Archive for June, 2007

The following is an invitiation from Moulika Arabhi (Program Coordinator - Centre for Environmental Law, WWF India). Dear Friends of WWF-India, We take the pleasure of inviting you and your team for the Convocation and the Green Law Lecture to be held on 5 July, 2007. This year the lecture would be delivered by ... Full story

According to the Tribune News Service, the NGO Initiative for Transportation and Development Programmes (ITDP), working on improving air quality through promotion of sustainable public transportation is organising a bicycle awareness rally on June 24th, 2007. The objective of the rally is to create awareness on the importance of cycling on health as well as on the environment. The rally is to start at 7 AM from India ... Full story

Chat on 18th June 2007 Log in to IndianWildlifeclub.com for an online chat on "Bear Conservation and Protection" between 7.30 PM (IST) and 8.30 PM (IST)* on 18th June 2007. The chat will be moderated by Karthick Satyanarayan, who is a Bear Conservation Specialist at Wildlife SOS, New Delhi.   Click Here to reach the chat ... Full story

Invitations to join us …vrinksham sharanam gachchami ... celebrating colours, flavours , of trees connect to earth and join hands creatively to work for a greener city for... Full story

For those of us who thought the Planet and its Atmosphere is one big sink, where we can dump all our waste and forget about it, its time we do some re-thinking! For the Planet is now giving it back....and the Atmosphere has taken the lead. Following is a report on "Yellow Rain" events (not event) that happened in Maqdumpur Qazi village in Uttar Pradesh's Kaushambi District for ... Full story

TreesForDelhi Protest A lot of students, organisations, and local residents turned up for the 'Trees For Delhi' Protest against the felling of as many as 500 Trees, to make way for a squash court at Siri Fort for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Just one of the banners put up at the Siri Fort Crossing... Full story

  From the pages of Metro Now on World Environment Day, 2007. Update: University Environment Study Project We have collected considerable data on the ambient Environment of Delhi University's Science Faculty (till the Ring Road ~ Project Area). The data is now being analyzed and compiled to be released in the form of a report shortly.... Full story

Here are some news stories on some more action/events that took place on the World Environment Day, 2007. Delhi govt to plant 19 lakh trees this year: Sheila Delhi Metro helps city save Rs 1167 crores: CRRI study Seminar on environment held in Capital Radio City goes green on World Environment Day PM ... Full story

The following is a news story from the Delhi Newsline by Neha Sinha Expanding Delhi, Mughals gave city its first shave New Delhi, June 5: THE next time you blame the authorities for the rise in toxic share in the air, remember this: Delhi first expanded by eating into the green belt back in ... Full story

As mentioned previously, The Oceanic Group had organised an Interactive Seminar Series (slated to be bimonthly) on Climate Change on the eve of the World Environment Day. Following are the proceedings of the seminar. The Oceanic Group & Habitat Center Lecture Programme With a Delhi bandh being called by a certain community, the attendance was relatively less in the beginning and the seminar itself started about ... Full story