Archive for January, 2010

The feedbacks you post are out of your willingness to ‘because in the matter’ of creating a better world through environmental actions. Thank you for taking time out to respond to the blog and sharing your lives with me. It is these little acts of patchwork that brings us together. Patchwork is a creative way of bringing different pieces of cloth to create a new ... Full story

Human Rights Law Network (HRLN) requests the presence of all concerned to the Indian People's Tribunal (IPT) on the issue of Genetically Modified (GM) seeds/foods and Bt Brinjal in particular. HRLN is bringing eminent speakers and researchers from across the country to share a common platform and vocalise their experience and opinion on January 28th and ... Full story

Save Loktak Lake campaigners at India Gate in New Delhi Delhi Greens is proud to partner with the North East Center for Environmental Education & Research (NECEER), Imphal in calling for March 7th, 2010 as a Worldwide Loktak Campaign Day! Being coordinated by ... Full story

Environmental Equity and Justice Partnership (EEJP) is an independent grant-making program of the Just Environment Charitable Trust and supported by the Ford Foundation. The initiative is dedicated to helping groups and individuals foster lasting improvement in the area of environmental justice by catalysing grassroots initiatives; triggering new imagination; bringing in new perspectives; encouraging crossover ... Full story

Maitri Sthal at BumLa, the highest pass to Tibet in Tawang Delhi Greens wishes its readers a very Happy Republic Day! We dedicate this day to all the soldiers who brave extreme ... Full story

Toxics Link’s Environment & Health Public Lecture Series How the Australian Rainforests were saved - the influence of Gandhi Australia-India Council, Kalpvriksh and Toxics Link cordially invite you to an evening imbued in film, music and ecology by renowned conservationists Speaker: John Seed Very few of us are aware that the world's first direct action in ... Full story

One of the news report in the newspapers today read ‘IPCC retracts 2035 alarm on glacier melt.’ The Chairperson of the coveted body, on behalf of 2500 best scientists from across the world, accepted on Wednesday 20th January 2010 that it made a huge goof up in its fourth assessment report on climate ... Full story

The Climate Project - India is excited to invite you to come and participate in the Environment Sustainability Leadership Program (ESLP) ‐ a climate change training program for the civil society. The objective of this program is to equip ... Full story

The Indian Government is considering approving genetic modification of our fruits and vegetables starting with Brinjal. While a rigged up "Expert" Committee has recommended clearance to genetically modified Bt Brinjal, due to concerns raised by independent scientists and farmer groups, Minister Jairam Ramesh has requested public feedback before making a ... Full story

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” I begin with this quotation as I firmly believe that we can achieve sustainable development through simple steps taken at the local and individual level. Many people overemphasize the importance of global community effort and measures at the macro ... Full story