Political
National convention on 'Building bridges: New age of voluntarism', Voluntary Action Network India, New Delhi, February 20-21, 2013
Posted on 03 Feb, 2013 05:47 PMOrganizers
A toilet that loves the environment: A film by the Himalaya Seva Sangh highlighting Uttarakhand's experience with eco-san toilets
Posted on 03 Feb, 2013 03:43 PM
The Himalayas are inhabited by 40 million people, most of whom are dependent on agriculture and animal husbandry. The prevalent water scarcity also means a lack of water for sanitation. In this case, both open defecation and conventional sewerage pose a health risk. Conventional toilets not only consume a lot of water, but the effluent also pollutes groundwater.
Faculty development programme on institutional hazardous wastes management, The Electrochemical Society of India, Bangalore, February 8-9, 2013
Posted on 03 Feb, 2013 03:08 PM
Organizers
Transparent Chennai is looking for a tamil-speaking researcher and outreach worker for a project on the waste sector in Chennai - Apply by February 7, 2013
Posted on 03 Feb, 2013 02:50 PM
Transparent Chennai aggregates, creates and disseminates data and research about important civic issues facing Chennai, including those issues facing the poor. Transparent Chennai's goal is to enable residents, especially the poor, to have a greater voice in planning and city governance.
Position description: Researcher and outreach worker
We are looking to hire a Tamil speaking researcher and outreach worker for a project on the waste sector in Chennai with particular focus on the informal workers in the sector. The position is for the duration of the project, a period of approximately 4-6 months and starts immediately.
A resource book on waterless urinals, an ecological sanitation method that saves water, energy and uses urine as a resource
Posted on 02 Feb, 2013 05:40 PM
Waterless urinals (WLU) save water, energy and use urine as resource ( Image courtesy: R Sakthivel)
Environment statistics - A compendium by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (2012)
Posted on 02 Feb, 2013 12:24 PMThe Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has come up with a Compendium of Environment Statistics 2012, the thirteenth edition of the series, which started in 1997. The compendium aims at providing high quality statistical information to improve knowledge of the environment, to support evidence-based policy and decision making, and to provide information for the general public, as well as for specific user groups. The statistics are multidisciplinary and cross-cutting, involving numerous sources and stakeholders.
The sorry state of Mikkere lake in Malavalli taluk in Karnataka: Photographs by Jaraganhalli Kantharaju
Posted on 31 Jan, 2013 06:34 PMJaraganhalli Kantharaju shares with us the sorry state of Mikkere lake in Malavalli taluk of Mandya district in Karnataka which is in need of immediate attention and restoration.
Working with digital maps by leveraging the power of GIS - Report of a course held at IIHS, Bangalore
Posted on 31 Jan, 2013 06:12 PMIndian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS), a national education institution committed to the equitable, sust
How is the water cycle represented in our text books ? - An analysis of science textbooks of the NCERT and Maharashtra State Board
Posted on 30 Jan, 2013 08:10 PMIn the recent times visual representation has acquired significant attention. These are in forms of photographs, sketches and schematic diagrams. At school level they are helpful in introducing abstract concepts in science. For this purpose they need to be appropriately integrated in the textbook. In the backdrop of this context this paper in Contemporary Education Dialogue is based on the analysis of the science textbooks of the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) and the Maharashtra State Board (MSB) for Classes 3–10.
Water cycle- Illustration courtesy : Sourabh Phadke