Archive for the ‘Green News’ Category

World Environment Day, commemorated each year on 5 June, is one of the principal vehicles through which the United Nations stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and action. The World Environment Day slogan selected for 2007 is Melting Ice – a Hot Topic? In support of International Polar Year, the WED theme selected for 2007 ... Full story

The following is an open invitation from Mr. Ajit Kumar  INVITATION FOR SEMINAR ON CLIMATE CHANGE AT GULMOHAR HALL, INDIA HABITAT CENTRE AT 6:30 PM ON 4th of JUNE 2007. Dear Friends, It is our honour to invite you for launch of an Interactive Seminar Series (Bimonthly) on Climate Change on Monday, 4 June 2007 at 6:30 pm at the Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. The Oceanic Group ... Full story

Cleaner Yamuna: Greener Delhi  The Yamuna in Delhi has been in a bad shape for quite some time now. The Commonwealth Games' construction on its floodplains has only aggravated this to such as extent that concerned citizens and action groups are losing patience by the hour. There is a visible difference between the water quality at Palla (where the Yamuna enters ... Full story

The following is a guest article. The writer, Francis Njuguna is a resident of Kenya. At present, he is a final semester student of M.A. Environmental Studies at the School of Environmental Studies, University of Delhi. He will be leaving for his home country soon and wishes to return to Delhi, this time to impart (environmental) education to school children.... Full story

Following is a Gap Analysis of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Report of the Central Secretariat to Badarpur Corridor available on the Delhi Metro's Website (here) at this link. ... Full story

Finally, the Prime Minister of India - Dr. Manmohan Singh has realized that Economic Growth - in the absence of the concept of sustainable development may do wonders for India but it cannot and will not work for Bharat. His speech to the Captains of Industry at the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) last week talked of a ten-fold path for corporate India which included offering jobs to the less ... Full story

Summers in Delhi have been unusual this year. While some claim it may be the signs of a larger climate change that will follow, others are just considering it 'normal' weather fluctuations. Things are however, far from normal. Two-three days of continuous heat wave is abruptly changed to heavy downpour the very next day. Even before we can wipe the sweat off ... Full story

This has been around for some time now. An ePaper is the digital version of your daily newspaper such that you can view it over the internet exactly as it is published. A simple one time registration lets you read each and every article, advertisement, etc. on the paper in real time. Here is a list of some of the Indian newspapers that are available as ePapers:   ... Full story

As already mentioned, Mr. Yashpal Singh Negi of Kakdagad (District Rudraprayag) has been running the Mandakini Magpie Bird Watchers Camp for quite some time now. His efforts towards 'ecotourism' were appreciated by many through this Blog. Another visit was made to his camp to inform him about this and also present him with a printed copy of the DelhiGreens Blog page in which ... Full story

Shivani Kapoor shivani@delhigreens.org  The Government is coming up with plans to increase the use of cycles in the city to tackle the overcrowding of roads and its consequent manifestations. Well intentioned. But where will those cycles run? Can the cycle survive between the private bus, which, is perpetually in a hurry, and the luxury cars which ply on the roads of Delhi? Well, ... Full story