Appropriate sanitation facilities are still a challenge in many parts of the world, particularly in developing countries. With regard to almost 950 million people defecating in the open, the question arises whether the existing treatment facilities are sufficient to provide for a healthy sanitation in the world. In developing countries (particularly, India) where cost is generally a very important parameter of judgment for choosing the appropriate system. This makes decentralized treatment systems much more suitable for installation as they are easier to build and operate, both financially and technically. It is c considered that waste stabilisation ponds would be most cost effective solution from capital investment point of view. However, Multi Criteria Analysis (MCA) should be carried out for appropriate technology selection in different scenarios on the basis of different criteria. New developments in sanitation technologies can play an important role in selecting appropriate sanitation technology for a particular scenario.
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What direction should waste management take in North East India? What does the future hold in store? Are landfills the answer? Is Waste-to-energy technology still a good bet? Why segregation is the key? These are some of the questions that come to our minds when thinking about the fragile ecosystem of North East India.
Of the 14 cities, that CSE rated, we have rated Aizawl, Agartala and Gangtok from North-East. The system for rating cities was to determine who is the cleanest of them all in terms of solid waste management. It is clear that cities that are segregating their waste have been able to effectively process and treat it and have achieved the status of zero landfill cities. While, some cities are doing - part segregation and part treatment. And then, there are a few cities, that are visibly clean but dumping their waste.
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), New Delhi is releasing its book ‘Not in My Backyard: Status of Solid Waste Management in Indian Cities’ in Guwahati, Assam. The book release shall be followed by a discussion with municipal commissioners, regulators, urban planners, consultants and NGOs on the need to have zero landfill cities across North East India.
DATE: August 10, 2016
TIMING: 5 PM to 8 PM (Kindly join us for dinner after the programme)
VENUE: Auditorium, NEDFi Convention Centre, Guwahati, Assam
Limited seats, for registration kindly write to Swati Singh Sambyal,Programme Officer, EG- (MSW) at swati@cseindia.org, +91-9711605091,9910496283
Smog hanging over cities is the most familiar and obvious form of air pollution
Smog now darkens the sky in cities the world over, and the same is happening in Delhi. The air we all breathe is increasingly contaminated with particulate matter and carbon monoxide. These pollutants are hazardous to human and environmental health. So how can you personally clean up the air? You might be surprised to learn how much your efforts can help reduce this pollution.
Every individual should follow these four methods for controlling this air pollution:
Four Methods:
1.Rethinking Transportation
2.Changing Buying Habits
3Conserving Energy
4.Getting Involved
Method 1 of 4: Rethinking Transportation
Question car culture. Industrial manufacturing practices are the primary reason the earth's air is polluted but car-related pollution is the next biggest culprit. The manufacturing of cars and roads, the production of fuel, and the emissions that result from burning that fuel all play a part.
Since many cities are laid out in such a way that driving is almost a necessity, it can be hard to determine the best way to combat this problem. No matter where you live, you can take action by finding creative ways to be less dependent on cars.
It may not be practical to give up your car entirely, but you can still take action by reducing your use of your car. For example, instead of driving to the grocery store every other day, make one trip every week or week and a half, stocking up on everything you need all at once.
Carpooling with your neighbors or signing up for a car share program are also great ways to reduce your car use.
Take the bus, subway or train.
Get familiar with your city or town's bus or train routes, and start replacing your car commute with a bus trip at least once a week. Work up to using public transportation as often as possible, only using your car when you can't figure out a good alternative.
Taking a bus or train to work, school or any other activity has a lot of advantages. Aside from doing your part to reduce air pollution, you'll have extra time to read, knit, do crosswords, or people watch.
Taking public transportation is also safer than driving, and will probably help reduce your anxiety level since you won't have to deal with rush hour traffic.
Try walking or biking. Even better than taking public transportation is using your own energy to propel you where you want to go. You can probably walk to locations that are within a five minute drive of your house - and if you're adventurous and have the time, you may want to walk even further. If you're lucky enough to live in a place with good bike routes, start using them. In places with heavy traffic, biking can be the fastest way to get around.
If you do drive, keep your car in good condition. Get your car tuned up frequently and make sure it passes your city's smog test with flying colors. There are a few other things you can do to help your car make as small a dent as possible:
Fill your gas tank in the early morning or late evening, when it's cool outside. This helps prevent as much gas from evaporating in the heat of the day.
Take care not to let gas spill when you fill your tank.
Instead of letting your car idle in long lines at fast food restaurants and bank drive-thrus, park your car and walk inside.
Inflate your car’s tires to the recommended pressure. This will produce the best performance for your car and reduces fuel usage.
Method 2 of 4: Changing Buying Habits
Become a maker. Using raw ingredients to make as many things as possible, instead of buying them at the store, is a great way to help reduce air pollution. That's because the practice of mass-producing, packaging, and shipping goods to make them readily available to consumers is directly responsible for industrial emissions that pollute the air. Take a look around your house and figure out items you could make instead of buying. Here are a few ideas:
Food, of course! If you tend to buy a lot of pre-packaged food, then making your meals from scratch is a good place to start. Eliminating convenience foods and creating dishes with raw ingredients is healthier and better for the environment. For example, if you love spaghetti, make your sauce from raw tomatoes and garlic rather than buying a can of pre-made sauce. You can make your own pasta, too!
Did you know you can make your own household cleaners? Instead of buying dish soap, laundry detergent and bathtub cleaner, make your own using nontoxic ingredients. Store your concoctions in glass jars.
The same goes for homemade shampoo, toothpaste, deodorant and lip balm.
Shop local. When you do need to buy something instead of making it, try to buy items that are made and sold locally. You'll probably have better luck at locally-owned stores, rather than commercial stores, which tend to get their wares shipped in from all over the world, greatly contributing to air pollution. Here are some strategies for buying local:
Shop at farmer's markets. This is the best way to shop for food grown and sold locally.
Check the tags of clothing items. Try to buy items that were manufactured close to where you live. Though it can be quite expensive, consider buying items that were handmade by someone living close to you. If this isn't an option, getting secondhand clothes is another good way to cut down on consumption.
Don't buy stuff online. Getting a book or clothing item online is extremely easy on the consumer's end, but think about the boats, planes and trucks required to deliver that item to your door. It should be something you only do sparingly.
Go for less packaging. The plastic, foil and cardboard used in packaging is manufactured using practices that negatively impact air quality. No matter what you're shopping for, try to choose items that have less packaging. For example, instead of choosing a box of individually-wrapped granola bars, try making your own at home or buying granola bars from a bakery where they don't come wrapped in foil. If that's not an option, go for the items that come in recyclable packaging.
Take your own cloth shopping bag to the store instead of choosing paper or plastic.
Shop in the bulk food section instead of buying individually packaged items.
Buy loose, fresh produce instead of canned or frozen produce.
Buy extra large containers of items you use often so you don't have to purchase many smaller containers.
Reuse, recycle, and compost. Managing your household waste effectively is another good way to reduce air pollution. Reusing, recycling and composting can have a big effect on your garbage output, which means less trash going into the landfills - big sources of air pollution.
Try to buy items that come in glass containers so you can reuse them over and over again. Plastic is reusable, too, but be careful reusing it too often to store food, since chemicals can leach from the plastic into the food over time.
Recycle your plastic, paper, aluminium, and other recyclables according to your city's guidelines.
Make a compost pile in your yard, into which you can throw your vegetable peelings and other food scraps. After you've tended your pile for a few months, you'll have rick, black compost you can use to feed your garden.
Use environmentally safe paints and cleaning products whenever possible. Such paints and cleaning products emit less smog-producing particles to the air and are better for your breathing health too.
Follow manufacturers’ recommendations to use and properly seal cleaners, paints, and other chemicals. Carefully following the instructions ensures that smog-forming chemicals can’t evaporate.
Method 3 of 4: Conserving Energy
Don't use your lights and appliances as often. You've heard it a million times: turn off the lights when you leave a room, and don't leave the TV on all day! These small actions are more important than ever when it comes to reducing air pollution, since the electricity that runs your lights and appliances is generated by emissions-producing coal or natural gas plants. Here are a few more ideas for cutting back on the energy your household uses on a daily basis:
Take advantage of natural light. Set up your work or study space near a window that gets bright light all day, so you won't have to switch the lights on.
Have one room in the house be the "bright room" at night, rather than lighting up the whole house all the time. Your family can gather in the brightest room to read, study, or watch a movie before bedtime, rather than spreading out.
Unplug your appliances when you aren't using them. That goes for big appliances as well as small ones - TVs, computers, toasters, coffee makers, etc. Even a phone charger left plugged in can sap energy all day long.
Replace outdated large appliances with models that are designed to conserve energy.
Buy your electricity from low or zero pollution facilities. Look into the options available in your area.
Rethink your heating and cooling habits. Try to allow your body to acclimate to the changing seasons instead of using your heater and air conditioner to keep the temperature steady all year long. Blasting the heat and air is a major drain on energy, so break out your hand fans and warm sweaters to help you adjust to weather changes rather than relying on your thermostat.
When you're at work or away on a weekend trip, make sure to adjust your thermostat so that it's not pumping in cool or hot air the entire time you're away.
Don't take long hot showers or baths. Heating water requires a lot of energy, so being mindful of how much hot water you use is an important practice. You can start by taking shorter showers and skipping baths, since both require an abundance of hot water.
Turn your water heater to 120 °F (49 °C), so that the water never heats beyond that temperature.Use the cool setting on your washing machine.
Method 4 of 4: Getting Involved
Educate yourself on air pollution. Different regions have different air pollution issues. There may be a factory nearby that's polluting the air in your city, or perhaps the local landfill is the main culprit in your area. To understand how you can best take action to reduce air pollution in your area, do some research to find out what the major sources are.
Look online, read the newspaper, and ask around for information. If you're in school, your teachers might be able to point you in the right direction.
Start talking about air pollution with people in your life, instead of glossing over the problem. Discussing the issue could lead to bright ideas or courses of action you wouldn't have thought up on your own.
Plant trees. Trees reduce air pollution, and planting them is one of the most concrete, satisfying actions you can take to help the air quality in your region. Trees produce oxygen and absorb carbon dioxide, which they turn into food. Find out what types of trees are best to plant in your area, and take action!
Many cities have programs geared toward planting trees, like New
Join a group working to fight air pollution. Individuals can take steps to reduce air pollution in their daily lives, but the ultimate solution will involve changing governmental policies regarding industrial emissions. If you're passionate about taking action to reduce air pollution, consider joining an organization whose goal is to do exactly that. You'll learn more about the education and experience you need to help bring about lasting change and reduce air pollution where you live.
In last few decades we have seen the miss-utilization of technology by innovating non sustainable plastic packaging and promotional branding in various products. This promotional materials can neither be re cycled nor get decompose, resulting major waste problem. As there are no waste management system available in most of the cities this by products are either burned or dumped in a ground, again resulting major hazardous environment issues.
its a request to all government organisation, manufacturing companies to immediately ban use of plastic in packaging and promotional branding.
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What direction should India's waste management take? What does the future hold in store? Are landfills the answer? Is Waste-to-energy technology still a good bet? Why segregation is the key? These are some of the questions that come to our minds when we discuss waste management in our country.
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), New Delhi is conducting a day long workshop on Solid Waste Management to discuss the scenario of waste management in the country.
We have been to some of the cleanest cities across the country and have rated them. The system for rating cities was to determine who is the cleanest of them all in terms of solid waste management. It is clear that cities that are segregating their waste have been able to effectively process and treat it and have achieved the status of zero landfill cities. While, some cities are doing - part segregation and part treatment. And then, there are a few cities, that are visibly clean but dumping their waste. We have incorporated all our findings inour book: ‘Not in My Backyard’ due to release on 11th July, 2016, Jacaranda Hall, Indian Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
The workshop shall discuss the current status of waste management in India, the new rules, available technologies, municipal finances and expenditure, role of informal sector, CSE’s city survey and the best cities along with agenda for the future.
The workshop shall have important panel discussions and sharing of best practices across the country in solid waste management. The workshop is ideal for regulators, practitioners, consultants, academicians and NGOs working in solid waste management.
DATE: July 12, 2016
TIMING: 9:30 am to 4:30 pm
VENUE: Silver Oak Hall, Indian Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi
No course fee
Limited seats, for registration kindly write to Swati Singh Sambyal atswati@cseindia.org, +91-9910496283
21st June has been declared by the United Nations as the International Day of Yoga. We know that the regular practice of Yoga can help cure several ailments and sustain physical and mental well-being ! But, apart from improving health,Yoga can also help in conserving the Environment! Because, the practise of Yoga "awaken" people to their interdependence with Nature - and their desire to preserve it becomes expectedly spontaneous. Check out : http://greeniesglobe.com/green-living-natural-fitness.html
I am posting a link to a story which played out before our eyes during our trip to Corbett in February, 2016. "Corbett National Park- Long route to water"
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Training programme on CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY – PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) recognises CSR as a key business process that helps organisations demonstrate their commitments to being socially responsible. In fact, after the amendment of Companies Act in 2013 and promulgation of CSR Rules in 2014, addressing and reporting CSR performance has become mandatory.
This training programme is designed based on the provisions of the Act and Rules. The training programme aims at giving practical exposure to participants on CSR with specific reference to the regulatory framework, formulating CSR strategy and policy, stakeholder engagement, methodologies for implementation, performance evaluation and statutory reporting.
The objective of the programme is to build a cadre of CSR leaders and professionals who would assist in effective development and implementation of CSR activities of organisations for the benefit of communities as well as business. This training programme will be relevant and effective for CSR heads, senior and mid-level managers, CSR practitioners and implementation partners, NGOs, etc.
What participants would learn?
1. Regulatory Framework for CSR
- Companies Act 2013 and CSR Rules 2014
- International guideline and best practices
2. Developing CSR Policy
- SWOT Analysis and Identification of Major Risks & Opportunities
- Developing Strategy and CSR Policy
3. Stakeholder Engagement
- Identification of Stakeholder
- Engagement—Social Need Assessment
- Prioritisation of Key Issues
4. CSR Planning and Implementation
- Participatory Planning
- Implementation (Social and Gender Inclusion)
5. Monitoring, Measurement and Evaluation
6. Grievances Redressal (Processes and Practices)
7. Guidelines for CSR Reporting
Training Methodology = Lectures, case studies, class room exercises, discussions and role plays
COURSE FEES
Rs 10,000 for CSR Foundations, Companies, Public Sector Undertakings, Consultants
Rs 7,500 for academicians, NGOs and researchers,
Rs 5,000 for students
Note: Accommodation can be arranged nearby the training centre, would incur extra charges
COURSE DURATION: July 20-22, 2016
TIMING
09.00 am to 5.30 pm
COURSE VENUE
CSE, 38, Tughlakabad Institutional Area,
New Delhi – 62
LAST DATE FOR APPLYING
July 15, 2016
OPEN FOR ALL
CSR practitioners, officials from companies, PSUs, consultants, academicians, students, NGOs
For Registration kindly Email at: digvijay@cseindia.org
COURSE COORDINATOR:
Digvijay Singh, Sr. Research Associate, Industry & Environment Unit
Centre for Science and Environment
41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi-110062
Ph: 91-11-2995 5124 / 6110 (Ext. 204); Fax: 91-11-2995 5879
Mobile: +91 9891921959, +91 9899676027
CSE’s short-term EIA training programme UNDERSTANDING EIA: FROM SCREENING TO DECISION MAKING
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is an important tool for decision makers, regulators and stakeholders to understand the potential impacts (adverse as well as favourable) of the developmental activities on environment and society. EIA is a process to internalize the externalities associated with the project activities and cost for decision—making.
Centre for Science and Environment is conducting a five-day training programme aimed at giving practical inputs to participants on conducting sector—specific EIA for mining, thermal and cement sectors specified under EIA Notification 2006.
The training inputs to participants would improve their understanding of:
1. Screening and scoping of the study, including identification of legal requirements and formulation of ToR
2. Understanding relevant baseline data to be collected (primary and secondary) and the methodology of data collection
3. Interpretation of data to assess assimilative capacity of the study area
4. Impact and risk assessment of project activities
5. Mitigation and monitoring plan
6. Environment Management Programmes (EMP)
7. Budgeting and Project Benefits
8. Public Hearing
9. Evaluation of quality of EIA Report
10. Presentation of EIA Report
COURSE FEES:
Rs 15,000 for developers, government officials and consultants,
Rs 10,000 for academicians, NGOs and researchers,
Rs 7,500 for students
Note: Accommodation can be arranged nearby the training centre, would incur extra charges
Note: Accommodation can be arranged nearby the training centre, would incur extra charges
COURSE DURATION:
DATE: July 4-8, 2016
TIMING: 9.00 am to 5.30 pm
COURSE VENUE: CSE, 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi – 62
LAST DATE FOR APPLYING: June 26, 2016
OPEN FOR ALL
Functional Area Experts, Environment Consultants, NGOs, Regulatory Institutions (such as SPCB, State Environment Impact Assessment Authority), Students, Decision Makers and Industry Professionals.
For registration: Kindly email at: digvijay@cseindia.org
For any further details contact:
Digvijay Singh Bisht, Sr. Research Associate,
Industry & Environment Unit
Centre for Science and Environment
41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi-110062
Ph: 91-11-2995 512491-11-2995 5124 / 6110 (Ext. 204); Fax: 91-11-2995 5879
Mobile: +91 9891921959, +91 9899676027
June 5th, 2016 is "World Environment Day" ! The theme this year is "fighting against the illegal trade in wildlife" that is driving several species to the brink of extinction - upsetting ecosystems and economies! The environment is everyone's concern - so much so that no one can afford to say "it's not my business"!
Read through this report :http://greeniesglobe.com/world-environment-day.html
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With increase production of newer gadgets, electronic products in the market leads to wastage of older goods for a better version have lead to the rise of E-waste in the environment.
To address this issue and to know more about the newly amended E-Waste Rules, 2016, published by Government of India, USAID LEAD and Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry is putting forth a "Symposium on E-Waste to No Waste: Contributing to End-of-Life Solutions" on June 17, 2016 at Mumbai.
We have invited Honourable Minister of State (IC) MoEF&CC Shri Prakash Javadekar as Chief Guest for the event and other eminent speakers for this program.
For more details visit : http://goo.gl/wbGV1E
Dear All
Could you please share the details of network team members with following expertise
1. organic nursery stall ( Seed and sapling)
2. Environment games : could you please share few details on this topic . what type of game we can conduct for employees and create awareness among the employee
Thank you
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A Reputed EIA Consultancy Required 4-5 Years EIA Professionals for EIA Report Writing.
Salary 35-40k
Job Location: Jaipur
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