The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), New Delhi, announces a five-day refresher workshop on how to use the environment to eradicate poverty in rural India.
For more than two decades, CSE’s research and advocacy experiences show that India’s poverty is ecological in nature. We have to regenerate our ecology to eradicate our poverty. Many villages have done this. CSE has been studying their experiences.
The refresher workshop seeks to learn from these village experiences and put in place a framework for sustainable villages. This highly interactive course designed to clarify the linkages between environment and poverty and also demonstrate its feasibility through a 2-day field trip to the village of Bunga in Haryana. This village has been successfully able to draw lessons from Sukhomajri, a neighbouring village that pioneered in watershed management and created sustainable livelihoods. In addition to experienced CSE staff, the course faculty includes eminent development experts.
THE COURSE
- Understanding India’s biomass economy
- Eco-systems, land use and livelihoods: Linkages
- Rainfed areas in crisis: Food security
- Spectre of jobless growth: Chronic, concentrated poverty
- Key indicators: Environment and poverty linkages
- Poverty eradication programmes: A critique
- Ecological opportunities, economic value
- Decentralised governance: Ecology, Panchayati Raj
- Ecological Act: The promise of NREGA, experiences
- How to evaluate development effectiveness of NREGA
- Case studies: Community-led village eco-restoration
- Workshops: How to harvest rainwater? Prepare a detailed roadmap on how to create sustainable livelihoods using local ecology
- Field trip: “Bunga, Haryana” A 2-day visit to Bunga village in Haryana, exploring ways to sustainable livelihood.
METHODOLOGY
This course is aimed at development practitioners, NGOs, grassroots activists, rural development agencies/institutions, students/academics, among others. Last date for receiving applications is February 4, 2008
Anil Agarwal Green College
· The course fees (payable in advance) of Rs. 8000 (Rs. 5000 only for Indian NGOs, academics and international students, Rs 1500 for Indian students,) includes instructional course fees, training manual, lunch and refreshments. All costs of the 2-day field trip are also included. The fee does not include travel to and from Delhi, local travel, accommodation or dinner.. · Please send the fee by demand draft or cheque, in favour of ‘Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi’. · We will be unable to refund the fee unless the notice of withdrawal is received by us 15 days prior to the start of the course. · CSE can help arrange accommodation for participants (at cost) CONTACT PERSON Neha Sakhuja or |
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