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Dear friends,
can any body give the details of what are the laboratory equipments required for establish a EIA report analysis lab & procedure for the same. and cost of the equiprments
please help me out thankful
Regards,
fasi
Due to administrative and technical reason, the seminar slated for March 13-14, 2015
has been postponed to November 27-28,2015. In fact majority of the participants has expressed their inability to attend and participate on the said dates due to financial year closing.May we take the liberty to request you please favour us with your valuable contribution by way of research paper/article/registration form duly completed at your earliest possible to plan the seminar and serve you in a better manner.
Inconvenience caused is hereby regretted.
After a long time there is a very interesting study on NET - Negative Emissions Technology from University of Oxford, Smith School of Enterprise and Environment. Check out the new technologies being pursued to counter the effects of man-made emissions . But as the study points out, NET should not be seen as a deus ex machina that will ‘save the day.
I love the part where the study states the obvious, known to mankind since millennium. Simple steps like afforestation and rejuvenating our existing forests are the only low cost methods known to mankind that can stand a fighting chance against stifling emissions. We need a balance to counter the effects of Climate change. Reduce our emissions and promote Negative Emission Technologies at the same time.
Check the study out at http://www.smithschool.ox.ac.uk/research-programmes/stranded-assets/Stranded%20Carbon%20Assets%20and%20NETs%20-%2006.02.15.pdf
Love to hear your opinion!
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Centre for Environment and Development (CED) is organizing the 11th Kerala Environment Congress (KEC 2015) and three days National Workshop on "Climate Change and Sustainable Development" from 6th to 8th May, 2015 at Kottayam, Kerala.
The Congress will include invited paper presentations by experts on various sub themes, paper and poster presentations by Scientist all over India and paper and poster presentations by research students for Young Scientist Award.
I did M.Sc.(Env & Eco), and PGD in Environmental Management and sustainable devolpment. I am looking for some on line Certificate courses in Environment
Hi everyone,
Please tell me course about occupational health and safety.
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11869-014-0311-6
I met my Professor friend at the EXIT of an international exhibition on air quality monitoring instruments in Mumbai. This exhibition had stalls of some of the leading suppliers of automated air quality monitoring instrument suppliers from all over the world. It was a great display of sophisticated instruments across some 50 stalls with seminars concurrently held. There must be at least 1000 footfalls a day. Most visitors were industries who were forced to install automatic air quality monitoring stations by the Government.
I asked the Professor how was the experience.
He seemed quite happy but not very excited. “It’s a good expo but I have some other views”. He said with a pause. “We need to chat one of these days”. I knew that given my friends hectic work schedule, this chat was never going to happen. Chatting with the Professor had always been interesting and stimulating. So I suggested that we sit at one of the restaurants outside the EXIT gate for some coffee. “They have a varandah behind and they let you smoke there” I told him as additional information – as if it mattered.
We picked up a table with a round top and cane chairs and ordered for Ethiopian coffee that was served in large cups with some bitter cookies. When the waiter brought an ashtray for the Professor, the “stage was all set” for our conversations. He took a deep puff from his cigar and said “Monitoring with sophisticated instruments is fine. We do need to have good quality, high frequency air quality data on key parameters but what I don’t like is the absence of the involvement of people. We need to involve people in environmental monitoring if we want to see action. Most of the times, monitoring remains a “bilateral” activity between the “polluter” and the ‘regulator”. People or the key stakeholders come to know the outcomes of this bilateral transaction only when there are serious violations leading to punitive actions or have legal consequences.
“People watch on TV or read occasionally in the newspapers graphs and statistics on ambient air quality, especially how it is much higher than the standard. Firstly they don’t understand the terms (parameters and units) and secondly they don’t know what should be done, or what the Government is doing about it. It is often a passive receipt of information”
I said you need something sensational to happen if you want to make people understand how bad our ambient air quality is. You may know that United States may curb President Barack Obama's early morning schedule during his visit to Delhi this month. Air pollution monitoring agencies have found that the levels of 'PM2.5' (term used to describe fine, respirable particles) that get lodged in the lungs are likely to be in the range of moderate to high in the period while Obama will be in Delhi. So Obama may find difficult to be chief guest at the Republic Day parade which is held in the open and in the morning when air pollution levels are usually high. He will probably have to wear an oxygen mask on the stage and look like Darth Vader of the Star Wars. This should wake up citizens of Delhi and force the Government to take some concrete actions to reduce the levels of 'PM2.5 or not invite people like Obama again who have poor pollution resilience
The Professor smiled. “You cannot ask the US President however to visit all polluted cities in India just to raise awareness of the Indian citizens – and his travel will cost more than Ministry of Environment’s budget. We have to find ways ourselves”. He rested his cigar on the ash tray.
Many years ago, in Mumbai, at Shivaji-Park I did an experiment on how to involve citizens in air quality monitoring. Here some 200 odd citizens participated. We don’t need to make use of sophisticated instruments many times. Even basics like dust jar work. So I used dust jars that were sponsored for me by one of the major polluting industry of Mumbai.(They wanted to feel “good”). A call was given through newspaper (that was kind enough to publicize at no cost) asking interested citizens to assemble at the Shivaji-Park Gymkhana if they were interested to know about the air quality in Mumbai.
On a Sunday morning, some 200 citizens from different corners of Mumbai walked in. They represented all ages, gender and professions. I gave a 10 minute presentation on the basics of air pollution in cities and then spoke about the dust jar. Idea was to give every attendee a dust jar that they would place in the balcony or terrace with as much free air flow possible. The jar was to be kept for one week and all were expected to meet again at the Gymkhana, get the dust jar weighed and compare the results. Some of the students then showed the participants how the dust jar works. Names and addresses of the citizens were recorded (and later mapped).
I think the idea of comparing dust fall levels really motivated the citizens to come back on next Sunday. My students did some random visits to some 20 houses across the city to check if the dust jar was placed alright – and this also helped in some sort of a reminder. On the next Sunday we got more than 200 citizens as they brought along their neighbours and friends. All were curious. We weighed each dust jar and couple of my students did a quick mapping of the dust levels on the map of Mumbai to project on a screen.
I had organized for the display of lungs of industrial workers that were preserved in jars with formalin. This was courtesy KEM hospitals Air Pollution & Heath Unit. These jars showed how much of particle lodging had happened in the lungs of the industrial workers due to exposure to dust in the work space. While my students were doing dust fall mapping, the citizens crowded around the tables to see the “display of consequences”. This was certainly scary. I could hear first the whispers and later voices that were raised. When Mumbai’s dust fall level map was projected, it led to an intense debate. Why are the dust fall levels high here and why here so low? What dust fall levels are permissible? And what can we do about it? One participant said that particle size should also matter and not just the weight. Another one said that local release of dust e.g. due to construction activities will make the difference. All were excited for more knowledge and come up with suggestions for city-wide as well as local actions. They wanted me to repeat this exercise at the terraces of schools and involve school children and teachers.
“Let the students get involved as an assignment where they would record dust jar levels in various seasons – see the variability and whether the trends were decreasing or rising. At the end of the year, all school principals should get together, compile data and publish a report for the citizens and the Government”
Wow – I exclaimed. “That’s real participatory air pollution monitoring. Much better than just making use of automated instruments. Your experiment is unique as it builds citizen awareness, imparts education. Importantly it promotes ownership, opens collaborations and leads to collective actions. So did you repeat the “experiment” I asked. The Professor extinguished his cigar and I asked for the bill. _______________________________________________________________
I did this experiment in 1985 in Mumbai. Always wanted to repeat, escalate and replicate but couldn’t do so for various reasons. Would love to action again. May be through Ekonnect. If anyone is interested to emulate this experiment, do let me know. I will most happy to guide/help.
The dust jars were used heavily in China in 1990s for ambient air quality monitoring. There have been interesting Chinese publications on the dust fall technique and results. Of course the method has its own limitations. There are however several extensions possible. Even more recently, dust jars are used. See “Evaluation of Dust fall in the Air of Yazd” by K. Naddafi, R. Nabizadeh, Z. Soltanianzadeh, M. H. Ehrampoosh in Iran (http://diglib.tums.ac.ir/pub/magmng/pdf/3344.pdf).
Putting science to society is the key. A lot happens when well done.
Friends,
I will appreciate if anyone can share the cost of preparing Single cell and Double cell Land fill site.
Regards
Suneet Dabke
The fast growing economy, rapid industrialisation and growing urban population in India along with increasing wastewater generation are reasons for concern and reiterate the need for appropriate water management practices. Centre for Science and Environment recognises this need and has developed a five-day hands on training programme aimed at giving practical exposure to participants on wastewater treatment for industrial and urban wastewater management including reuse and recycle.
The objective of this programme is to build capacity and create awareness among regulators, developers, consultants, NGOs, students and academics to understand wastewater treatment process, technologies and affordable treatment options. The programme further aims at evaluating the performance and design parameters along with the applicable cost implication associated with each treatment system.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
Issues and challenges of urban and industrial wastewater treatment, conservation/ efficiency including reuse and recycle.
Wastewater treatment technologies including advanced treatment options
Decentralized approaches in treating urban wastewater (existing and emerging)
Planning, designing, monitoring and inspection of wastewater treatment systems
Proficiency on water and wastewater accounting
Sector specific exposure on wastewater treatment and management such as construction and industrial projects (distillery, tannery, textile, refinery, power plant etc).
Concept of zero discharge with case studies
Issues and challenges with Common Effluent Treatment Plants and way ahead
State of art practices for wastewater management
Law, policy options and standards for wastewater treatment
Hands on experience in wastewater sampling and analysis
TOOLS
Lectures by experts, site visits to existing projects, practical group exercises, presentations by participants, reference materials and film screening.
TARGET AUDIENCE
Regulators, Consultants, Engineers, Environment Managers, NGOs, Academics and Students.
Course Duration:
Date: February 2-6, 2015
Venue: CSE, 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi -110062
Time: 10.00 am to 5.30 pm
Course fee: The course fee is Rs. 15,000 for Regulators, Consultants, Engineers, Environment Managers, Rs 10,000 for academicians, NGOs and researcher, Rs 7,500 for students The fee includes training material, field visit, lunch, tea/coffee and refreshments during training and field visit. Participants will get a certificate at the end of the course.
Last Date for Applying: January 20, 2015
For information contact
Swati Singh Sambyal, Senior Research Associate
Industry & Environment Unit
Centre for Science and Environment
Tel: + 91-11-29955124/ 6110, Extension: 281, |
Fax: + 91-11-29955879 Mob. No.: +91 9910496283
E-mail: swati@cseindia.org
Centre for Science and Environment recognises Social Impact Assessment (SIA) as an important tool to inform decision makers, regulators and stakeholders about the possible social and economic impacts of a development project. To be effective, SIA requires the active involvement of all concerned stakeholders. CSE has developed a five-day training programme aimed at giving practical exposure to participants on SIA with specific reference to infrastructure, mining and other industrial projects.
The programme is designed based on the new Act, “The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013”, and will be relevant and effective for SIA practitioners, officials from state land department, municipality, district collector, sub-divisional magistrate, developers, academician, students, NGOs etc.
The objective of this programme is to build a cadre of trained professional who can conduct and review SIA reports. The programme will also impart understanding of the issues and challenges in land acquisition, enhance skills in socio-economic surveys, public consultations, data collection, planning land acquisition and rehabilitation and resettlement plan. The course would also discuss applicable central/state laws such as Panchayat (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act (PESA), The Forest Rights Act, 2006, and the Companies Acts, 2013.
What participants will learn
- Land conflicts, land classification, land rights and governance
- Better understanding of SIA
- How to make Term of References (ToRs)
- Reconnaissance and baseline survey — data need, data collection, collation and interpretation
- Development of tools and instruments to conduct SIA surveys
- Effective assessment and reporting methodologies
- Filling the Socio-Economic survey questionnaire
- Asset evaluation
- Preparation of entitlement matrix
- Review of SIA reports
- CSR framework, its reporting and case studies
- Post monitoring.
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
Course Duration
Date: January 12-16, 2015
TIMING: 10.00 am to 5.30 pm
Course Venue
CSE, 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area,
New Delhi – 62
Last date for applying
January 7, 2015
Open for all
SIA practitioners, officials from state land department, municipality, district collector, sub-divisional magistrate, developers, academician, students, NGOs
For details contact:
Swati Singh Sambyal, Senior Research Associate
Industry & Environment Unit
Centre for Science and Environment
41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area,
New Delhi-110062
Email: swati@cseindia.org
Mobile: 91 9910496283
Ph: 91-11-2995 5124 / 6110 (Ext. 251);
Fax: 91-11-2995 5879
I want to install Municipal Solid Waste Management plant. I am also planning to install bio fuel plant. If someone goes through it in india kindly help give me give name of different bio fuel plant equipment.
It will really help me a lot.
You can mail me on my email id: sunnyagrawal@ese.ism.ac.in
Dear NEIP,
Whether tube light is an E-waste . hope this may a very basic question.
But still need your experience sharing
Thank you
What do you folks think about Hon. CM Modi's idea to create more employment opportunities in the Vapi Industrial Complex, Vapi, Gujarat, and let new industries to be built and expand the existing industries to manufacture toxic chemicals and operate on a "good faith" philosophy of self monitoring any pollutant releases. As you may know, the Damanganga river into which a common effluent treatment plant discharges its effluent is already heavily polluted.
We are planning an adopt village and implement solid waste management as CSR activity. Finally the village will be a green village and role model to nearby village. Need your experience sharing, and similar project handling inputs to make the project a successful one Thank you environmentrajesh @gmail.com
Environmental and Social (E&S) Governance is increasingly becoming complex today. Earlier, project developers had to comply only with the regulations imposed through various acts and rules – but now there are requirements coming from investors and lenders, supply-chain & markets and the neighbourhood. These requirements in many cases go beyond the laws of the land.
Further, concepts such as shared value and benefit sharing have come up and of course the CSR - and more and more transparency is demanded in the project implementation and operations. Recognition and integration of E&S perspectives is now becoming central or pivotal in strategizing and managing business. E&S management has thus become “material”.
Given these changing paradigms, the Project developers are in some sense in caught in a cleft-stick. How to be consistently compliant with the Government, Investors and Markets (GIM) and yet be competitive has been the daunting question. This requires commitment from the “top”, operation of proactive management systems and culture of knowledge management towards fostering innovation. Without eco-innovations, one just cannot meet the targets that otherwise seem impossible!
But the key is to have right kind of trained human resources who understand the complexity of the E&S Governance and importance of eco-innovation. We need E&S graduates who are exposed to the emerging topics with additional skills such as communication, conflict resolution etc. There is an awful deficiency of human resources in this arena. “We would like to hire – but where are the right kind of people?” companies often ask me – and so the financing institutions and regulators. And there is no easy answer.
The courses offered at most universities today are still traditional, primarily focus on “end of pipe” and do not address topics on contemporary E&S governance. We don’t see courses that cover environmental management, environmental economics, market regulations, responsible investing, social impact assessment, CSR etc. It’s not just the issue regarding topics or courses, but that of faculty. We simply don’t have teachers who are well exposed and resourceful to teach such topics. And that’s my serious concern.
We all in the E&S profession need to work collectively to address this issue.
“Modernizing” the course curriculum is one option. But this takes time. This is something we need to move step by step over next 5 years as we build faculty. Every major graduate program in Environment in India for instance should brainstorm and prepare a 5 year curriculum transformation plan. This plan will also guide recruitment of new faculty. Such transformation plans are unfortunately seldom made. The student body should press upon the department head to ask for such plan. The Alumni should also get actively involved. I will be most glad to help if any department will be interested.
And how do we get the faculty? One idea could be to “identify” potential faculty who are “outside the academic campus” but are both resourceful and interested to teach. There many such “gems” around but not connected to academia. We need to engage them in the teaching of the courses – even few lectures – giving them as much flexibility as much possible. If any of you are interested, please let me know and send me your CVs and topics of interest and I will hook you up with the graduate teaching programs I am connected with.
We could also run summer and winter schools over 3 to 5 days for teacher training. I did one such training event at Suratkal this year where we had 80 faculty and doctoral/masters students participating. I will be most happy to repeat such programs at other locations. Those interested to join me are most welcome.
Another possibility is to conduct what I call as “Finishing Schools”. These Finishing Schools can be conducted on the university campus for graduating students and cover some of the “missing” and “essential” topics. The school can be open even for young professionals. I conducted one such Finishing School over 4 days at NITIE in Mumbai where around 60 “students” participated. We got very positive response.
Of course we need to float a number of continuing education programs – both open house and in-institution – in the form of “modules” addressing contemporary topics. These modules could be a blend between Face to Face (F2F) and e-learning platform and interspersed so as to allow implementation. You can for instance teach a 6 week module on CSR, with F2F sessions on Friday half day, fully supported over 6 weeks by e-learning platform, providing access to knowledge resources, group interactions, mentoring and assessments. The course could be designed such that the end of 6 weeks, each participant is able to prepare a CSR implementation plan for his/her organization. That’s another take away apart from capacity building. I have designed a few such programs in the past and plan to launch them shortly through www.ekonnect.net By the way, on this website; you will be able to access reports of the Suratkal and NITIE training events. Please do take a look.
Let us work together to come up with a multi-pronged strategy to upgrade or improve our environmental education and training programs. I would like to form a National Working Group to steer. Through this post I would like to invite all those who would be interested to join. Please write to me on prasad.modak@emcentre.com
Look forward to your ideas and support
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