Events
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,
WMO/ESCAP Panel On Tropical Cyclones - 38th session, 21st - 25th February, 2011, New Delhi
Posted on 07 Feb, 2011 12:00 PM
To improve tropical cyclone warning systems in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea through effective operational plan
Organizers: India Meteorological Department(IMD), World Meteorological Organisation(WMO), Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Venue: Scope Complex, Lodi Road, New Delhi
Critical Global Challenge - Managing Water Resources for Food Security and Sustainability, 4th - 6th March, 2011, MSSRF, Chennai
Posted on 07 Feb, 2011 11:13 AM
Organizers: MSSRF and University of Nebraska
Venue: M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai
Topics:
- Setting the Agenda – Emerging Issues in Water
- Managing Water for Food Production
- Water Productivity in Agriculture
Agenda for Survival - A month long course on environment and development issues, Centre for Science and Environment, 1st - 30th June, 2011, Anil Agarwal Green College, New Delhi
Posted on 05 Feb, 2011 02:03 PM
Organizer: Centre for Science and Environment(CSE)
Venue: Anil Agarwal Green College, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi
Topics:
- State of India’s environment: An overview
- The environmental movement in India
- Poverty and the biomass economy
- Ecological rights & natural resource management
- Land and its use: Agriculture, food security
- Conservation & conflict: wildlife management debate
Urban Rainwater Harvesting, CSE, 22nd - 25th March, 2011, Anil Agarwal Green College, New Delhi
Posted on 05 Feb, 2011 01:19 PM
Organizer: Centre for Science and Environment(CSE)
Venue: Anil Agarwal Green College, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi
Topics:
- Overview – Water – yesterday, today and tomorrow
- Science of rainwater harvesting
- Technology of rainwater harvesting
- Harvesting the city’s water endowment
National Seminar on Mining of River Sand and its Impacts on the Environment, CWRDM, 18th & 19th February 2011, Kozhikode, Kerala
Posted on 04 Feb, 2011 11:28 AM
Theme: Adverse impacts of uncontrolled sand mining in the rivers
Organizer: Center for Water Resources Development and Management (CWRDM)
Venue: Kozhikode, Kerala
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.
Permaculture Designers Course, 1st - 14th April, 2011, Sambhav, Odisha
Posted on 03 Feb, 2011 11:07 AMOrganizer: Permaculture Association of India
Venue: Sambhav, Rohibanka, Nayagarh district, Odisha, India
Topics:
- Introduction-The Permaculture Principles and Ethics
- Principles of Natural Systems,understanding patterns in nature and design
- Pattern In Design-Cultivated Systems: zones and sectors, micro-climate, plants and animals
- Natural Systems: climate, landforms,water, forests and trees
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
A report on Save Western Ghats Meet held at Moodbidri, Mangalore between 27th -30th January 2011
Posted on 02 Feb, 2011 03:11 PM