Archive for January, 2009

WANTED: The Next Generation of ‘Green’ Entrepreneurs The World Bank and its partners invite youth between the age of 18 and 25 years of age, to share their ideas on: How does climate change affect you? How does climate change affect you, your country, town or local community? How do you ... Full story

Lovely, clear, warm, winter morning, temperatures in the tweens, a public holiday…. What does an average teenager from a local Basti do, on a day like this in Delhi? To my surprise I found out that he heads out to the local pond or lake. With a loaf of (local bread) Pav, a nylon twine, a ... Full story

"We must look at better management of our forests, which have a wide diversity of flora and fauna including medicinal plants. They can be important in generating social, economic and environmental benefits for the country....... ......India has been impacted by the global environment. However, our economy has the fundamental strength and resilience to remain on course for economic growth.....We are seeking to address inequities in the ... Full story

The 80’s was the decade of the ‘Bits and Bytes’ and 90’s was the decade of ‘Bugs and Plants’. 2000 can be seen as the decade of ‘Climate Change.’ While Climate Change is ‘authentic’ but the fear of climate change is ‘in-authentic’-which is stopping us from taking action. We do have ... Full story

The India Climate Solutions Road Tour has been on the drive. Starting from the southern IT city of Chennai, the tour has now already crossed Banagalore and Hyderabad while also visiting several smaller towns and villages - and is now on its way to the beautiful city of Pune in Central ... Full story

Climate change is ‘authentic’ but the fear of climate change is ‘in-authentic’ and we seem to be stuck in this ‘fear’. Climate change is happening and it will have impacts. The fear and uncertainty about the impacts of climate change is causing resistance to actions on ground, to translate this reality, into doing something about it. Climate change is not a problem, ... Full story

Green Gadgets and Core77 invites all to generate outstanding design innovations for greener electronics. Designers are invited to explore the concept of "Greener Gadgets" to create the greenest blueprint solving issues behind energy, carbon footprint, health and toxicity, product lifestyle or social development. Challenge: All you need to ... Full story

Invitation to Report Launch   Shripad Dharmadhikary of Manthan Adhyayan Kendra will present his study on dam building in the Himalayas: "Mountains of Concrete: Dam Building in the Himalayas". It discusses the linkages between climate change and dam-building in the Himalayas, and comprehensively analyses the impacts of the dam building spree on the region's people, ecosystems, and economy.   A Nyishi tribalfolk house in Arunachal Pradesh -  a state who's hydroelectric potential is being 'exploited' in the name of development.   The meeting will be chaired by Shri Ramaswamy Iyer, former Secretary, Union Ministry of Water Resources, Govt of India. Ratan Bhandari from Water & Energy Users' Federation Nepal will present the impacts of the India-driven hydropower program in Nepal.   Key Speakers: Shri Surya P Sethi (Principal Advisor (Energy), Planning Commission) and Shri Mahesh Rangrajan (University of Delhi).   Date: 12th January 2009 Time:  2.30 pm to 5 pm Venue: India International Centre (Annex), Conference Hall-3 40 Max Mueller Marg, New Delhi 110003, India   "Mountains of Concrete" is published by International Rivers and can be downloaded here. Hard copies will be available at the launch.   After the launch meeting and tea break, please do stay back for the first ever screening of a 33 minute documentary film "Rhymes and Reasons of Confrontation" on the people affected by the proposed 3000 MW Dibang Hydropower project in Arunachal Pradesh.   For more information and to confirm your participation, please contact: Swarup Bhattacharyya swarup.bhattacharyya@gmail.com.   Selected key findings and questions from the report: Full story

I talked about IPCC's contribution in converting the fear of failure of cities as a ‘some day not now’ phenomenon into a right here right now reality. What does this reality look like for our city of Delhi, no doubt a mega city. Delhi NCR region generates solid waste to the tune of 45,393 tonnes per year. Air pollution levels while are within limits now, are ... Full story

If you thought the Commonwealth Games was constructing only on the floodplains of river Yamuna, here's a piece of news for you. Parts of the University of Delhi have now become inaccessible to the students of the university. Spaces that saw annual hosting of events, meets and get togethers are now busy being constructed upon and lost forever, for the Commonwealth Games 2010. DUSU office ... Full story