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Making a Future

Gialome — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:41:35 +0000

Now we are really thinking and looking for actions in the area of climate change as is obvious though your feedback comments. Using home cooked food, not buying water, reducing plastic usage, exploring possibility of where else can we plant trees besides government lands. Truly practical and do-able concrete solutions come to mind for some [...]

Making a Climate of a Difference

Gialome — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:52:28 +0000

The profound privilege of continuing with the blog is because of each of you who visits the site and reads it regularly. I truly appreciate you all for that and especially those who take the time out to comment on it. Similarly, climate change related negotiations exist because majority of us believe that continued greenhouse [...]

Toxics Link Public Lecture on GM Food: Is India Ready?

Aastha Kukreti — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:42:01 +0000

Toxics Link’s Environment & Health Public Lecture Series GM Food : Is India Ready? Film screening followed by panel discussion The genetically modified food controversy is a dispute over the relative advantages and disadvantages of genetically modified (GM) food crops and other uses of genetically-modified organisms in food production. The dispute involves biotechnology companies, governmental regulators, non-governmental organizations [...]

Announcing: North East Environmental Youth Movement

Govind Singh — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:07:18 +0000

Environmental degradation; habitat destruction; pollution; water scarcity; biodiversity loss; depleting forest cover; dam construction and its social implications; social unrest – are few of the issues demanding immediate attention in the North Eastern (seven sisters +1) states of India. Now, with the threat of climate change looming large, the only option is to come together [...]

Invite: Perspectives Public Meeting on India’s Rivers

Aastha Kukreti — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:44:35 +0000

River Kameng in Arunachal Pradesh – a dam in the pipeline… as is the case for rivers across the Himalayas Perspectives is a non-funded group of students and teachers working to create a space for debate and discussion in the University on issues of social, economic and political relevance. Perspectives Invites you to a Public Meeting on [...]

Training on Value Creation Through Renewable Energy Models

Aastha Kukreti — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:09:31 +0000

TARA Livelihood Academy of Development Alternatives, a non-profit organisation established in 1983 creating large scale sustainable livelihoods is organising a training onValue Creation Through Renewable Energy Models. Introduction: With a strong industrial base and successful commercialization of technologies in wind, spv, solar thermal, small [...]

Call for Proposals: The CITY as STUDIO Sarai-CSDS Fellowship

Aastha Kukreti — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:42:02 +0000

The Sarai Programme at the Center for Study of Developing Societies, Delhi is an interdisciplinary platform for the investigation and interpretation of contemporary urban experience. Sarai produces events and processes, publishes offline and online content and generates contexts for research and creative practice concerning contemporary urban conditions. The Sarai Media Lab invites expressions of interest and [...]

Invite: Global Day of Action – Climate Ke Liye Bajao

Aastha Kukreti — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:41:30 +0000

As appropriately put by Yvo De Boer, Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC, “the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (COP 15) will be a [...]

FAT: Workshop for Women on Social Media for Nonprofits

Aastha Kukreti — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:57:10 +0000

With the objective of empowering women through technology, Feminist Approach to Technology (FAT) is organising a three day workshop for women on “Online Campaigns and Social Media for Nonprofits”. You’ve probably already heard about using social media as a powerful tool for social change. Maybe you already set up a Facebook profile and have even braved [...]

Empowering Context

Gialome — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:10:43 +0000

Context is decisive. It all depends on how you look at an issue, that provides the solutions that it throws up. Sharing with you one anecdotal example in the context of malnutrition among children below five years of age in a South East Asian country. A certain development professional was given an assignment to remove malnutrition [...]