Towards Green Villages: A refresher workshop on sustainable villages

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 [...]

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Towards Green Villages

  A workshop on how to make villages sustainable New Delhi, November 19-23, 2007 Questions we will raise… Why do some villages remain poor despite execution of development programmes? Why are certain villages prosperous? Why is the high growth in the Indian economy not translating into prosperous villages? Why is the gross national produce (GNP) [...]

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Meeting the challenge: River pollution

New Delhi, November 13-16, 2007 Indian rivers are under serious threat from spiralling urbanisation and industrialisation. This situation has arisen despite the huge investments made by subsequent governments in cleaning them up. As a result, our survival — and that of rivers — is at stake. Numerous questions come to the mind in such a [...]

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AGENDA FOR SURVIVAL: Certifacte Course by CSE

 Agenda for survival AGENDA FOR SURVIVAL: A certificate course on the policies, politics and practices of environmental management in India (New Delhi, October 23-December 14, 2007) During this intensive course, participants will explore the complexities underlying the environment-development debate in India. They will have eight weeks of lectures, readings, presentations, and debates. Participants will also [...]

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On the brink and counting

24/08/2007 to 24/08/2007 Conference Room 1, India International Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, India Organised by: Toxics Link in collaboration with India International Centre The declining tiger population in India, which is home to half of the world’s surviving tiger population in the wild, has become a routine headline. The latest figure of 1,300 to [...]

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National Workshop on Mercury Usage, Processes and Impacts in India

National Workshop on Mercury Usage, Processes and Impacts in India 27/09/2007 to 28/09/2007 Conference Hall, ICSSR, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India Organised by: Toxics Link in partnership with Zero mercury-working group Mercury is recognised as one of the most toxic contaminants in the environment, and yet it continues to be widely used in [...]

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Environment and Wildlife Film Festival in Delhi

CMS VATAVARAN 2007 – 4th Competitive Environment and Wildlife Film Festival India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India CMS VATAVARAN Film Festival Directorate is now accepting entries for CMS VATAVARAN 2007 – 4th Competitive Environment and Wildlife Film Festival slated for 12 – 16 September 2007 at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. Organised by Centre [...]

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