas’ flee the Pashan lake in Pune!

Restoration efforts focusing on desilting and re-contouring of Pashan lake have added to the deterioration of the lake habitat, threatening survival of organisms such as water fleas, warn freshwater biologists Mihir Kulkarni and Sameer Padhye.
Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 3 years 4 months ago

Pashan lake, threatened by urbanisation, doomed by restoration (Image Source: India Water Portal)

Tools and opportunities for climate action

While the shift to a low carbon world is essential, it is crucial that it is just and equitable and that it presents everyone with equal access to tools and opportunities to make a difference. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 3 years 4 months ago

Solve Ninjas at work (Image Source: Reap Benefit)

Dietary diversity – key to tackle malnutrition among children

The recent NFHS-5 data finds that stunting and wasting among under five children in the country is on the rise. Why is this so? What could be the way out? Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 3 years 4 months ago

Millets for dietary diversity (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)