Courses, Toolkits, Manuals, Guides and Handbooks
A TedX talk on trash: Ribhu Vohra speaks on 'Garbology 101'- an educational toolkit to inspire children to be waste conscious
Posted on 16 Jan, 2013 01:09 PMHow is trash produced, processed and consumed? What can an individual do to understand and be a part of a waste conscious society? Garbology 101, an educational toolkit uses fun tools to inspire children!
"Integrate understanding of hydro-geology into planning of watershed management programmes" - A report on the training workshop on groundwater management in the Himalayas, organized by People’s Science Institute, in December 2012 at Dehradun
Posted on 15 Jan, 2013 12:38 AMWhy a training on managing groundwater ?
Toolkit for solid waste management by Ministry of Urban Development
Posted on 10 Jan, 2013 03:28 PMThis document by Ministry of Urban Development is a toolkit for solid waste management, which is developed under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission. It is prepared with a motive to provide comprehensive knowledge on solid waste management for municipal managers when they implement projects.
Sewerage and sewage treatment - Updated manuals on engineering, operation and maintenance and management by the Central Public Health and Environmental Engineering Organisation, Ministry of Urban Development (2012)
Posted on 04 Jan, 2013 06:02 PMThese manuals are prepared by the Central Public Health and Environmental Engineering Organisation (CPHEEO), a department under the Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD).
The APWELL Project: Andhra Pradesh's experience with participatory hydrological monitoring
Posted on 18 Dec, 2012 02:04 PMPreventing groundwater abuse depends on the users' knowledge of what constitutes this over-exploitation and abuse, and why it is undesirable. The success of APWELL, therefore, depends on participatory hydrological monitoring in which the users were trained in basic hydrology and charged with monitoring the hydrological balance of the watershed.
Drinking water treatment technologies - A handbook by National Environmental Engineering Research Institute & Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation
Posted on 30 Nov, 2012 10:22 PMThis handbook prepared by National Environmental Engineering Research Institute has eight chapters:
Chapter 1 introduces the objectives and approaches adopted to prepare the handbook.
Water safety planning for small community water supplies: Step-by-step risk management guidance for drinking water supplies in small communities- A manual by World Health Organisation
Posted on 20 Sep, 2012 01:00 PMThis manual by the World Health Organisation is applicable to piped schemes, point sources such as hand pumps, protected springs or household rainwater harvesting systems and other sources.
Handbook on technical options for on-site sanitation by the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation
Posted on 09 Jun, 2012 06:00 AMThis handbook by the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation provides sustainable technological options for on-site sanitation for different hydro-geological conditions. The hand book is divided into six chapters and a bibliography.
Towards greener development: EIA sector specific manuals brought out by the Ministry of Environment and Forests
Posted on 19 Feb, 2012 07:20 PMThese manuals are aimed at expert appraisal committees, and hope to improve the quality of appraisal of projects. These will also provide a template for use by organisations and consultants developing the EIA reports.
National action plan on climate change (NAPCC) and supporting mission documents (2008-11)
Posted on 24 Dec, 2011 11:46 PMThe National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) is a policy document prepared by the Prime Minister's Council on Climate Change. It has been prepared keeping in mind that India's economic need to tap its natural resources needs to be tempered with the need to maintain ecological balance.