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December 11, 2019
Scientists intervene to save dry toilets
Dry toilets have long been hailed as a sustainable solution to the sanitation and waste management crisis facing India today, but have been overshadowed by more modern toilet designs.
A traditional dry toilet. Image: India Science Wire
October 11, 2019
Saving Aarey, the last lungs of Bombay
Mumbai’s citizens came out in droves to save trees from being felled in Aarey to make way for the metro. Collective action is crucial to save the green lungs of India's rapidly urbanising cities.
Aarey, the green lungs of Mumbai (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)
September 30, 2019
The Water Future Conference in Bangalore: Towards a Sustainable Water Future
The recently concluded 4 day conference in Bangalore looked at the current state of global water resource challenges & future pathways to achieve the SDGs, while ensuring equity in access to all.
Charles Vorosmarty, Chair, COMPASS Initiative, Water Future at the opening plenary on advanced water system assessments to address water security challenges of the 21st century.
August 21, 2019
In photos: How temple tanks are helping Chennai conserve rain water
During the monsoon, temple tanks in Chennai fill to the brim with water, helping in groundwater recharge.
Parthasarathy temple in Triplicane has the biggest tank. Recently, volunteers belonging to the Central Industrial Security Force cleaned the tank. Pic: Laasya Shekhar
August 7, 2019
"Digging recharge wells is the only way Bengaluru won’t run out of water"
A million recharge wells for Bangalore
Ramakrishna Bovi is a traditional well-digger in Bengaluru. Image credit: Citizen Matters
July 2, 2019
The need for survival edge technology
Decentralised communitarian technology can mitigate the water crises facing us today.
Digging an open well that had some water at lesser depths ranging from 5-10 m using local technology in which a motor run winch draws up the dug up mud from the well bottom. (Image: Rahul Banerjee)
Living on water: An architect constructs homes, offices and even a golf course as floating buildings, using water as a workable layer
Imagine looking out of your window onto the blue sea, living in a building in the midst of water! Koen Olthius, a Dutch architect’s passion for water has transformed this magical image into reality.
Shefali Thapliyal
Posted on 22 Feb, 2013 03:06 PM

Imagine looking out of your window onto the blue sea, living in a building in the midst of water! Koen Olthius, a Dutch architect’s passion for water has transformed this magical image into reality.
Handbook for flood protection, anti-erosion and river training works by Central Water Commission (2012)
This Handbook provides necessary guidance to the field engineers to deal primarily with structural measures of flood management like flood protection works, anti erosion measures and river training works.
Central Water Commission (CWC)
Posted on 13 Feb, 2013 09:43 PM

This handbook by Central Water Commission aims to provide necessary guidance to the field engineers in the state and central for design, appraisal, construction and monitoring of the flood management works covering all the relevant BIS codes, design manuals, guidelines, technical specifications for construction materials and practices etc. to meet new challenges in the flood management in India.

A possible set of guidelines for integrating 'land ethic' principles into planning and construction of green buildings in India
This dissertation - ‘Recommending a set of guidelines for a green community development following the roadmap of The Land Ethic’, by Jatina Thakkar and Vinit Mirkar, deals with understanding the principles of “The Land Ethic”, using the book ‘A sand county almanac ‘ by Aldo Leopold and analysing the three existing green rating systems for community development, in relation to land ethic principles and ecosystem services
India Water Portal
Posted on 08 Feb, 2013 03:59 PM

Aldo Leopold’s ‘Land Ethic’ defines the relationship between people and nature, and simply enlarges the boundaries of the community to include soil, water, plants and animals, or collectively: the land.
Green landscape summit, CII and Indian Green Building Council, Chennai, March 1-2, 2013
Posted on 21 Jan, 2013 02:40 PM

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Training programme on green building rating systems, CII and IGBC, Kochi, December 21, 2012
Posted on 10 Dec, 2012 06:19 PM

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Zen and the art of wise water management: Rainwater Club's youtube channel crosses 1 million views !
Chicu Lokgariwar from the India Water Portal introduces us to the rainwater harvesting and ecological sanitation evangelist that is zenrainman
Chicu Lokgariwar
Posted on 15 Nov, 2012 02:24 PM

Those readers who got the insider joke in the title need no introduction to the rainwater harvesting and ecological sanitation evangelist that is zenrainman.
Green building congress organized by the Indian Green Building Council, HICC, Hyderabad, 30 Oct - 1 Nov 2012
Posted on 21 Oct, 2012 09:40 PM

Green building congress, 2012
Advanced training programme on green building rating systems, CII-Godrej GBC, HICC Hyderabad, 2-3 November, 2012
Posted on 18 Oct, 2012 10:30 AM

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Problems with grease traps: FOG, main cause of unhealthy work conditions giving rise to foul odour
Hiren Pancholi writes about grease trap, which is emerging as a major concern in buildings now.
Hiren Pancholi
Posted on 22 Aug, 2012 08:00 PM
Author: Hiren Pancholi
"The black tsunami": An article by Green Systems, about the putrefying sewage discharged from our homes, offices and factories, that is accumulating under our oceans
This article draws attention to the huge amounts of sewage generated and discharged into the sea and rivers and warns that we urgently need to change the way we manage water
Green Systems
Posted on 18 Aug, 2012 04:27 PM

With horror we saw on television, the Japanese experience of a huge 9.0 scale earthquake, followed by a terrible tsunami. The first images show large amounts of black water entering the country side and passing over the protective wall barriers.
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