Karnataka
Organic and terrace gardening workshop, Bhoomi Network for Sustainable Living, 26th February, 2011, Bangalore
Posted on 09 Feb, 2011 11:17 AM
Organizer: Bhoomi Network for Sustainable Living
Venue: Prakriya School Campus, Sarjapur Road, Bangalore
Description:
This workshop will help us understand the basic principles of gardening and then apply it to our own context – homes, apartments or terraces. This workshop will focus on the practical aspects, so that we get a first hand experience with earth,
Run for Bellandur Lake, 6th February 2011, Bangalore
Posted on 03 Feb, 2011 03:26 PM
Organizers: Group of Environmental and Social Activists
Venue: Bangalore
Description:
This run is a demand from citizens for government action and it is also intended to spread awareness of the situation.
This event is for all of us in Bangalore, our children, our health and well being. We can get back our wonderful lakes, not to mention valuable drinking water for the future.
Millet Mela, Sahaja Samrudha, 5th - 6th Feb, 2011, Gandhi Bhavan, Bangalore
Posted on 02 Feb, 2011 04:44 PM
Theme: Meet the Millet! Say hello to HEALTH
Organizer: Sahaja Samrudha
Venue: Gandhi Bhavan, Bangalore
MSW graduates required for data collection on watershed
Posted on 02 Feb, 2011 03:25 PMForwarded to the portal by: L.C.Nagaraj
We have taken up evaluation of 65 water sheds in Northern districts of Karnataka. These water sheds are spread across Bagalkot,Raichur, Koppala, Bellary and Davanagere districts.
A report on Save Western Ghats Meet held at Moodbidri, Mangalore between 27th -30th January 2011
Posted on 02 Feb, 2011 03:11 PM
Malnad Mela 2011, Vanastree Collective, 5th - 6th February 2011, Bangalore
Posted on 31 Jan, 2011 01:46 PM
Organizer: Vanastree Collective
Venue: Golden Beads School, 157, Richmond Road, Bangalore
Water and its quality in ancient encyclopedias of Karnataka - Paper presented at the National Seminar on Water and Culture (2007)
Posted on 30 Jan, 2011 06:40 PMThe author looks at three ancient Kannada and Sanskrit texts - Lokoparam, Manasollasa, Shivatattvaratnakara. All these texts were written between the 12th and 18th century. These texts record hydrological data ranging from cloud formation to traditional methods of preserving potable water.
Traditional water management practices and water sector reforms in South India - A comparative analysis of three systems and Participatory Irrigation Management policy - Paper presented at the National Seminar on Water and Culture (2007)
Posted on 30 Jan, 2011 06:13 PMThe authors study three tanks; one each in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala and find that almost all tanks in Southern India face similar problems that include farmers in command area being deprived of water, siltation, lack of proper maintenance of such structures, lack of political will to decentralise authority to tank institutions etc.
Traditional water management practices in coastal Karnataka - Paper presented at the National Seminar on Water and Culture (2007)
Posted on 30 Jan, 2011 04:10 PMTh paper begins with a brief history of the region of Southern Kanada, its geography and the religious practices of the region. Some of the key features of this region includes an abundance of rivers though they mostly are rain-fed.