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December 6, 2022
The water that you eat
Need to shift to a more sustainable diet without compromising on major nutrients and calories
Historically, India has been a net exporter of virtual water (Image: PxHere)
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)
April 26, 2022
Making the invisible, visible
The water stewardship initiative by WOTR that developed a tool to visualise aquifers has not only helped farmers understand groundwater as a shared resource, but also led to a behavioural change among water users and helped implement groundwater laws and policies.
Groundwater, a fast disappearing resource (Image Source: India Water Portal)
December 6, 2021
Leaving no one behind!
Will it be possible to ensure equity and justice while balancing climate action goals with economic progress?
Taking everyone along while achieving a balance between economic growth and climate goals is crucial (Image Source: Good Energies)
March 22, 2021
Water governance standard and certification system – An answer to the water problems of agrarian India
The recent 'Water governance standard and certification system' developed by WOTR can greatly help villages to develop good governance practices and manage their water needs equitably and sustainably.
Long queues waiting for tankers are common in different parts of Maharashtra during water scarcity (Image Source: WOTR)
December 29, 2020
Challenges to India’s urban water security and future growth patterns
Water resources in most Indian cities are overworked and overused, and not adequately replenished.
Cities in India are marked by unequal distribution of water, lack of access, outdated infrastructure and minimal enforcement of rainwater harvesting and other means of supply. (Image: Anish Roy, Pixabay)
Sustainable and Ecological Sanitation - Experiences
Presentations on sustainable sanitation and ecological sanitation
Arghyam
Gramalaya
MYRADA
Rural Education and Action for Liberation (REAL)
Society for Community Organisation and Peoples' Education (SCOPE)
UNICEF
University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS)
WaterAid
Water and Sanitation Program World Bank (WSP)
Posted on 24 Oct, 2009 11:13 PM

A consultation was organised by Arghyam Trust in September 2009, to share experiences on Sustainable and Ecological Sanitation with the Planning Commission.
Water crisis - A crisis that will redefine civilization
Water crisis is an impending crisis that will hit the rich as hard as the poor
Alex Bell
Posted on 16 Oct, 2009 03:27 PM



https://www.downtoearth.org.in/full6.asp?foldername=20091015&filename=croc&sec_id=10&sid=1
Opportunities for Scholars in the Field of Sustainable Development
Posted on 13 Oct, 2009 12:34 PM

Scholars Program on Best Practices of Sustainable Development
National Conference on urban water management : Challenges and options, 13 Feb. 2009, Bangalore
Posted on 09 Oct, 2009 06:21 PM

NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT: CHALLENGES AND OPTIONS
13-15th December 2009, Bangalore, India


A National Conference on Urban Water Management: Challenges and Option is being organised on 13-15th December, 2009 in Bangalore.
Call to NGOs in South Canara, Karnataka
Posted on 04 Oct, 2009 09:10 AM

SPARSH is a new initiative of Engineer – Golden Jubilee Edition which aims at developing a rural region linking it with a team of NGOs and sponsors realizing an economically feasible and sustainable idea. In this effort. the students of National Institute of Technology Karanataka, Surathkal have identified a village called Munda about 7 km from the campus.
International Seminar on Greening Education, Etech, Germany
Posted on 03 Sep, 2009 03:59 PM

Image and content Courtesy:Etech Germany

A 3 day International Seminar on Greening Education will be held from 30th September to 2nd October 2009 in the "green city" of Karlsruhe, Germany.

Education policy makers, representatives of governments and development agencies, Head of Education Institutions, School Teachers and Faculty Members of Universities, Managers/ Adminstrators of Education Institutions, Representatives of Non-Governmental Organisations, Providers of goods and services to education institutions, Sustainable Development Professionals and Educationists interested in introducing sustainable practices are cordially invited .

The main objectives of the International Greening Education Event are:

*To share the significance of greening education.

*To discuss the role of education institutions in developing skills, knowledge and values that promotes behaviour in support of sustainable development.

*To explore best activities that goes beyond awareness raising and makes learning and teaching for sustainability an integral component of school and university life.

Event alert: "Voices from the waters" International film festival on water, 6 Sep 2009, Bangalore
Posted on 03 Sep, 2009 12:22 AM

The 'Voices from the Waters' International Film Festival on water is back! In its 4th Avataar.Dates: 4th to the 6th September 2009 City: Bangalore Main Venue : Alliance Francaise de Bangalore, Vasanthnagar Other Venues:
India's experience with drought management: Changed perspectives and challenges
Drought is a natural disaster. Nearly 200 million ha land in India in 135 districts of 13 states are severely affected by drought four times in every 10 years.
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperation
Government of India
Posted on 29 Aug, 2009 02:43 PM

This document describes the drought situation in India over the years, the earlier perspective at drought management and the gradual change in perspective at managing droughts that evolved over the years.
Efficiency of water use in Indian agriculture - Madras Institute of Development Studies
This working paper by the Madras Institute for Development Studies informs that the increase in the demand for water in all sectors especially in agriculture, and dwindling nature of the per capita availability of its supply in recent decades has induced scientists and researchers to focus their attention more on efficient use of available water. However, informed discussion of the problem and its solutions is impeded by the lack of adequate and reliable knowledge of how much water is used, where, for what purpose and how efficiently. This paper is a modest attempt to fill this gap.
K.Sivasubramaniyan
Prof. A. Vaidyanathan
Posted on 29 Aug, 2009 01:10 PM

This paper by the Madras Institute for Development Studies presents estimates of the ‘consumptive use’ of water in crop production; the ratio of consumptive use to gross water utilization; and productivity per unit of consumptive use.
Water as the hidden export: Exploring the concept of virtual water for growing intensive commercial crops in water scarce areas
"Water: the hidden export", is a report by Shama Perveen, written in August 2004, on the concept of virtual water. The author argues that this concept must be seriously considered in India, because when water intensive commercial crops are grown in water scarce areas and the produce exported, it amounts to a virtual export of water, even as water availability in the home country becomes scarcer.
Shama Perveen
Posted on 29 Aug, 2009 10:51 AM

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