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Greetings from TERI University!
TERI and TERI University is organizing three weeks training programme on " Integrated approach towards sustainable development " from 07-07-2010 to 24-07-2010 in India. The courses will have blending of classroom lectures, field visits and study tours at different places in India. All expenses (logging and boarding) will be covered by Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India for whole programme in India.
Please find attached TERI-ITEC brochure. For more information about the programme, please visit the link given below.
Web link: http://www.teriin.org/index.php?option=com_events&task=details&sid=306
I also request you to circulate this mail to your colleagues/friends who are interested in this programme. Kindly feel free to contact me (sureshj@teri.res.in) for any query and you can also contact Miss. Swati Ganeshan (swati.ganeshan@teri.res.in ) for any other details related to this course.
Thanks in advance to helping us for circulating this programme.
PS: Ignore the last date and apply as soon as possible through proper channel to fasten the process.
With Best regards
Suresh Jain, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor
Department of Natural Resources, TERI University,
10, Institutional Area, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi-110 070
Tel: 91-11-2612 2222/Extn 1215; Fax: 91-11-2612 2874
Mobile: +91-9971831975; Email: sureshjain_in@yahoo.com
Web site: www.teriuniversity.ac.in
Dear All
Its about PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE COURSE on environmental planning and management, carried out by CEPT, Ahmedabad.
The module, I, personally feel carries a wide range of spectrum in environmental studies. Further this course is moduled also for professionals and will enhance their acumen in environmental field. Further, the certificate obtained from CEPT will have an added value in your CV. Just check the attachment for details
Warm Regards
Suman Banerjee
Dear friend!
We are happy to inform you that NCAS is inviting applications for its Advocacy Internship Programme 2010-12. Please widely circulate among your networks and also recommend deserving, competent, passionate candidates for the programme.
Thanks,
ANNOUNCEMENT
NATIONAL CENTRE FOR ADVOCACY STUDIES, PUNE
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR ADVOCACY INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME 2010-12
EXCELLENT LEARNING OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE
PASSIONATE ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE AND
DREAM ABOUT TRANFORMING THE WORLD.
NCAS invites applications from young men and women
The 18-month internship programme provides academic learning opportunities, practical exposure to social realities and experience.
A stipend that covers the basic living expenses is also provided.
For more details and application form please see attachment.
We request you to apply/ refer/ recommend suitable candidates and also circulate among your partners/ networks/ students/youth.
Last date for receiving forms is 10th June 2010.
Individuals from marginalized communities and women will be given preference.
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Thanking you,
CONTACT:
Ms. Prasanna Invally,
Internship Coordinator,
National Centre for Advocacy Studies,
Serenity Complex, Ramnagar Colony, Pashan, Pune 411 021.
Maharashtra, India
Telefax: +91-20-22951857/22952003/4.
Email: internship@ncasindia.org
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The Climate Himalaya is a voluntary initiative of a Coalition of people and organizations. The initiative advocates for an obligatory reform in the present environment governance system in the Himalayan Mountains. The purpose of this initiative initially is, to develop a scientific 'Knowledge Resource Hub' on various environment and climate change issues in the Himalayan Mountains. It also intends to develop a strong and vibrant network of people and organizations in the Himalayan region, to learn and share their experiences and expertise to advocate for Sustainable Mountain Development.
The initiative is under preparatory phase, which is set to be launched on 5 June, on the occasion of World Environment Day 2010.
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Dear Members of Indian Environment Network,
I am talking about you and you! Not me of course!
Working diligently, silently ( OK, may be not silently!) in the quest for his/her "Green Mission" of saving this world from Environment disasters by doing what needs to be done as part of his/her daily duties, either part time or full time.
Even outside his/her normal "Call of Duty" s/he may be working as a community organizer, thought leader, or in extreme cases just doing it alone, his/her bit to seed ideas and innovations, new environmental technologies, working on old technology in a new way, working with people and wildlife with his/her own hands without any technology, that will change the course of the world ( or just his backyard!).
I am talking about unsung heros among members of Indian Environment Network ( Make them one if they are not yet a member!) who may have not realized until now how important his/her work is to our mother earth. How important it is to hear his/her story and try to replicate it among millions more....
From this earth day to next earth day, I seek your help in identifying such environment professionals from amongst us . Indian Environment Network will do a "Interview Series" with one such professional a week and share their story with the world. Beginning next year we will give out awards to those stories and individuals that moved us the most and inspired us to take "action" to save our mother earth and help strenghthen our resolve to stay put as a environment professional.
Let me know how you like the idea. Too many awards go to just a handful of "Non-profits" and "Known International" figures ( not amongst us!).
All those individuals and organizations who would like to sponsor and support this Yearly "GRASSROOT PARYAVARAN PROFESSIONAL AWARD" are more than welcome to join me in this quest. Let's share ideas to implement it.
Let's celebrate our profession and bring real change....that will be the contribution of "Indian Environment Network" (hhttp://www.paryavaran.com ) starting this "Earth Day".
Chandra Kishore
Founder
Indian Environment Network &
Network of Indian Environment Professionals
Ready to make a difference?
Rural India needs ideas that can deliver inclusive, eco-friendly and sustainable prosperity. A handful of individuals – better known as social entrepreneurs – are making that difference by blurring the boundaries between business and social good. These individuals stand out for their vision, purposefulness, passion, leadership, innovativeness, risk taking ability, and persistence.
If you are one such path-breaker in the making, you need to have a space to hone those instincts, a live laboratory that will help you sharpen your abilities. Above all, you need an opportunity to prepare yourself to launch your dream venture.
Established in the year 2001, Villgro is a not for profit company empowering rural development by actively identifying and incubating innovations that have the potential to cause social impact on rural markets. In its effort to impact rural life, Villgro actively promotes social entrepreneurship and works with different stakeholders to create and support an eco-system that empowers social entrepreneurship by means of seed funding, mentoring, networking and recognition. Villgro has impacted over 360,000 rural users with technology & solutions reaching the grassroots. Villgro has identified and activated more than 2,000 social innovators.
Villgro in association with the Rockefeller Foundation, presents the Villgro Fellowship, a 10-month program designed to equip individuals who dare to follow their dreams and to help build a prosperous rural India.
FOR MORE DETAILS PLZ LOG ON TO :
OR WRITE TO
Villgro Innovations Foundation
III Floor, IIT Madras Research Park Building
Kanagam Road, Tharamani, (Near TIDEL Park), Chennai – 600 113
Ph: +91 44 66630400
Lets make the earth day i.e 27th March by switching off the light from 8:30 to 9:30 voluntarily and join hands with the world for environmental protection
lets be a responsible citizen
What is PERC?
What does PERC do?
PERC scholars provide the intellectual capital that fuels our approach to environmental problems and how to solve them. It is possible to avoid more regulation, government bureaucracy, and financial waste, and, instead, solve environmental problems in a cooperative and collegial manner. Markets and property rights can show us the way. PERC’s goal is to reach the broadest possible audience, including government officials, environmentalists, opinion makers, policy experts, grassroots environmentalists, entrepreneurs, scholars, and students. PERC’s ideas can be a beacon that leads us to a better environment using a better process. This is what PERC does:- Research and Policy Analysis - Original research by PERC scholars and fellows leads to new policies and approaches for applying free market environmentalism to a wide variety of natural resource issues. Current topics of research include public lands management, water marketing, timber, Native American institutions, protection of fish and wildlife habitat, fisheries preservation, conservation easements, environmental entrepreneurship, the shifting relationship between resource extraction and resource protection, and use issues
- Outreach - PERC's research is widely distributed to policy makers, congressional staff members, journalists, business executives, academics, and opinion leaders. In this way, it can be incorporated into the thinking and planning that goes into policy formation. It also serves to define a new way of thinking about how to solve environmental problems. Outreach takes the form of a quarterly magazine, books, articles, and policy papers, email alerts, web sites, internet publications, and a stimulating array of conferences, workshops, speaking engagements, expert testimony, and fellowships, as well as several events specifically for journalists.
- Education - PERC offers a wide array of educational materials, curricula, and programs to every level of learner from middle school to professionals. From curricula for young students, to a syllabus for college students and programs at PERC for both undergraduate and graduate students, PERC aims to meet the needs of a whole spectrum of students. It also offers intense seminars and fellowships for early career conservationists, business professionals, and young professors as well as senior scholars.
Programs
As PERC has grown over the past 25 years, so too have the number and range of programs that we are able to offer. Many, but not all of the in-residence programs include a stipend, room and board, and travel expenses or at least some of these amenities. Some programs are open to the public and others are limited in size and designed for particular groups, such as conservation professionals or professors. These require applications, and the entire process can be completed online.
To give you an idea of the wealth of PERC programs see the list below. Click on the name for current details and applications when appropriate.
- Undergraduate Student Seminar
- for college juniors and seniors - Graduate and Law Student Fellowships
- Roe Legal Fellowship
- Eviropreneur Camp
-early career conservation leaders - Four Colloquia Co-sponsored by Liberty Fund and PERC
- for undergraduate students, graduate students, conservation professionals, early career professors and scholars - Lone Mountain Fellowships
- for scholars, journalists, policy-makers, and environmentalists - Julian Simon Fellowship
- for scholars to develop policy-oriented research on natural resource and environmental conservation. - Media Fellowships
-for reporters, writers, broadcast journalists - Annual Conference for Journalists
- Political Economy Forum
- professional conservationists and scholars - Annual Lone Mountain Summit
-environmentalists actively working on critical issues - Teacher Workshops
- Seminars for Congressional Staff
- Regional Colloquia
-the public - An Evening with PERC
- the public
For more information kindly log on to : http://www.perc.org/index.php
CALL FOR RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS
Rainfed Livestock Network (RLN) is a national coalition of organizations and individualsattempting to build a macro-economic case for better targeted publicinvestments and policies in support of non-dairy, low-input and diverselivestock production systems in arid and semi-arid India. This objective of thenetwork derives from a number of localized understandings and experiences thatpoint to the crucial role played by these neglected livestock productionsystems in sustaining low-income households. Yet, such animal husbandry remains peripheral to mainstream livestockpolicies and government investments.
RLN is exploring the case that a reorientation in public policies and investments with a focus on these marginallivestock production systems can contribute substantially to the growth of the livestocksector, poverty reduction more generally and to ecological restoration.
RLN invites applications to undertake applied research in support of building the case for such a reorientationin livestock policy. Within this broad framework,studies may focus on issues such as mapping the spatial distribution of suchsystems across the country, profiling the contribution of these livestocksystems to the GDP and people dependent on them, analysis of production systemsand the natural resource base of such systems and demographic and spatial trendsover time.
Interested researchers should send resumes with 3 references, 2 sample publications and a brief expression ofinterest to Coordinator, RainfedLivestock Network (email: rainfedlivestocknetwork@gmail.com). RLNwill be looking for research support on an ongoing basis.
The Rainfed Livestock Network is funded by the Ford Foundation, New Delhi and is anchored by Foundation forEcological Security, Anand, Gujarat.
CALL FOR RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS
Revitalising Rainfed Agriculture Network (RRA-network) is a network of organizations andindividuals attempting to build a macro-economic case for improved targeting ofpublic investments and policies in support of rain-fed agriculture. The networkhas emerged based on the collective understanding that agricultural policiesdesigned for relatively secure and well-endowed parts of the country have beenindiscriminately extended into rainfed areas. Such an extension has contributed to a range of crises, including the depletionof groundwater and natural resources, escalating input costs, and a seculardecline in farmers’ incomes.
This network is pursuing a broad engagement with practitioners, researchers and government on issues confronting rain-fed areas. The networkhopes to use evidence from different parts of the country, in combination withmacro-economic and other research to build the case for a shift in agriculturalpolicy. The network believes that such a re-orientation in public policy will contributeto both regional economic growth and ecological restoration of rain-fedareas.
RRA-Netowrk invites applications from researchers to undertake a range of studies to further our understanding of the existingstructure and regional disparities in public investments (around subsidies,support prices, the structuring of the PDS, the availability of credit and soon), develop simulations to model macro-economic returns under a range of policy/investmentregimes in rainfed India and analysis of various policy options.
Interested researchers should send resumes with 3 references, 2 sample publications and a brief expression of interest to Coordinator, Revitalising RainfedAgriculture Network (email: rainfedfarming@gmail.com). RRA will be looking for research support onan ongoing basis..
The Revitalizing Rainfed Agriculture Network is funded by the Hivos-Ford Foundation Dryland Agriculture Fund and is anchored at WASSAN,Hyderabad.
Dear All,
I am looking for Environmental Head contact numbers for Mittal Steels,India.So please provide me any contact number of above mentioned.
Best Regards,
Subhash
+91-9000660344
EIA Notification 2006 has provided the generic structure of the EIA report. But after providing the structure in ministry notification is there a need to provide model EIA structure like model TOR for various projects.
After attending meeting one can feel that he should prepare and present his case in a manner acceptable to the person sitting on opposite chair and not as per the EIA structure
A gazette notification of 26th November 2009 exempts 190 plant species from the purview of the National Biodiveristy Act 2002 if traded as commodities (that is for exports). Many of the plants on this list are threatened. The notification is on the NBA website -Biological Resources notified as normally traded commodities under section 40 of BD Act, 2002 http://www.nbaindia .org/notificatio n.htm
Also this list has been prepared in-transparently without a due process and many senior government officials, state biodiversity boards are not aware of it.
The fact that India trades value added products such as spices, resins, coffee seeds etc is acceptable but are we trading Banyan and Peepal trees? In addition are we trading threatened plants such as Chlorophytum borivilianum and many others. We did compare it with the threatened list on the NBRI website and found that many of them match.
To confirm this, those of you who are well informed about the threatened plants of India, can you please throw some light on this and if possible help identify the threatened plants on this notification or send/give a link to a list of an updated threatened plant species. It will be most helpful.
Looking forward to your comments,
Warm Regards,
Bhargavi S.Rao
bhargavi_srao@yahoo.com
Minister asked a Punjab farmer during a public hearing “Why are you protesting against Bt Brinjal?”
Banta Singh said “Sir ji, usmein Monsanto neih “cry one for all” (Cry 1Ac) toxin jo paa ditta hein”.
Is Water Really Scarce?
Answer to my question may seem to be very obvious i.e. "YES", however i have contradictions to this. According to my best of the knoweledge water will never be scarce on our planet.
We often mistake water with fresh water. I agree that fresh water (aquifers, rivers, glaciers) is depleting at a very rapid pace and the graph is ever surging. This is due to our rapid civilization, industrialization, population growth and lower mortality rate. But the water itself is not losing its characterstics, it is in a different physical form that is not suitable for human use. Our hydrological cycle is still into existence but our earth is not able to seep that water due to concrete blanket over it. This water thus overflows into nalas then to rivers and ultimately mixes with marine water.
Since inception of mankind, we have taken water as granted and have believed that water is available free in nature.
Purifying any form of water to drinking form, cost some energy and that is what takes on our pocket.
I strongly believe that the real problem is NOT WATER BUT ENERGY.
Comments and suggestions invited.
RAjat Bansal
Dear Friends,
My self Rohan i am doing PGD in Environmental Science, i need information about Public Consultation & Presentation for my project purpose so please help me what is this topic is actually what it contains.
thanx & Regards,
Rohan Kale
