Dear friends Please Read This and some one willingly take campus ambassador responsibility to make it happen .It is a good opportunity for our both our University and for us to participate in a International Conference.
The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) is being organized in pursuance of General Assembly Resolution 64/236 (A/RES/64/236), and will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in June 2012. The Rio+20 Conference is envisaged as a Conference at the highest possible level, including Heads of State and Government or other representatives. The Conference will result in a focused political document. Rio+20 is an historic opportunity to define pathways to a safer, more equitable, cleaner, greener and more prosperous world for all.
Asia's biggest education and outreach program about Rio+20 - The Rio+20 India Program begins on June 20, 2012 and registration closes on (extended) February 28, 2013. It is spearheaded by Indian Astrobiology Research Centre in association Rio+20 - United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) to promote the objectives of UNCSD 2012. The program is a tool to achieve the One Million Rios commitment which is accepted and listed on the United Nations Rio+20 website
http://www.iarc.res.in/rio/index.html
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CEPT University, Ahmedabad is organizing a 3-day training course 'EIA for Coordinators/ Team leaders' on 21-23 March 2013. Faculty conducting the course includes Director, NEERI.
It is non-residential program. Registration fee is Rs 9,000 per participant.
The last date for registration is 28 February 2013.
For details, pl contact Prof Dr A K A Rathi at drakarathi@cept.ac.in
Can members of IEN suggest Effective methods for Increasing Rainfall and Rain-Harvesting in Latur? Suggest which all things should be analysed and studied for this?
School of Ecological Informatics at the Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management - Kerala (IIITM-K) is pleased to announce a summer school in Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) from 22- 26 April 2013.
The Program is opened for Working professionals/ Academicians/researchers and students in environment and allied sciences.
Sessions will be based on the guidelines of EIA, issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India.
The participant will gain focused knowledge on all aspects of EIA. All sessions to be conducted by experienced professionals.
for details of the school and online registration, please visit,Last date for online registration 15 Feb 2013
For any queries:
Write to us at ei@iiitmk.ac.in
We solicit your help in reaching out to interested participants.
Regards,
This morning, I had the pleasure of attending a lecture given by Dr. Dilafruz Williams. Dr. Williams is founding director of the Leadership in Ecology, Culture, and Learning program and of the Learning Gardens Laboratory at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon. She also co-founded the Environmental Middle School (grades 6-8) in 1995, which has now expanded to K-8 Sunnyside Environmental School in Portland Public Schools.
These successful initiatives have been designed with the goal of addressing the ecological and cultural underpinnings of education in K-12 schools and in higher education and build strong community-school-university partnerships. How successful? The Learning Gardens concept has now taken root in a number of primary schools across the US as well as six high schools, which is mind-boggling considering the untimely and ignominious death of environmental education (known in its erstwhile avatar as EVS) as a school subject for the ICSE Board.
As the name suggests, the Learning Gardens is designed to help children/students as well as their families and communities connect to their natural roots. Our connection with soil as a living medium has been tenuous for quite some time. The program helps students learn about science, social studies, and sustainability--all of it in a place as unexpected as a garden.
One thing hit home quite forcefully for me, namely, our (read "the urbanite's") complete disconnect with the earth in our everyday lives. Most of us understand the ecological importance of nature. We see nature as a scenic backdrop on most of our travels/trips out of town and not much else. Few of us stop to think where we get our food from (the earth), what happens to the water we use (if you live in Mumbai, it ends up more or less assaulting all the aquatic life (or what's left of it) in the Arabian Sea), or exactly where the garbage disappears once we have (hopefully) put it out for the garbage truck. (I must admit that I was completely clueless about all of these things while growing up. If I had had an environmental education before I embarked on my Master's degree, it would have been an eye-opener and would have contributed immeasurably to my understanding of nature as whole.)
Ask an average person where his/her food comes from, and the answer would probably be the supermarket (if you are in the US), the farmer in the gaon (if you are in India), or something more hilarious (and completely untrue, if your average Joe is British). What most of us do not realize is that the small-time farmer too is disappearing. Slowly, but surely, being taken over the big corporations in the name of convenience, scale, and supply chain management.
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Dear All,
Centre for Science and Environment has developed a hands-on three-day training programme aimed at giving practical exposure to participants on hazardous waste with specific reference to characterization of hazardous waste, design of landfill, incinerator facilities and hazardous waste
manangement.
- Exposure to the status of hazardous waste in India
- Characterisation, recycle and reuse of hazardous waste
- Understanding of hazardous waste management governing laws in the country
- Better understanding of the environmental and social impacts of hazardous waste
- Design of a landfill site, incineration and best practices involved
- Good practices involved in the management of hazardous waste
- National and international best practices
Course Duration:
Date: January 28-30, 2013
Venue: CSE, 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi -110062
Time: 10:00 AM to 5:30 PM daily
Course fee: Rs 8,000 (For industry, environment consultants and regulators) 25% discounts for NGOs, academicians and students
Last Date for Applying: January 20, 2013
For Registration kindly contact: swati@cseindia.org
OPEN FOR:
NGOs, Regulatory Institutions (such as SPCB, State Environment Impact Assessment Authority), Environment Consultants, Students, Decision Makers and Industries
A certificate of participation will be awarded to all at the end of the programme.
COURSE CONTACT
Swati Singh Sambyal, Industry & Environment Unit
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
Plz Tell me about the institutes which are analyzing methane with the help of gas chromatograph in India.
suggest pollution sources and rem edy too...
Hi,
Can anyone suggest an efficient software tool/products (if available online) apart from MS Excel, for better presentation of tables, graphs (2D also) to be incorporated while writing research papers or short communication articles ?
Vasantdada Sugar Institute is organizing two specialized training programmes on 'Zero Liquid Discharge in Agrobased Industries' and 'Wastewater Treatment and Reuse in Industrial Sector' at its campus in Manjari, Pune. The objective of these programmes is to give practical exposure to the participants and to update their knowledge regarding the various technological developments in these areas. The details of these programmes are as follows
- Zero Liquid Discharge in Agro-based Industries
Dates: January 14-18, 2013
Course fees: Rs. 10,000 per participant + 12.36% service tax
- Wastewater Treatment and Reuse in Industrial Sector
Dates: February 5-7, 2013
Course fees: Rs. 7,500 per participant + 12.36% service tax
The course fee includes tuition fees, training material and lunch. It does not include travel or accommodation. A limited number of seats are available for both these programmes. Interested persons may please contact me on 020-26902343 or by email ds.nimbalkar@vsisugar.org.in
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With industrialization and development, there is a growing concern over the hazardous waste generation. The levels of dangerous wastes continue to grow. Industries and individuals continue to be largely unaware of this major environmental problem. With pitiable landfill management facilities there is a growing concern over the management of hazardous waste.
Centre for Science and Environment recognises this need and has developed a hands-on three-day training programme aimed at giving practical exposure to participants on hazardous waste with specific reference to characterization of hazardous waste, design of landfill, incinerator facilities and hazardous waste
manangement.
- Exposure to the status of hazardous waste in India
- Characterisation, recycle and reuse of hazardous waste
- Understanding of hazardous waste management governing laws in the country
- Better understanding of the environmental and social impacts of hazardous waste
- Design of a landfill site, incineration and best practices involved
- Good practices involved in the management of hazardous waste
- National and international best practices
Course Duration:
Date: January 28-30, 2013
Venue: CSE, 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi -110062
Time: 10:00 AM to 5:30 PM daily
Course fee: Rs 8,000 (For industry, environment consultants and regulators) 25% discounts for NGOs, academicians and students
Last Date for Applying: January 20, 2013
For Registration kindly contact: swati@cseindia.org
OPEN FOR:
NGOs, Regulatory Institutions (such as SPCB, State Environment Impact Assessment Authority), Environment Consultants, Students, Decision Makers and Industries
A certificate of participation will be awarded to all at the end of the programme.
COURSE CONTACT
Swati Singh Sambyal, Industry & Environment Unit
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
Dear All,
Centre for Science and Environment 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 Fee:
The course fee is Rs. 9900 per participant. The fee includes training material, field visit, lunch, tea/coffee and refreshments during training and field visit.
Discounts for NGOs and students: They can avail a discount of 25% on the course fee. Discounted seats are limited and offered on first come first serve basis.
Fellowships Available for South Asian Participants.
Participants will get a certificate at the end of the course.
Programme Schedule
Date: January 7-11, 2013
Timings: 9.00 am to 5.00 pm
Venue: Anil Agarwal Green College
Centre for Science and Environment,
38, Tughlakabad Institutional Area (Near Batra Hospital)
New Delhi- 110062
For Registeration
Last Date for Applying: December 29, 2012
For information contact:
Deblina Dwivedi
Senior Research Associate – Urban Water Programme
Email: deblina@cseindia.org
Mobile: 9899596661
Swati Singh
Research Associate – EIA Unit
Email: swati@cseindia.org
Mobile: 9910496283
Dear All,
Centre for Science and Environment has developed hands-on three-day training programme aimed at giving practical exposure to participants on SIA with specific reference to deve lopment projects, such as infrastructure, mining and other industrial projects.
The objective of this programme is to build capacity and create awareness among regulators, developers, NGOs and academicians to understand SIA process—Reconnaissance and Baseline Survey, Land Acquisition Survey and Plan (LAP) and Preparation of the Resettlement Action Plan (RAP). The programme also aims at evaluating the SIA report along with the applicable legislations in India.
On completion of the programme the participants will be equipped with:
1. Exposure to aspects of SIA, from theory to applications regarding:
Understanding the Terms of Reference
Data need, data collection, collation and interpretation
Development of tools and instruments for conducting SIA survey
Effective assessment methodologies
Reporting methodologies
2. Integrated approach for addressing SIA and EIA process - from scoping, data collection to impact assessment as well as the role of public consultations
3. Knowledge on review of SIA reports and identification of strengths and weaknesses
4. Post SIA monitoring
5. Procedure for institutional strengthening and capacity building
6. Experience sharing on national and international best practices in SIA
SCHEDULE
Course Duration:
Date: January 3-5, 2013
Venue: CSE, 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi -110062
Time: 10:00 AM to 5:30 PM daily
Course fee: Rs 8000 (For developers, environment consultants and regulators) 25% discounts for NGOs, academicians and students
Last Date for Applying: December 29, 2012
For Registration kindly contact: swati@cseindia.org
OPEN FOR:
Government officials of Project Executing Departments, Developers, NGOs, CBOs, and Academicians, Students and Industries
COURSE CONTACT
Swati Singh Sambyal, Industry & Environment Unit
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
You may recall the Eko-Calendar that was brought out in 2012. It contained important environmental days with notes and tips - put thematically for each month – making it unique in the market.
The calendar had received immense appreciation from eco-conscious corporates who believe in the ‘sustainability space’.
This year's further improved version of the Eko-Calendar is being produced by Ekonnect Knowledge Foundation, a section 25 (not for profit) company that Dr. Prasad Modak has set up in September this year.
The Ekocalendar 2013 basically is a creative tool of sorts to be used by any and everybody, a quiet desk reminder of the countless little things people can do every day towards saving our environment.
To download the order form please click on the link here. Completed order form should be emailed to sreemoyee.chakraborty@emcentre.com
CEPT University, Ahmedabad is organizing a non- residential 3-day training course on "EIA: Ecology and Biodiversity" with the help of Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun on 10-12 January 2013 at Ahmedabad. Registration fee is Rs 9,000 per participant. The last date of registration is 31 December 2012.
For registration, pl contact Prof Dr A K A Rathi at drakarathi@cept.ac.in 079 29096984
We required Solar Pump for treated water of 15 CMD in Delhi.
Please send the quote on below details,
Alaknanda Technologies
K-3, Krishna Ganga, Opposite Post Office,
Vishnu Nagar, Din Dayal Road,
Dombivli (W) Thane 421 202
Tel: 0251-3232842
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Introduction
India is embarking into the era of rapid economic development and social integrity. It is also witnessing a surge in the number of individuals possessing the DNA of Enterprise and advanced human knowledge. Some of these individuals are those who work outside the mainstream and have limited access to traditional means of funding. However, these individuals tend to overcome their difficulties and perform pioneering work,through initiatives and ingenuity for the common benefit of the mankind. 'ROLEX AWARDS for Enterprize' rewards this 'Unflinching' spirit of Social Innovation and promotes the activities for the benefit of the human society.
Significance of the Rolex Award of Enterprize
The Rolex Awards were established in the year 1976,by the late Andre.J.Heiniger, former chairman of Rolex. In 36 years since the awards of Enterprize were founded, Rolex has been inspired by the work of global network of visionaries. Winning projects belong to the following areas -
1. Applied Technology
2. Science and Health
3. Exploration and Discovery
4. The Environment
5. Cultural Heritage
Rather than rewarding past achievements of the selected individuals, the awards provide financial assistance and recognition to their new ventures and ongoing projects. Fundings of 100,000 Swiss francs are awarded to five Laureates and 50,000 Swiss francs to five Young Laureates. The Young Laureates Programme was introduced in 2009 to encourage the next generation of leaders. The grants must be used to complete projects.
Winners are chosen by a jury of international experts, who themselves embody the spirit of enterprize.The jury is international, interdisciplinary and independent. Rolex receives as many as 3,000 applications from 154 countries for eachseries. The Awards are open to anyone of any age, nationality or background. Projects are judged on their originality, potential for continue social impact and, on the candidates’ spirit of enterprise. Applicants must show how they will use a Rolex Award to leverage the impact of their projects, and how, they will benefit mankind.
The Presentation Ceremony
This prestigious award of international philanthropic eminnence will be held for the first time in India, on 27th of November 2012 at New Delhi. Eminent people scheduled to attend thi event include - Erling Kagge - first person to reach the North and South Poles, and the summit of Mount Everest,Vijay Amritraj- legendary Indian tennis champion, TV presenter, actor, Nandita Das - acclaimed human rights activist, actress and film-maker.
The Indian representatives in the Jury include - Gururaj Deshpande, an Indian American venture capitalist and entrepreneur, who is best known for co-founding the Chelmsford, Subramanian Ramadorai, the Advisor to the Prime Minister of India in the National Council on Skill Development in 2011 and Vice Chairperson - TCS ,Mahrukh Tarapor - an Indian born American Scholar considered to be one of the most widely respected museum professionals in the world,
Past Laureats
Piyush Tewari - Winner 2010 Rolex Award for Science and Health, India
A graduate from University of Delhi, Piyush had built a successful career in Private Equity. However, a road mishap in his family changed his course of Action altogether,imbibing in him the spirit of shield and protection for human race.
After discovering that basic life support, after a road accident, might have saved his 17-year-old cousin's life, Piyush Tewari , in February 2008, set up the SaveLife Foundation (SLF) to train police and bystanders to give emergency care to road victims in those first vital minutes before professional help arrives. The foundation trains police officers and volunteers on rapid care including trauma management, control of bleeding and spinal immobilization for road accident victims. Over the past 4 years Save LIFE has trained over 2500 Police first-responders in Delhi leading to a significant enhancement in survival rate of accident victims.
Chanda Shroff - Winner 2006 Rolex Award for Laureate, Cultural Heritage, India
Ms. Shroff won recognition for "empowering rural women" regardless of their religion or caste or class in the Kutch region of Gujarat. She developed a unique, sustainable means of income generation for village women. She got the local women to produce saris with exclusive embroideries. The first exhibition of saris was held in October 1969 in Mumbai with considerable success. The profits were re-invested into building the organization ‘Shrujan’. Currently Shrujan empowers more than 3,500 women across 100 villages in the Kutch region Gujrat.
The Rolex Phylosophy
Since its founding acentury ago, Rolex has championed and propogated its phylosophy of individual excellence and achievement through its Awards of Enterprize. By fostering innovation in science, exploration, conservation and the arts, the Rolex Awards advance the work of individuals who exemplify the vision, ingenuity and excellence that characterize the Rolex brand.
Witness this Event of Change in New Delhi, be a part of this Change.
do we have some list of authorized recyclers of HW catergory 33.3
