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Balipara Tract & Frontier Foundation, in collaboration with The Climate Project-India (TCP-I), Indian Youth Climate Network (IYCN)/Delhi Greens, Kids for Tiger/Sanctuary Magazine and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) proudly invite you to a panel discussion with the eminent Lester R. Brown, President and Founder of the Earth Policy Institute, a Washington, D.C. based independent environmental research organization - on “PLAN B” AND YOUNG INDIA.

Event Details:
Veune: Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML), Teen Murti Bhawan
Date: 13th June, 2008
Time: 10.30 AM to 1.00 PM

The panel discussion will be a real opportunity to get insights from a man who has been at the forefront of environmental activism.

Accompanying Mr. Brown will be the much inspiring, Bittu Sahgal, Editor of Sanctuary Magazine.  The enthusiasm of Mr. Brown and Mr. Sahgal should make for an electric session. The event is particularly aimed at the youth of India who wish to take leadership on this critical issue.

In the words of Mr. Brown himself, “Plan B 3.0 is a comprehensive plan for reversing the trends that are fast undermining our future. Its four overriding goals are to stabilize climate, stabilize population, eradicate poverty, and restore the earth’s damaged ecosystems. Failure to reach any one of these goals will likely mean failure to reach the others as well.”

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Mr. Brown is one of the word’s most influential thinkers on environmental sustainability.  He has authored and/or coauthored 50 books. One of the world’s most widely published authors, his books have appeared in some 40 languages. Among his earlier books are Man, Land and Food, World Without Borders, and Building a Sustainable Society. His 1995 book Who Will Feed China? challenged the official view of China’s food prospect, spawning hundreds of conferences and seminars.

In May 2001, he founded the Earth Policy Institute to provide a vision and a road map for achieving an environmentally sustainable economy. In November 2001, he published Eco-Economy: Building an Economy for the Earth, which was hailed by E.O. Wilson as “an instant classic.” His most recent book is Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization.

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All are cordially invited for the event. Since the event is youth-oriented, please inform/motivate and get along as many youth-citizens that you can. Tea/Snacks will be served.

Find a browsable road-map to the venue here: http://wikimapia.org/#lat=28.6037391&lon=77.2044897&z=15&l=0&m=m&v=1

TAKE THE BUS to the venue. Find out which one, here: http://delhigovt.nic.in/dtcbusroute/dtc/Find_Route/getroute.asp

Vasundhara - An Artistic Approach towards Creating Awareness on Climate Change.

LEAD India invites all to a musical ballet performed by Sharmila Ganguly and Students of Mt. Sinai School (Ramnagar, Utarakhand) - in a first of its kind attempt to use artistic skills for creating awareness on the issue of Climate Change.

Date: Thursday, 12th June, 2008
Time: 6.30 pm
Venue: Stein Auditorium, Indian Habitat Center, Lodhi Road, New Delhi

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For more information, contact:

Tara Mann: tara@leadindia.org
Ekta Sharma: ekta@leadindia.org

Swechha and Nokia Siemens Networks together present the Yamunotsav 2008 which seeks to catalyze this very process through a confluence of Environment, Art and Innovation.

It is an occasion to bring together environment enthusiasts, artists, bureaucrats, media, corporate houses, civil society leaders, friends and patrons to acknowledge and celebrate the powerful combination of people’s enthusiasm and energy, mixed with the knowledge and potential of the civil society leaders, and wisdom on issues of environment.

The event would commence with a Debut performance by Phi(re), a young band from Vasant Valley School followed by the launch of Green the Gap – a one stop shop for environment friendly goods, services, and solutions.

Amidst re-creating an aura of music, trees and thoughts, Yamunotsav 2008 brings to you a Special address by Sunita Narain, Director, Centre for Science and Environment.

For the first time ever Raghu Dixit, Rahul Ram (Indian Ocean), Valentine Shipley and Surojit Dev (Them Clones) would jam together with Yamunotsav to celebrate the cause of Environment.

Event Details:

Venue: Amphitheatre, India Habitat Centre
Date: June 5, 2008
Time: 07:00 pm onwards

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For further Information, please contact:

Swechha – We for Change Foundation
New Delhi
Phone: 9811812788, 9871381306, 9818747042, 9958147041, 26671758

The Coalition for Environment and Development (CED) and South Asian Dialogues on Ecological Democracy (SADED) cordially invite you to a dialogue in the series on
Sustainable Cultures - Cultures of Sustainability: Dialogues on the Future of Low Ecological Footprint Communities.

Mr. Vijay Pratap will introduce the theme of the dialogue. Ms. Rajni Bakshi will initiate the discussion by presenting the main arguments of her book: ‘An Economics for Well Being’. Mr. Harsh Mandar will chair the session.

Event Background:

In May 2008 Coalition for Environment and Development, Finland launched a
nine-month project under the title

CULTURES OF SUSTAINABILITY - SUSTAINABILITY OF CULTURES:
Dialogues on the Future of Low Ecological Footprint Communities.

The aim of the project is to find ways of preserving the ways of sustainable societies and transforming unsustainable ones by engaging in dialogue with concerned people in Finland, India, Kenya, Nepal and Tanzania.

Event Details:

Date: Wednesday 4th June, 2008

• 9:30 am            Tea
• 10.00               Dialogue
• 12.30               Lunch

Venue: India International Centre, IIC, Conference Hall No. 2

For more information, please contact:

Vijay Pratap
Convenor - SADED
vijaypratap@vsnl.net, 9313344402

Marko Ulvila
Director - Sustainable Cultures - Culture of Sustainability
marko.ulvila@kaapeli.fi, phone 9717616307 until 5 June.

The draft Delhi Youth Charter on Climate is now available for comments. 

This Delhi Youth declaration was developed from the 28th to the 29th of May, 2008 at Teen Murti Bhawan during the Delhi Youth Summit on Climate (DYSoC).  The drafting process involved over 80 participants including youth & young professionals of ages 16-30 and observers above that age group.  Participants mostly hailed from Delhi and the NCR region, with quite a few representatives from across India who are also concerned about the climate issues of Delhi.

A copy of the draft Charter was presented to Mr. J.K. Dadoo, Secretary, Environment, Forest & Wildlife, Govt. of NCT of Delhi and Chairperson of Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) on the 29th of May, before the closing of the Summit.

The draft is now available to the public, for comments and suggestions and for an open discussion.

 Draft Delhi Youth Charter on Climate

The draft Delhi Youth Charter on Climate is now available for comments till 1400 Hours, June 11th, 2008. The edited charter will be presented to the highest authorities to ensure action is taken and the voice of the youth is heard. 

You can also send in your comments to dysoc@delhigreens.org

The Indian Youth Climate Network (IYCN) in collaboration with LEAD India, Fountain of Development Research & Action (FODRA), Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML), The Climate Project - India (TCP-I), South Asian Youth Environment Network(SAYEN)/United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), Center for Environment Education, Delhi Greens and in partnership with the YP Foundation invites all concerned citizens of Delhi to the Delhi Youth Summit on Climate (DYSoC) 2008.

Event Details:

Dates: May 28th and 29th, 2008
Time: 9.30 am onwards
Venue: Teen Murti Bhawan

The two-day summit aims to bring together the youth of Delhi (Class 12th - 30 Years) to discuss, debate, share concerns and find innovative, out-of-the-box solutions to the pressing problems being faced by Delhi, which will only worsen in the wake of climate change. Individuals falling outside this age bracket are most welcome to attend as observers. Participants are to pre-register for the event while observers can spot-register themselves. The idea is to draft out a Delhi Youth Charter on Climate - youth’s vision for the city they will soon inherit. The Charter will be presented to the key decision makers in the city.

The first day (May 28th) will see the inauguration of the Summit by Professor Mridula Mukherjee, Director, NMML, Mr. Bittu Sahgal, Editor, Sanctuary Magazine and Dr Leena Srivastava, Executive-Director, TERI - followed by splitting the day into four sessions, on

• Water,
• Waste,
• Urban Planning, and
• Energy & Transport

A play titled “Climate Change and Health by Jamghat (Sponsored by the World Health Organisation, WHO) will be played at 1400 hours.

The second day (May 29th) will be a capacity building session, the discussion on the draft charter and the submission of the Charter to Mr. J.K. Dadoo, Secretary, Environment, Forest & Wildlife, Govt. of NCT of Delhi and Chairperson, Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC).

All concerned citizens, activists, academicians, students, teachers and other professionals are requested to attend the Summit.

For more information, and to register: please click on http://iycn.in/dysoc

To find details about the event, write an info-request mail to contact@delhigreens.org

For further queries, please find detailed contact-information here: http://iycn.in/dysoc/contact.html

On January 12, 2008, Padmashree Dr. Anil Joshi along with eleven-member team that included members from 18 to 60 year olds, set on a bicycle Yatra from Kanyakumari to Dehradun to learn first hand about the problems of the farmers and to gather their views and opinion. The Yatra passed through the states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi before reaching Uttarakhand on March l6.

This Agri Yatra (on bicycle) covered around 3,800 Km across 65 districts and around 7,000 villages. The Yatra team comprised social activists, students and farmers in the age group of 18 to 60 years and met over one-lakh farmers during the journey. The Yatra team has extensively surveyed the regions visited and it has recorded the views of the farmers.

A photo exhibition on the above is being organized so that the experience of the Yatra could be shared with the society at large and the issues of farming and farmers get highlighted in the right manner.

Legal Initiative for Forest & Environment (LIFE) and PEACE Institute request you to mark your presence to support the issue of Agricultural Land and Farmers. 

Date: 24th, 25th May 2008
Venue: Indian Social Institution Auditorium, 10 Institutional Area, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110 003

• Download Invitation
• Kanyakumari to Dehradun:- Notes on Cycle-yatra

Fore more information, contact:

Rahul Choudhary
LEGAL INITIATIVE FOR FOREST AND ENVIRONMENT (LIFE)

Previously on Delhi Greens:

• Kanyakumari to Delhi: A Cycle Yatra for a Cause

- Come Create History -
- By Writing the Future -

Delhi Youth Summit on Climate
( DYSoC 2008 )

Climate change poses the single largest threat to the future of humanity. Scientific reports are now indicating that to slow down the effects of a run-away climate catastrophe, carbon emissions must not exceed 350 ppm. In the wake of this threat, nations around the world are grappling for solutions to establishing pathways to low carbon economies to avoid a wave of mass planetary extinction.

Though we may attempt to fix the problems technologically, it is widely acknowledged that real solutions will only come from changes in lifestyle.

Lifestyles are greatly impacted by none other than the planning of cities—the rise of which gave birth to “civilization.” The unsustainable use of local resources has also in the past lead to the collapse of entire city states. Thus to tackle climate change and the challenges it poses to already struggling developing economies, we must address development issues at the city level.

Many cities around the world are already planning vigorously to reduce emissions and adopt efficient use of energy and resources. In the United States alone, nearly 800 cities have pledged to sign the Kyoto Protocol and ensure that emissions from those cities meet the international targets.

Delhi, the seat of power of the world’s largest democracy makes little mention to climate change in its Master Plan 2021. With the capital very much under construction in its attempt to become a “world class city,” there is much to be done to incorporate mitigation and adaptation to the changing climate now, while there is still time. Young people must have their voices heard to ensure their policy perspectives are incorporated in the plans of the decision makers of the city.

The Delhi Youth Summit on Climate (DYSoC) aims to bring together the youth of Delhi, to begin the dialogue on Delhi’s fate in the wake of climate change. In addition, the summit will hammer out a Delhi Youth Charter on Climate: how Delhi can adapt to and mitigate in response to climate change.

Date: 28th and 29th of May, 2008
Time: 9.30 AM onwards
Venue: Nehru Memorial Museum & Library, Teen Murti Bhawan
Age Group: 18 to 30 years (Others are requested to come as observers)

We encourage you to join us and be part of the process!

For further information and participation (registration), click below:

http://iycn.in/dysoc

Pre-Registration is mandatory and shortlisting is being done on a first come first serve basis. 

Question: What do Amitabh Bachan, Aamir Khan and Jackie Shroff have in common?
Answer: Each has a Blog and now you can get talking to them!

The Indian Blog and New Media Society (IBNMS) and Delhi Blog and New Media Society (DBNMS) wants to share this wonderful world of blogging with you and get you started with it!

IBNMS in collaboration with DBNMS proudly present the first ever Blog Camp in Delhi! At BlogCamp Delhi we will get together and discuss/ rant/ brain-storm/ share opinions about blogging technologies & trends. We will cover micro blogging, photo-blogging, video blogging, social media - everything about the world of blogs & new media that interests us.

There will be opportunity to learn about the basics of blogging, attend hands on workshop on creating a new blog and meet like-minded people from the blogging world.   BlogCamps are different in that attendees are strongly encouraged to give a demo, a session, or help with one. If you are not being a speaker, you can help by taking notes of the event, blogging the event live, help to promote the event, or even helping with logistics.   If that got you excited, we will meet on 24th May 2008 (Saturday) at 9:30 AM. You will need to brave the Delhi traffic and reach the venue:   Microsoft Corp 5th Floor, Eros Towers Nehru Place, New Delhi  

Some of the sessions already volunteered for are:

• Beating the Spam on blogosphere- Looking beyond Akismet, anirudhsharma dot crypto at gmail dot com
• The 4Ps of Marketing Your Blog - How to generate traffic by Ajay Jain, ajay@ajayjain.com
• Open Access - What it is and why it is required for scholarly community? esukhdev at gmail dot com
• Corporate Blogging Strategy - Abhishek Kant
• Blog Branding - Turning Blog into Business - Prashant Sharma
• How to monetize a blog effectively? How to enhance earnings from a Blog? - By Mohit Maheshwari MD Tonic Tag
• Setting up a new blog - Amit Gupta

Register for the event by adding your name here: http://www.barcamp.org/BlogCampDelhi
(There is no registration fee for the event, you just need to add your name to the page) 

Please help us spread the word by forwarding this invite to your friends!
Join the IBNMS here & Delhi Bloggers Group here.

For more information, please contact:

Ashsih
+91 989 197 7333