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नमस्कार दोस्तों, पेड़-पौधों की रोचक दुनिया की जानकारी के साथ मैं पेड़ दादा आपका फिर से एक बार स्वागत करता हूँ. बूढ़ा हो गया हूँ न इसलिए थोडा शरीर भी अस्वस्थ रहता है. यही कारण है की मैं लगातार आपलोगों से बात नहीं कर पता. खैर इसके लिए मैं आप सभी से फिर से एक बार क्षमा मांगता हूँ. और अपने इस सफ़र को आगे बढाता हूँ.आप सभी लोगों ने अभी तक हमारे परिवार के वितरण एवं अन्य जीवों के लिए पर्यावाश को उपलब्ध करने से सम्बंधित जानकारियां प्राप्त हो चुकी हैं. तो आइये मैं आपको अब अपने सबसे अनोखे गुण के बारे में बताने जा रहा हूँ, जिसके बारे में आप सब जानते हैं. सोचिये-सोचिये!! बहुत ही खास गुण है. जानता हूँ आप सभी लोग इसके बारे में जानते होंगे फिर भी मैं आपका थोडा ज्ञान वर्धन करता हूँ.क्या आप जानते हैं.. की हम यानि पेड़-पौधे, जिसमे हमारे भाई बंधू जैसे शाक, झाड़ी, वृक्ष इत्यादि लोग आते हैं, प्राकृतिक पर्यावरण में जैविक शोधक के रूप में महत्वपूर्ण भूमिका निभाते हैं. इसके अलावा हमारे परिवार के सभी पेड़-पौधे, पर्यावरणीय प्रदुषण को कम करने में अपना अपना योगदान देते हैं.जैसा की आप सभी जानते होंगे की हम सब प्रकृति में प्राणदायिनी गैस ऑक्सीजन की मात्रा को ऑक्सीजन चक्र के माध्यम से संतुलित करने का कार्य भी करते हैं, यही कारण है की हमें पृथ्वी पर ऑक्सीजन बैंक भी कहा जाता है. हम में से प्रत्येक ऑक्सीजन गैस के चक्रण में अपना-अपना योगदान देता है. हमारे ऊपर किये गए शोध से इस विषय पर कई तथ्य उभर कर सामने आये हैं. आर्बर डे फाउन्डेसन के अनुसार, "हम में से एक नौजवान, स्वस्थ एवं पत्तियों से परिपूर्ण पेड़ इतनी मात्रा में ऑक्सीजन गैस को उत्पादित करता है जितना की दस व्यक्तियों को एक वर्ष में सांस लेने के लिए आवश्यक है". कनाडा के राष्ट्रीय पर्यावरणीय एजेंसी ने अपने शोध में यह पाया की हम में से एक स्वस्थ पेड़ औसतन एक वर्ष में 118 किलोग्राम ऑक्सीजन का उत्पादन करता है. आइये मैं आपको ऐसे दस पेड़-पौधों के नाम बताता हूँ जिन्हें आप अपने घर पर गमलों में लगा कर भीतरी प्रदुषण के साथ-साथ आस-पास के प्रदुषण को भी थोडा बहुत कम कर सकते हैं:१. अरिका पाम: यह आसपास की वायु को नाम रखने वाला सबसे प्रभावशाली पौधा है.२. लेडी पाम३. बम्बू पाम४. रबर पाम: ध्यान देने योग्य बात यह है की इसकी पत्तियां जहरीली होतु हैं, अतः पालतू जानवरों को इनसे दूर रखें.५. द्रसिना६. इंग्लिश आइवी७. ड्वार्फ डेट पाम८. फाइकस अलाई९. बोस्टन फर्न१०. पीस लिली:हमारे परिवार के इन सभी सदस्यों के बारे में अधिक जानकारी प्राप्त करने के लिए http://webecoist.momtastic.com/2009/04/08/air-purifying-plants/ इस लिंक पर क्लिक करें.प्रदुषण को कम कम करने में भी हमें महारत हासिल है. हमारी हरी-हरी पत्तियां गैसीय प्रदूषकों को अपने सतहों के माध्यम से अवशोसित करने का काम करती हैं. इसके अलावा हमारे तने, शाखाएं एवं टहनियां भी कुछ मात्रा में हानिकारक प्रदुषण को अवाशोसित करने का कार्य करती हैं. हमारा सबसे महत्त्वपूर्ण कार्य वायुमंडल से कार्बन के ऑक्साइड को कम करना है. हम अपने अन्दर इस प्राणघातक गैस को अवशोसित कर के जीव-जंतुओं की मदद करते हैं. एक शोध के अनुसार हम में से एक स्वस्थ पेड़ प्रति वर्ष औसतन 6 किलोग्राम कार्बन को अवशोषित करता है.आइये आपको एक और महत्वपूर्ण बात बताता हूँ. हम सब ध्वनि प्रदूषण को भी कम करते हैं. अब आप सब सोच रहे होंगे ये कैसे संभव है. अरे जनाब यह भी संभव है. आइये इसके बारे में भी थोडा सा जानते हैं. हमारी शाखाएं, पत्तियां, टहनियां एवं तने ध्वनि तरंगियो को अवाशोसित करने का कार्य करती है. एक अध्ययन के अनुसार सड़क मार्गों के किनारे स्थित हमारी (वृक्षों की) १०० फीट चौड़ी और ४५ फीट लम्बी श्रृंखला ध्वनि प्रदूषण को ६ से १० डेसिबल तक कम करती हैं. यहाँ तक की अगर हम में से किसी एक पेड़ को अपने घर के आस-पास सुनियोजित तरीके से लगाते हैं तो यह आपको काफी मात्रा में अनावश्यक ध्वनि प्रदूषण को कम करने में सहायक होगी.और तो और हम सब वायु एवं जल द्वारा होने वाले मृदा क्षरण को भी काफी मात्रा में कम करने, नाइट्रोजन के स्थिरीकरण, कचरों के निस्तारण इत्यादि में सहायता प्रदान करते हैं.तो देखा आपने की किस प्रकार से हमारे परिवार का एक छोटे से छोटा सदस्य भी आप सभी जीव-जंतुओं के लिए अत्यंत आवश्यक है. ऐसे न जाने कितने कार्य है जिसके बारे में आप अच्छी तरह से नहीं जानते होंगे. तो ऐसी अनेकों जानकारियों के लिए जुड़े रहिये मेरे अर्थात पेड़ दादा के साथ. और पढ़ते रहिये प्रकृति मित्र ब्लॉग. तब तक के लिए गुड बाई. अपना और अपने पेड़ पौधों का ख्याल रखें धन्यवाद.आपका अपना:पेड़ दादाप्रस्तोता: आशुतोष कुमार द्विवेदी "आशु"
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Waterloo Global Science Initiative (WGSI) and Jagurih Group are organizing International Round-table workshop on "Clean-technology and India's Vision" . The major themes of the workshop are Solar energy, Energy Efficiency, Building Efficiency / Green Building , Solar cells space technology and Biomass. The Workshop has been slated on September 7th, 2012 at Paharpur Business Center, New Delhi.

It's a great opportunity for Students and Youngsters who envisions a career in Energy Management, Environmental Sustainability and Green Economics . This is the first time in India that a round-table workshop is happening with it's major thematic purpose for Solar cell space technology and it's winding applications. 

Go ahead and register here:http://www.jagurihgroup.com/modules/cms/events.php 

For details , contact info@jagurihgroup.com , or call at +91-11-40563787
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Was there a grid breakdown?

I hear that on the 30th and 31st of July, the world woke up to the news of the biggest blackout in history, the great Indian blackout. First chaos and then darkness engulfed most of north India (well, darkness yes but not chaos really).
As I got from the new papers the next morning (yes, I didn't know of the big black out until the next morning), 3 grids (the northern, the eastern and the northeastern) broke down resulting in collapse of power supply in 22 states and union territories. A nifty map in a news paper shaded the north Indian states in black leaving the rest of India in yellow (I wonder why yellow?)
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Vacancy for Climate Change

Dear Candidate, 

Greetings from ASCO!!!! 

We have an urgent opening for the position profile for climate change 

Company Name: Shree Cement Ltd Beawar District-Ajmer (Rajasthan) 

Job Description: Climate Change 

CDM ( Clean Development Management) Activities 
2. Benchmarking Activities 
3. Liaison with CSI (Cement Sustainability Initiatives) activities ( CO2 calculation, Technical presentation, Preparation of Technical notes Award Questions etc.) 

Candidate Profile: 
Excellent Communication in English 
2. M.Tech in Environment OR BE/B.Tech-Chemical/Mechanical, NCBM Diploma 
3. Deals with FICCI, CII, TERI, CMA, CSI etc 
4. 
E Exp-02 to 04 yrs 

Salary range : Negotiable 

If Interested Please send your Updated resume along with details which is mandatory in proceed your resume Further..... 

1. Current CTC: 
2. Expected CTC: 
3. Total Experience: 
4.Current Organization: 
5. Current Location: 


If interested then revert me back with your updated CV ASAP. 


Thanks & Regard, 
Mona Varshney 
ASCO HR Consultancy Services 
New Delhi 
E-mail: ascohr@yahoo.com 
Contact No.- 09266621429 

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Dear members,

We are planning to conduct Environment Summit at Raipur the capital city of Chhattisgarh. The topics for the summit are : Eco and sustainable tourism, Waste management, Energy conservation.

Looking for renowned speakers and participants for the event. If any one interested pls contact us at

waefindia@gmail.com

regards,

Arif khan

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Environmental Awareness videos

Environmental Awareness videos

1. I want to create a resource centre in my organisation   basic environment awareness related to industry .

         

2.  I want  to take environment awareness training for  nearby by community and school children's . ( If its in tamil . it will easy for the students to understand)


3. Environment documentary films  


Please share me about the details of the same

nature_rajesh@yahoo.com

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Colour code for waste Bins.

Please share me is there any colour code for waste bins .
If not in India is there any international regulation.

( I want to classify each waste in a separate bin . Eg : Paper , plastic )
From some professionals share that Yellow colour bin is for recyclables . Is there any reference

nature_rajesh@ yahooc.om

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Water less urnial cubes - reg


To save water

We are taking trails for water -less urnail cubes ( instead of water flushing )  .
Actually, flushing is not required every time.

( Approx . 1.5 Litres of water is used for every flush)

But for urinal cubes .only less water is needed
( Only at the early morning and evening cleaning of the urinals is required..)

Like to know, whether this a good one. or is there any health & hygeine, or environmental issues related to this

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We generally receive rainfall in heavy showers followed by dry spells. When it rains heavily the soil is not able to absorb water at the rate of rainfall. As a result most of the rain drains away, leaving very little for storage & the recharge of groundwater. This makes most parts of India experience lack of water even for domestic usage. Thus it does not matter how much rain we get, if we don’t harvest it.

 

Susanta Biswas has just completed a documentary titled “Jol Dharo – Jol Bharo (Preserve Water, Reserve Water)” [Bengali, English, Hindi & Santali. 11 mints. Produced by Government of West Bengal in cooperation with Department of Water Resources Investigation and Development] on the Government of West Bengal pioneering project to preserve rain water with a focus on the activities of State Water Investigation Directorate in this regard. To preserve rain water and other natural water available on the earth’s surface by carefully controlling the respective resources, Govt. of West Bengal has initiated the project. And initiatives are being taken to establish appropriate storage tanks and check-dams of various capacities in different areas at the state, in implementing its goal.

 

The documentary dealt with this  issue of water resource management in water-scarce region in West Bengal, an eastern region state of India where the majority of rural population depends on agriculture for their livelihood. Thus lack of adequate water resource has inducted high level of uncertainty and insecurity in the mind of the local inhabitant. The Jol Dharo – Jol Bharo (Preserve Water, Reserve Water) initiative of Government of West Bengal tries to provide a replicable framework as a solution to this ecological inequality in the face of looming impacts of climate change.

To watch the documentary please click on the following link:

Jol Dharo, Jal Bharo (Preserve Water, Reserve Water)

A Documentary by SUSANTA BISWAS

Produced by:  Government of West Bengal

Production Partner:  State Water Investigation Directorate under Department of Water Resources Investigation and Development

Country: India / Production year: 2012 / Location: West Bengal

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Return of the shirtless

No, this post is not about the Bollywood film star Salman Khan or his new movie "Ek tha Tiger" (There was a Tiger). Although, the caption would be befitting for Salman considering that he is a serial offender in cases of 'going shirtless'.

This post is also not about villages and electricity in villages, the theme of my research. This post is based on a city called Gurgaon, a suburb of Delhi.

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Environment Collection Specialist

Hi,

I am looking out for a "Environment Collection Specialist" for Tetrapak India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore, who will help set up and regularize the collection infrastructure for post consumer cartons.

The candidate will aid in facilitating collection and recycling of customers’ filler and reel waste.

The profile will involve working closely with waste collection agencies/NGOs and the waste trade (scavengers, junk shop dealers etc.), driving them to accept post-consumer cartons as a collectible material, providing them with facilities that will make it easier for them to collect and hand over material, provide them technical and economic information, sharing experiences from other regions/areas where cartons are collected and recycled and generally promoting carton recycling.

 

Desired profile

 

-          Below 27 years of age

-          Post graduate degree in the Social Sector

-          Passionate about the environment and wanting to work with the community to make a difference.

-          Knowledge of informal chain of waste sector preferred

-          Some work experience (1 year atleast)

-          Ability to communicate effectively in local languages (esp. Tamil) other than English

-          Can work with ease and comfortably with people up and down the hierarchy i.e. can interact with collection agencies/NGOs (often senior people) at the same time with junk shop dealers etc.

-          Hardworking, and with the ability to drive the agenda without constant supervision or deadlines

-          Good presentation skills will be an added advantage.

-          Able to travel freely (This is a field job, not a desk job)

 

Thanks

Manisha

manisha_singh@kellyocg.com

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Soil characteristic of the area ( cost escalation).

Vegetation cover

River basin area near the site.

Quality of runoff water.

Geology of the area ( cost escalation)

Hydrogeology of the area ( it should be up to the concerned authority to be well aquainted and should have related data ).

Ground water condition in weathered aquifer & underlying fractured zone( This data the concerened department should have)

Geophysical survey report.

As we are very much aware that every body is out to draw water but no body is interested in recharging, even those who go for it do it due to some pressures in such a scenario cost escalation and different hassles are detrimental to the very essence of water preservation . I welcome readers comments on this issue .

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proforma for ecological survey

Dear all,

very good morning,

 As one of my collegue needs  the process and methodology of ecological survey (like for preparation of EIA)what are the procedures invoved in the assesing in the environmetal aspect and pls share the survey format and other format which is related. please help me out in this regard.

thank you

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Require CDM consultant

Dear Members,

As mentioned in the subject we are looking for a CDM Consultant / Consulting Agency who would be interested in looking at the feasibility of a CDM project for fuel convert from fo to bio mass

Please contact the undersigned if you are interested .

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The authorities in Haryana will be conducting the important public hearing on the environmental impacts of the proposed Gorakhpur Nuclear Power Plant (GNPP) on 17th July 2012.

As per the rules, local people should be given the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report 1 month prior to the public hearing. But the people of 6 panchayats in Fatehabad districts who will be affected by this project have not received copies of the EIA.

Check out the India Environment Portal for Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) report of this controversial upcoming Gorakhpur nuclear plant in Fatehabad, Haryana . Download, Share and Comment

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EIA training programme UNDERSTANDING EIA:FROM SCREENING TO DECISION MAKING

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Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is an important tool to inform decision - makers, regulators and stakeholders, about the possible environmental, social and economic costs of the proposed project. To be effective, it requires the active involvement of all concerned stakeholders.

There is a genuine need to develop the capacity of the state-level regulators and state level expert appraisal Committee (SEAC) to screen and scope the EIA process, to conduct transparent public consultations and to evaluate the EIA reports, especially after the new EIA notification. At the same time, there is a need among CBO, NGOs, academicians, and environment managers to review and interpret EIA report, as they are technical in nature.

Centre for Science and Environment recognises this need and has developed a hands-on five-day training programme aimed at giving practical exposure to participants on EIA with specific reference to coal based power plant, cement, pharmaceutical, mining and others. After the programme, the participants shall have:

The programme will cover:

1. Exposure to all aspects of EIA, from its theory to the practical – such as better understanding regarding

  • What data is required, how this data should be collected and interpreted, and significance of the data

  • Effectiveness of the assessment methods

  • What issues should be addressed in the Terms of Reference (TOR)

  • Tools and thumb rules available to evaluate the environmental impact of projects

2. Better understanding of the EIA process – from screening, scoping, data collection to impact assessment as well as the role of public consultation

3. Better understanding of the environmental and social impacts of the industrial and developmental projects

4. Better ability to review EIA reports and identify its strengths and weaknesses

5. Increased ability to play active role in post-EIA monitoring.

SCHEDULE

Course Duration: August 20-24, 2012

Venue:
CSE, 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi-110062

Time: 10:00 AM to 5:30 PM daily

Course fee: Rs 9,900 ((For industry, environment consultants and regulators) 50% discounts for NGOs, academicians and students)

Last Date for Applying: August 16, 2012

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

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