Political
Visakhapatnam shows the way in reducing carbon dioxide emission - Has 100% CFL coverage
Posted on 30 Oct, 2009 12:53 PMOsram has distributed nearly seven lakh energy saving CFL bulbs
It engages self-help groups for collecting the filament bulbs
Terre des hommes Foundation (Tdh) needs a WASH Project Engineer
Posted on 30 Oct, 2009 10:03 AMLocation: Port Blair and Baratang on Andaman & Nicobar Islands, on field presence in Baratang at least 20 days
Duration of assignment: 30 months, starting not later than 1st December 2009
Full Job description available under: http://216.119.85.221/artman2/publish/indian-jobs/article_17239.shtml
Deadline for applications: 6th of November 2009
Mekong River Commission looking for International Interim Development Partner and Policy Coordination Officer
Posted on 30 Oct, 2009 09:18 AMThe role of MRC is to co-ordinate and promote co-operation in all fields of sustainable development, utilization, management and conservation of the water and related resources of the Mekong Basin.
MRC Secretariat is looking for qualified candidates to fill the following post:
International Interim Development Partner and Policy
Coordination Officer
Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz international prize for water
Posted on 29 Oct, 2009 04:35 PM
On 21 October 2002, His Royal Highness Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz – Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and Aviation and Inspector General – announced in Riyadh that nominations were being accepted for a new global Prize to be awarded biannually: the "Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water".
The Prize Council, headed by His Royal Highness Prince Khalid Bin Sultan Bin Abdulaziz, includes leading scholars from around the world. The General Secretariat of the Prize is headquartered in the Prince Sultan Research Center for Environment, Water and Desert, at King Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
National Institute of technology,Rourkela looking for a speaker
Posted on 29 Oct, 2009 03:42 PMLooking for a speaker who has initiated Water conservation,Rain water Harvesting etc for the Seminar we are hosting on December 20 ,at Hotel Swoosti Premium,Bhubaneswar,Orissa.
Bijoy K Das,
President - NITRAAB
National Institute of technology,Rourkela at Bhubaneswar
Contact - bijoydash@sify.com
Be the Change' Conference on Food, Health and Climate Change, Bhoomi Network, Bangalore
Posted on 29 Oct, 2009 01:13 PMBhoomi Network is organising a 2 day 'Be the Change' Conference on Food, Health and Climate Change at St.John's Auditorium, Kormangala, Bangalore - 35.
Hydrofracturing - A new approach to revitalize bore-wells
Posted on 28 Oct, 2009 05:38 PMHydro-fracturing is a new approach to revitalise bore wells to improve its yield, by injecting water at high pressure in the failed bore wells to break up fissures, clean away mud and other impurities, thus bringing it in contact with adjacent water bearing bodies, and thereby yield water.
National symposium on climate change and rainfed agriculture, CRIDA, Hyderabad
Posted on 28 Oct, 2009 12:36 PMSymposium on Climate Change and Rainfed Agriculture
Date: February 18-20, 2010
Venue: Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA), Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
Award-winning initiatives taken up by the City Managers' Association Karnataka on urban water management - Case studies
Posted on 28 Oct, 2009 12:36 PMThe following case studies describe the work of the City Managers' Association Karnataka in water management covering rainwater harvesting, watershed development, drinking water and water body restoration initiatives, set in an urban context. These initiatives were implemented in association with urban local bodies - Town Municipal Council Kundapura, Town Municipal Council Hosadurga, City Municipal Council Chitradurga, Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) and the Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development and Finance Corporation (KUIDFC).