India

Ion Exchange Services announces focused water treatment services for multi-location customers
Ion Exchange Services Ltd (IESL) is a leader in providing services for any make and type of water and waste water treatment plants Posted on 28 Oct, 2012 05:58 PM

Ion Exchange Services Ltd (IESL) announced that it would offer focused services for Multi Location customers by providing uniform service delivery norms for their water/waste water treatment plants, across all their units. The customer will have a dedicated key account holder at IESL, serving as a single point contact for any information/support required.

The Nirmal Bharat Yatra - Away from home - Bonding over food
Fun cooking with friends at the Nirmal Bharat Yatra Posted on 26 Oct, 2012 06:37 PM

If food was a religion, I'd happily be a border-line theist. Waking up past 9, I was certain, I had missed the breakfast. But, it wasn’t so much a concern as I looked at my backpack and smiled, inside there was a newly acquired box containing honey-coated cornflakes.

There is no topsoil anymore'- Prof. Bhavani Bijalani speaks about the Amala Bharat Campaign at TEDxAmrita University
This talk describes the Amala Bharat Campaign or the Clean India Campaign started by Amrita University Posted on 25 Oct, 2012 04:47 PM

This talk by Prof. Bhavani Bijalani introduces one of the activities introduced by the Amrita University- The Amala Bharat Campaign.

Hopeful after 28 years- Veer Bhadra Mishra gives a TEDx talk about the Swatcha Ganga campaign
In this talk, Dr Veer Bhadra Mishra talks of the high levels of pollution of the river Ganga and the need to find a solution through a mix of science and tradition Posted on 24 Oct, 2012 12:44 PM

Veer Bhadra Mishra has been working on the Swacha Ganga Campaign for the last 25 years.

The Nirmal Bharat Yatra at Rajasthan - A visit to a WASH school
This article describes the author's experience of visiting a school in a rural area in India Posted on 22 Oct, 2012 07:14 PM

As usual we were divided into various groups and sent to schools to educate the students about sanitation and hygiene,which included talking about open defection, hand washing and menstrual hygiene management.

India’s rivers are drying, fresh water biodiversity being destroyed, and people seriously threatened from mega hydro-electric projects - Can CBD help?
India continues to use doublespeak in dealing with its rivers and biodiversity, inspite of promulgating the Biological Diversity Act Posted on 19 Oct, 2012 08:28 PM

Twenty years after ratifying the Convention on Biological Diversity, and ten years after promulgating the Biological Diversity Act, India continues to use doublespeak in dealing with its rivers and their biodiversity

Comprehensive guidelines for tiger conservation and tourism as provided in the Wild Life Protection Act (1972)- A document by National Tiger Conservation Authority, Ministry of Environment and Forest
This document includes guidelines to be followed for the conservation of tigers in buffer and core area of tiger reserves Posted on 19 Oct, 2012 04:17 PM

This document is a guideline provided by the National Tiger Conservation Authority, under the Ministry of Environment and Forest. These guidelines are to be followed for the conservation of tigers in buffer and core area of tiger reserves.

Video on how to vermi-compost in your apartment- A webisode in Chai with Lakshmi
This video is a webisode of Chai with Lakshmi, shows the easy to follow steps through which vermi-composting is done in apartments Posted on 18 Oct, 2012 06:51 PM

India’s economic policies are destroying biodiversity and livelihoods: Commitments under CBD are not being met, says a statement issued by Indian civil society organizations
India’s economic policies are destroying biodiversity and livelihoods on an unprecedented scale Posted on 18 Oct, 2012 05:45 PM

The blind pursuit of economic growth is coming at massive costs, both to natural ecosystems and to hundreds of millions of ecosystem-dependent people, who are being affected by mining, dams, power plants, ports, industries, and other such projects.

WOTR’s Position Paper on “Biodiversity and adaptation to climate change” released on October 16, 2012 at the COP-11 in Hyderabad
This position paper explains WOTR’s proactive ecosystem based adaptation strategy crystallized from the ecosystem management and conservation work carried out in different states Posted on 18 Oct, 2012 10:48 AM

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