Voluntary Citizen or Civil Society Sector
Mazhapolima - A community based well recharge programme
Posted on 04 Sep, 2009 05:34 PMWhen stakeholders come together, they can address critical water related issues.
Akshayanagar Lake Restoration Program
Posted on 04 Sep, 2009 10:25 AMThe residents of Akshayanagar, Bangalore got together to save the Akshayanagar Lake situated inside the residential layout. Weeds had covered a major portion of the lake and it was also polluted with sewerage. The residents multi-level initiatives are oriented towards reviving the lake and maintaining its purity.
“Towards an Enabling Internet Access Environment” ,The Internet Society, 17 Sep 2009, New Delhi
Posted on 03 Sep, 2009 04:55 PMImage & Content Courtesy:INET, ISOC, DEF
“Towards an Enabling Internet Access Environment” The Internet Society (ISOC), in collaboration with Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) is organizing the ISOC’s South Asia focused event ‘INET Delhi 2009’, a special conference on September 17, 2009. at Hotel Intercontinental, Nehru Place, New Delhi
The conference, will be focused on “ An Enabling Internet Access Environment in South Asia with a critical focus on Inclusive Development through the Internet”.
Experience sharing workshops on System of Rice Intensification (SRI) - A report
Posted on 29 Aug, 2009 02:55 PMThis report available on the Watershed Support Services And Activities Network (WASSAN) site provides the details of three workshops organised by People's Science Institute (PSI) in October 2006 in the states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh as a first step towards sharing the experiences of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) method with the stakeholders group as well as assist the voluntary organisations in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh to develop professional capabilities in the field of SRI method of paddy cultivation.
India's experience with drought management: Changed perspectives and challenges
Posted on 29 Aug, 2009 02:43 PMThis 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.
The how, what, when of climate change: Background and basics
Posted on 29 Aug, 2009 02:09 PMClimate Change is a significant change in temperature, wind patterns and precipitation that occurs over a long period of time. Some of these changes occur in cycles over decades, hundreds, thousands and millions of years; some could be random occurrences.
Pani panchayat in Orissa: The practice of participatory water management
Posted on 29 Aug, 2009 11:32 AMThis paper, published in the journal Development argues that new policy interventions such as Pani Panchayat in Orissa, India ignore the local socioeconomic contexts and fail to ensure co
Jai SRI': Celebrating civil society involvement in System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in India
Posted on 29 Aug, 2009 11:17 AMSRI is an agroecological innovation that emerged as a civil society innovation and has since captured the imagination of thousands of farmers across the world, including India.
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Posted on 29 Aug, 2009 09:58 AMOver a decade ago, most countries joined an international treaty – the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) – to begin to consider what can be done to reduce global warming and to cope with whatever temperature increases are inevitable.
Groundwater Foundation: Benefits of being a groundwater guardian community
Posted on 26 Aug, 2009 02:28 PMHow can citizens or NGOs initiate a movement at the local level for the protection of groundwater?
Groundwater Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating and motivating people to care for and about groundwater.