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November 6, 2022
Protecting children from climate change impact not child's play
In 2020, 559 million children were affected by four to five heatwaves a year; numbers could increase four-fold by 2050, as per a report by UNICEF
Heat-related mortality is four times higher among children under 1 year of age than in persons aged 1–44 years (Image: Taqver, Wikimedia Commons)
September 26, 2022
Dirty drains 'drain' health
This study found that the sanitary quality of neighbourhood drains, in addition to toilets, affected sanitation and hygiene and incidences of ill-health in rural households.
Dirty drainages, harbingers of illhealth. Image for representation only (Image Source: SuSanA Secretariat via Wikimedia Commons)
September 9, 2022
Creating jobs while managing air quality
Highlights from a new report released by iFOREST
An old coal-fired power plant has been dumping vast quantities of ash out in the open for many years. (Image: Lundrim Aliu/ World Bank; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
August 19, 2022
Polluted water, hitchhiking microbes and the hidden threat of cholera in India
Better access to clean water coupled with health education to bring about changes in behaviour are critical to prevent exposure to dangerous cholera bacteria that lurk in untreated waters.
The hidden threat of cholera in India (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)
July 20, 2022
Poisoned waters of Delhi
This study found a high concentration of trihalomethanes (THMs) in water treatment plants in Delhi that were associated with increased risk of cancer.
What's in your tap water (Image Source: India Water Portal)
July 5, 2022
Poisoned waters, threatened lives
Studies reveal that children are the most vulnerable to the health risks associated with groundwater contamination due to nitrate and fluoride, highlighting the need for urgent remedial measures.
POisoned waters, dangerous outcomes (Image Source: India Water Portal)
Vacancy for the post of 'Social Inclusion Officer', UNDP , New Delhi
UNDP is looking for a dynamic individual to support the ministry in anchoring the social audit component of the MGNREGA.
Posted on 10 Nov, 2013 10:09 AM

For further information on the UNDP, please click here.

Details of the opening at UNDP may be viewed here.

To apply online click here. 
Vacancy for the post of 'Programme Officer', GreenLine, Mumbai
A ‘green lifeline’ for our struggling world, With a simple yet significant vision: ‘Greener people, Greener world’!
Posted on 10 Nov, 2013 09:03 AM

For further information on the organisation 'GreenLine', please click here.

To know more on the opening, click here.
Call for Abstracts 'International Conference on Water Cooperation & Conservation for Inclusive Growth', Society for Environment Education, Research, and Management (SEERAM)
The 2013 International Year on Water Cooperation calls on leaders to bring water to center stage, acting as the basis in which to establish stronger ties between nations, states and communities.
Posted on 08 Nov, 2013 10:36 AM

Further details of the organisers, Society for Environment Education, Research, and Management, please click here.

For details on the conference, click here.
Invite to an indoor composting workshop 'Create your own soil', Green Hope, Mumbai
An open end discussion on composting in a small place.
Posted on 08 Nov, 2013 10:10 AM

For more information on this interesting workshop, please click here and here.

The brochure for the workshop may be downloaded from below. 
Indoor composting workshop
Invite to a conference on 'Farmers First for conserving soil and water resources in Northern Region', Indian Association of Soil & Water Conservationists, Dehradun
To address the issues of natural resources conservation, integrated watershed management, management of various ecosystems with reference to northern region of India.
Posted on 06 Nov, 2013 03:14 PM

For more information on the organisers, Indian Association of Soil & Water Conservationists (IASWC), please click here and here.
Indian Association of Soil & Water Conservationist
Call for applications 'FEJI-ATREE Media Fellowships in Environmental Conservation', Forum of Environmental Journalists in India
An opportunity to travel, explore, study and write on select themes and their complexities in conservation today.
Posted on 06 Nov, 2013 11:48 AM

For information on the organisers, Forum of Environmental Journalists in India (FEJI), click here.

For further details on the Fellowship, click here.

You may download the Application details from below.
Invitation to a story writing competition 'World Toilet Day Blogging Competition', Splashdirect
Tell a funny or the most disgusting bathroom story, the more graphic the better!
Posted on 06 Nov, 2013 11:06 AM

For more information on the event and to submit your story click here.

To view the 'Guide to World Toilet Day', please click here.
Gujarat government arrests activists protesting Narmada weir
News this week: Gujarat government puts environment activists under house arrest, Goa's mining zone highly polluted and Assam's rice bowl turns into wasteland due to siltation.
Ravleen Kaur
Posted on 05 Nov, 2013 11:02 AM

Gujarat government culls protest against weir on the Narmada river
Sardar Sarovar Dam Source: Geolocation
Applications invited for the post of 'State Coordinator – Gender Programming', SPARSH, Mumbai, Maharashtra
To plan, facilitate implementation and monitor all activities under the Deepshikha-Adolescent Life Skills Project in close coordination with UNICEF and partner NGOs.
Posted on 04 Nov, 2013 12:58 PM

For more information on the organisation SPARSH, please click here.

For further details on the vacancy, click here.
Vacancy for the posts of 'Program Specialist' & ' Project Manager', Jal Bhagirathi Foundation, Rajasthan
An opportunity to work with an organization that provides an enabling environment where communities can access adequate drinking water.
Posted on 04 Nov, 2013 12:24 PM

For further information on the organisation 'Jal Bhagirathi Foundation', please click here.
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