Following is an interesting image taken by Mr. Rajesh Lalwani of BlogWorks, en route to Gurgaon. According to Mr. Lalwani, Given the driving etiquette in our very cultured metros, the day is not far when this would be a real warning, I think . At the same time, given the LARGE number of vehicles (including the newer, [...]
The Oceanic Group (TOG), a non-profit society dedicated towards awareness building on Environment & Health issues had launched a Bimonthly Interactive Seminar Series on Climate Change (CC) on 4th June, 2007, in collaboration with the India Habitat Centre (IHC). The presentations at the seminars are to be edited and compiled in the form of a book to [...]
Parivartan – a not-for-profit society working towards development of individual and institutional capacities in various thematic areas for development project management is launching new a training programme titled, ‘Institution Development for Enterprise Promotion’ . This programme is designed for personnel in development agencies and projects; and development professionals involved in market related livelihood interventions. Parivartan’s initiatives [...]
Kartikeya Singh kartikeya@delhigreens.org “I really like Tagore’s poem about the sun,” said Liang Xu, an independent investment consultant and my new found Chinese friend. “Let my love, like sunlight, surround you and yet give you illumined freedom.” He put such emotion into the recitation of this verse that I sat speechless in the back of [...]
DelhiBird, in collaboration with the Department of Environment, Government of NCT of Delhi, WWF-India, the School of Environmental Studies, University of Delhi and several other environment related institutions and organisations, is celebrating 24th February, 2008 as the BIG BIRD DAY! The plan is to have a few teams start at different places in and around Delhi [...]
Legend has it, that if a person spots a Nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus) in JNU, he either stays there for long or keeps returning!
Sambodhi – an initiative catering to research and allied service needs of the social sector for design and development of state-of-art knowledge ware products and provision of knowledge-based services is organising a training programme for trainers! Programme title: ‘Qualitative Analytics for Participatory Monitoring & Evaluation’ Duration: 3 days, From 5th to 7th March 2008 Venue: New [...]
Greenpeace’s Ban the Bulb campaign has been around for sometime now. The demand for a complete ban on incandecent light bulbs and a switchover to Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) has had mixed reactions so far. Though, there is no denying that since 95% of the energy used by an incandescent bulb is wasted as heat making it [...]
The Control Arms Foundation of India (CAFI), New Delhi has announced a country wide Essay and Painting Contest inviting entries from school, college and university students. Topic: What Armed Gun Violence Has Done To My Country? Minimum word limit: For school students: 800 to 1000 words. For university and college students: 2000 to 2500 words. Painting [...]
Chat on 18th February 2008 Log in to IndianWildlifeclub.com for an online chat on “Taking Responsibility for One’s Carbon Emissions” between 7.30 PM (IST) and 8.30 PM (IST) on 18th January 2008. The chat will be moderated by Dr. Emmanuel D’Silva, who has has been working among indigenous people in Adilabad District, Andhra Pradesh for over [...]
