Archive for July, 2009

Editor's Note: Sampa Kundu has been working in the development sector for the past few years and after having finished her M.Phil from the University of Calcutta, has just moved into Delhi and has already begun exploring the city. After the sunset, its time to ... Full story

A Moghiya Tribal outside his house on the outskirts of the Ranthambore National Park, one of the first "poacher" to be rehabilitated by Tiger Watch Continuing with the spirit of Save the Tiger campaign of Delhi Greens, I have an interesting story to share about the ... Full story

Education for Sustainability - in an Era of Climate Change The Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML), Teen Murti Bhavan in collaboration with a series of organisations invites everyone interested in green education, green jobs, and sustainable development to a talk by: Mr. Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Ministry of HRD, ... Full story

Even as there is no reliable estimate on the number of tigers that walk the jungles of India, and no agreement even on how to carry out the census - the tiger population in the country is on the expressway to extinction. Tigers and the large number of ecosystem services they provide are being lost at an unprecedented rate. This has put the future of ... Full story

Orissa‘s Niyamgiri mountains are going to be mined for bauxite and the Kondh tribal community who have been living in these forests for generations in a sustainable manner will be dislocated. A pristine forest will be bulldozed to ground and with it humanity will lose a mountain that is a treasure of biodiversity and ... Full story

1. Tiger Supports Livelihood Tourism is the world's biggest industry. On the ecotour front, the tiger is a star attraction for not just the Indian tourists but also for the people coming from other countries. There are foriegners who come to India only to have a glimpse of the tiger and then there are others who ... Full story

The recent total solar eclipse episode is a once in a life time opportunity for any living being on this Planet. The next one is 105 years into the future. The entire audio visual media attention was on it. Every channel covered it in two very distinct ways. Each channel had atleast one scientist covering it and giving comments on the eclipse, how ... Full story

The I AM NO LAB RAT campaign underway in Delhi--to create consumer awareness on the adverse effects of Genetically Modified (GM) Brinjals--organised a colourful and unique 'BRINJAL' FESTIVAL in Dilli Haat yesterday. The festival was aimed at catching the Delhiites attention on this humble vegetable’s diversity being jeopardised and its socio-cultural importance discounted in government policies.  The novel event had more than ... Full story

The Ladakh Ecological Development Group (LEDeG) in collaboration with Bremen Overseas Research & Development Association (BORDA), Germany has been promoting environmental friendly Decentralised Renewable Energy Systems (DERES) for the past 20 years in the Western Himalayas. So far 72 Community-based Micro Hydro Power Units (CMHPU) have been installed by LEDeG in extreme and isolated mountainous regions.   LEDeG with its ... Full story

The ‘Initiative for Transportation & Development Programmes’ is an NGO engaged in research and advocacy for traffic and transportation programmes/policies which are safe, environment-friendly, sustainable and equitable. Our present activities include promotion and capacity building for bicycle, non-motorised transportation, public transport, road safety and traffic demand management related issues. The ‘Initiative for Transportation & Development Programmes’ is urgently looking for ONE Full-time and ONE Part-time Programme ... Full story