Call for articles from UNESCO

Forwarded to the Portal by: B. R. Neupane, UNESCO The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) invites you to send in articles of up to three pages (about 1200 words) on traditional water harvesting structures, that link water resources management with local culture. It will select a maximum of 6 of these articles for publication in the magazine Power of Creativity, a high-quality photo-based magazine. The magazine was launched in November 2007 to promote Indian culture, creativity, and innovation in the context of sustainable development. It is a joint publication of UNESCO and the Archeological Society of India. The target audience is urban middle class Indians and the objective to make them aware of the fact that their traditions are compatible with modern, style conscious lifestyles. Power of Creativity has a print run of 5,000 copies that are circulated to the government, embassies, consulates, the tourism sector, and the corporate sector. UNESCO will acknowledge and credit the author(s). Each article must be accompanied by photographs, preferably digital, high-resolution photos and can be sent by email to b.neupane@unesco.org or nitya.jacob@un.org.in by 31 May 2009. An earlier edition of Power of Creativity can be accessed here: http://portal.unesco.org/geography/en/ev.php-URL_ID=10074&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html