Events

Water - not a gender-neutral resource
Generalization and mere quotas for women will not solve this gender bias. Involvement and empowerment of women are necessary for initiatives to succeed in the water sector. Posted on 19 Mar, 2014 10:46 PM

Water is not ‘gender-neutral’, especially in India. It is the woman of the house who walks an average of 6 km each day to collect water for household use. In the Kumaon region, a newly married bride visits the family spring to fetch water a day after the wedding, in a symbolic tradition of water responsibility.

Women & water ( Source: Arghyam)
Invitation to the fifth edition of 'Aquatech India 2014', New Delhi, India
Aquatech India 2014 will feature the best possible range of new and proven products on process, drinking and waste water.
Posted on 17 Mar, 2014 04:29 PM

About Aquatech India 2014:

Call for Papers for the 'International Conference & Exhibition for Filtration & Separation Technologies- FILTECH -2015', Cologne, Germany
FILTECH 2015 Conference will feature once again the latest advances and techniques in liquid/solid and gas/particle separation (dust, gas & air filtration) in three days of indepth exposure.
Posted on 13 Mar, 2014 08:46 AM

About FILTECH-2015:

Invite to the talk on 'Climate & Ecological Crisis: Why Capitalism cannot solve the problem?' by Pablo Solon, Centre for Marxist Studies (CMS), New Delhi
CMS invites you to the talk by Pablo Solon on 'Climate & Ecological Crisis: Why Capitalism cannot solve the problem?', at USO House in New Delhi.
Posted on 11 Mar, 2014 12:30 PM

Venue: USO House, USO Road, Jeet Singh Marg, New Delhi - 110067
Ph : 26561103/26857276/26525146
http://www.uso-usi-india.org/

Climate & Ecological Crisis
Invite to the course on 'Spring Protection', Grampari, Panchgani, Maharashtra
The goal of the course is to build awareness and capacity within the Western Ghats to protect spring ecosystems and ensure safe, sustainable drinking water.
Posted on 11 Mar, 2014 11:14 AM

Get more information on the course 'Spring Protection'.

Know more about Grampari.

Download the invite to the spring protection course from below.

Call for entries for 'Breaking the Taboo- Sanitation Cartoon Competition', Sustainable Sanitation Alliance(SuSanA) and GIZ, New Delhi
The competition invites creative minds to submit fun and striking ideas about toilets and sanitation in the form of Cartoons, Caricatures or Infographics.
Posted on 08 Mar, 2014 12:16 AM

Get more information on 'Breaking the Taboo- Sanitation Cartoon Competition'.

Know more about Sustainable Sanitation Alliance and GIZ.

Invite to 'CDP India water report launch', CDP, New Delhi
CDP is launching its first water report in India- 'Safeguarding India’s Water Resources; the business case for corporate water disclosure in India'
Posted on 07 Mar, 2014 11:42 PM

About the Report:

Invitation to the 'Green Landscape Summit 2014', CII - Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre, Pune
The Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) has been promoting Green Landscapes in the country highlighting the need of urban spaces converting to green landscapes.
Posted on 07 Mar, 2014 06:48 PM

Get more information on the 'Green Landscape Summit 2014'.

Know more about CII - Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre.

Invite to 'Save Ganga & Save Himalayas Meeting- cum- Panel Discussion', Save Ganga Movement, New Delhi
The event will celebrate the 84th anniversary of Gandhji's Dandi March in the form of discussion on the course of action to be undertaken to save Ganga and Himalayas.
Posted on 27 Feb, 2014 01:27 PM

Venue & Timings:

Save Ganga & Save Himalayas Meeting-cum-Panel Discussion will be at Gandhi Darsan, Rajghat, New Delhi on 12th March, 2014 from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Know more about Save Ganga Movement.

Big dams create big conflict
Hydropower development is creating various types of conflict in Northeast India. How can we contain the unrest due to this spate of dam construction? Posted on 24 Feb, 2014 04:25 PM

Northeast India has been in turmoil over the last two decades or so because of unbridled hydropower development in the region. This article is an effort to understand the extent of hydropower development in the region, the multi-faceted and multi layered conflicts unleashed by this development and also explore ways of engaging with them. It is organised around three broad sections:

Maneri Bhali dam- Source:Peoples Science Institute
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