Saturday, December 8, 2007
UN Climate Change Conference - Dec 3rd -14th
Access the video archive here at: http://www.un.org/webcast/unfccc/2007/index.asp
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
4th ICEE Concludes with Ahmedabad Declaration
The 4th International Conference on Environmental Education for Sustainable Development concluded last week with a dynamic Declaration that was painstakingly crafted by a core team that worked very hard, spending sleepless nights, crafting the draft. You can read the Ahmedabad Declaration here at http://www.tbilisiplus30.org/Declaration.pdf.
The participants from different working sessions got together to draft a set of recommendations. All the recommendations made by different working groups will be published as a book.
Presentations made by some of the speakers during the plenary sessions and other sessions are available here at: http://www.tbilisiplus30.org/Speaker%20ppt.html.
The conference had nearly 1200 participants from 80 countries.
The participants from different working sessions got together to draft a set of recommendations. All the recommendations made by different working groups will be published as a book.
Presentations made by some of the speakers during the plenary sessions and other sessions are available here at: http://www.tbilisiplus30.org/Speaker%20ppt.html.
The conference had nearly 1200 participants from 80 countries.
Eco-Informatics Centre carries out a study on biodiversity awareness in Bangalore Schools
The Eco-Informatics Centre carried out a study on Biodiversity awareness in Bangalore schools and presented the findings at the 4th International Conference on Environmental Education for Sustainable Development. The presentation was made in the Working Session titled, 'Teacher Education: A Crucial Contribution to the UNDESD' that was jointly coordinated by Prof Charles Hopkins and Dr M J Ravindranath.
The study had 118 teachers and 223 students participating
The Study revealed that:
50% of teachers were interested in learning & using creative techniques for EE
75% of teachers not familiar with India specific EE & biodiversity related resources online
53% of students found environment science interesting but 47% of students found EVS boring, difficult or not fun to learn
The study had 118 teachers and 223 students participating
The Study revealed that:
50% of teachers were interested in learning & using creative techniques for EE
75% of teachers not familiar with India specific EE & biodiversity related resources online
53% of students found environment science interesting but 47% of students found EVS boring, difficult or not fun to learn
Friday, November 16, 2007
Research Position: Tsunami Modeling
Suitable candidates with very high research motivation in the field of tsunami modeling are invited to attend the Walk-in-interview along with their CV and supportive certificates on 23rd November 2007 at 9:30 AM in the Department of Applied Geology, Guindy Campus (Opp: to Gandhi Mandapam), University of Madras, Chennai.
The post is a temporary position (up to March 2008) in the Ministry of Earth Sciences funded research project entitled “Establishment of National Early Warning System for Tsunami & Storm Surges in Indian Ocean” .
Selected candidates need to undertake fieldwork along coastal areas of India.
No TA/DA will be given for attending the interview.
For more details please contact:
Dr. R. R. Krishnamurthy
Senior Lecturer in Applied Geology
Scientific Officer to the Vice-Chancellor &
Adjunct Faculty in Center for Ocean and Coastal Studies
University of Madras
Post Bag # 5327, Chennai 600 025
Tel: 0091-44-22531786
email:rrkrishnamurthy@gmail.com
Fax: 0091-44-24961561 (or) 22352870
Mobile: (91) 9840123142
TRINet: Tsunami Rehab Information Network
www.trinet.in
The post is a temporary position (up to March 2008) in the Ministry of Earth Sciences funded research project entitled “Establishment of National Early Warning System for Tsunami & Storm Surges in Indian Ocean” .
Selected candidates need to undertake fieldwork along coastal areas of India.
No TA/DA will be given for attending the interview.
For more details please contact:
Dr. R. R. Krishnamurthy
Senior Lecturer in Applied Geology
Scientific Officer to the Vice-Chancellor &
Adjunct Faculty in Center for Ocean and Coastal Studies
University of Madras
Post Bag # 5327, Chennai 600 025
Tel: 0091-44-22531786
email:rrkrishnamurthy@gmail.com
Fax: 0091-44-24961561 (or) 22352870
Mobile: (91) 9840123142
TRINet: Tsunami Rehab Information Network
www.trinet.in
Get to Interact With Dr Ramaswamy R Iyer on Nov 21st
Dear Friends,
Arghyam cordially invites you for an interaction session with Dr. Ramaswamy R Iyer where he will talk about his new book "Towards Water Wisdom - Limits, Justice, Harmony" on November 21st, 2007.
The Event Schedule and Venue are as follows:
Time: 4:30pm – 6:30pm
Tea : 4:30 - 5:00pm
Talk : 5:00 – 5:30pm
Interaction: 5:30 - 6:30pm
Venue: The Aeronautical Society of India, Suranjandas Road, Opp: HAL Engine Division,
New Tippasandra Post, Off Old Madras Road,
Behind Fuscos School, Bangalore: 560075
Ph: 080 25297159
RSVP is mandatory. Kindly RSVP to Nirmala at (080) 41698941-42 or nirmala@arghyam.org.
Regards,
Sunita Nadhamuni
CEO, Arghyam
Bangalore
Enough water, safe water....always and for all
Mobile: 09343718064 / Office: (080) 41698941/42
Email: sunita@arghyam.org, info@arghyam.org
Websites: www.arghyam.org, www.indiawaterportal.org
Here are some details about the book:
Towards Water Wisdom - Limits, Justice, Harmony
Authored by: Ramaswamy R Iyer
Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi
________________________________________
Description:
There is a widespread view that a water crisis is looming. Towards Water Wisdom: Limits, Justice, Harmony stresses the need for an urgent and radical transformation of our thinking on water management. The first section evaluates the water scene in India, redefining the projected crisis as one of mismanagement more than scarcity. It calls for a shift from supply-side engineering to restraining the increase in demand, for conservation and more equitable management.
The second and third sections deal with water-related conflict, including detailed discussions of the Indus Treaty, Baglihar, the Cauvery disputes and rehabilitation problems in the Narmada Valley. Conflicting rights are juxtaposed: the fundamental right to water, contractual rights of corporations, economic use rights of irrigators and industries, the advocacy of property rights by the World Bank, and neoliberal economists. The analysis points to the emergence of water markets.
The fourth section examines the inadequacies of water laws and policies and the changes that are necessary. The fifth section presents national water concerns in other South Asian countries. At the international/global level, it deconstructs several notions and prescriptions currently in vogue, and takes note of significant new thinking. Finally, the author widens the perspective beyond water to the total system of which it is a part, and draws attention to a dynamic world scenario that makes a change in our thinking imperative.
Reviews:• This authoritative and timely book will help to replace heat with light in dealing with water issues…this extraordinarily valuable contribution will make a significant impact on contemporary discussions on water conflicts. - M.S. Swaminathan
• The author must be congratulated for integrating the various issues under the important phrase in the title, [Towards] Water Wisdom, based on fundamental ethical principles of human dignity and equality, of water being a common good and participation by all concerned in its management. - M.G.K. Menon
• This book stresses the need for an urgent and radical transformation of our thinking on water management.
(e Social Science www.esocialsciences.com/booksinfo/bookdetails.asp?bookid=32 )
• Towards Water Wisdom makes a fervent plea for an urgent and radical transformation of our thinking on water. The author redefines the projected water crisis as one of mismanagement rather than scarcity, and calls for a more equitable, harmonious and sustainable management of the resource - Water Digest, Aug 15, 2007
• This is not a book therefore that has neat solutions to a massive global challenge of which the water crisis is only a part. Indeed its purpose is to convey a complexity that eludes easy solutions. According to the author, development can theoretically at least be informed by sanity, balance and wisdom; technology too could be benign. But can this transformation take place in a world where the challenge of environmental protection is global, but where any plan of action must tie together initiatives from the community upwards? - The Hindu, Tuesday, Sep 25, 2007
Arghyam cordially invites you for an interaction session with Dr. Ramaswamy R Iyer where he will talk about his new book "Towards Water Wisdom - Limits, Justice, Harmony" on November 21st, 2007.
The Event Schedule and Venue are as follows:
Time: 4:30pm – 6:30pm
Tea : 4:30 - 5:00pm
Talk : 5:00 – 5:30pm
Interaction: 5:30 - 6:30pm
Venue: The Aeronautical Society of India, Suranjandas Road, Opp: HAL Engine Division,
New Tippasandra Post, Off Old Madras Road,
Behind Fuscos School, Bangalore: 560075
Ph: 080 25297159
RSVP is mandatory. Kindly RSVP to Nirmala at (080) 41698941-42 or nirmala@arghyam.org.
Regards,
Sunita Nadhamuni
CEO, Arghyam
Bangalore
Enough water, safe water....always and for all
Mobile: 09343718064 / Office: (080) 41698941/42
Email: sunita@arghyam.org, info@arghyam.org
Websites: www.arghyam.org, www.indiawaterportal.org
Here are some details about the book:
Towards Water Wisdom - Limits, Justice, Harmony
Authored by: Ramaswamy R Iyer
Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi
________________________________________
Description:
There is a widespread view that a water crisis is looming. Towards Water Wisdom: Limits, Justice, Harmony stresses the need for an urgent and radical transformation of our thinking on water management. The first section evaluates the water scene in India, redefining the projected crisis as one of mismanagement more than scarcity. It calls for a shift from supply-side engineering to restraining the increase in demand, for conservation and more equitable management.
The second and third sections deal with water-related conflict, including detailed discussions of the Indus Treaty, Baglihar, the Cauvery disputes and rehabilitation problems in the Narmada Valley. Conflicting rights are juxtaposed: the fundamental right to water, contractual rights of corporations, economic use rights of irrigators and industries, the advocacy of property rights by the World Bank, and neoliberal economists. The analysis points to the emergence of water markets.
The fourth section examines the inadequacies of water laws and policies and the changes that are necessary. The fifth section presents national water concerns in other South Asian countries. At the international/global level, it deconstructs several notions and prescriptions currently in vogue, and takes note of significant new thinking. Finally, the author widens the perspective beyond water to the total system of which it is a part, and draws attention to a dynamic world scenario that makes a change in our thinking imperative.
Reviews:• This authoritative and timely book will help to replace heat with light in dealing with water issues…this extraordinarily valuable contribution will make a significant impact on contemporary discussions on water conflicts. - M.S. Swaminathan
• The author must be congratulated for integrating the various issues under the important phrase in the title, [Towards] Water Wisdom, based on fundamental ethical principles of human dignity and equality, of water being a common good and participation by all concerned in its management. - M.G.K. Menon
• This book stresses the need for an urgent and radical transformation of our thinking on water management.
(e Social Science www.esocialsciences.com/booksinfo/bookdetails.asp?bookid=32 )
• Towards Water Wisdom makes a fervent plea for an urgent and radical transformation of our thinking on water. The author redefines the projected water crisis as one of mismanagement rather than scarcity, and calls for a more equitable, harmonious and sustainable management of the resource - Water Digest, Aug 15, 2007
• This is not a book therefore that has neat solutions to a massive global challenge of which the water crisis is only a part. Indeed its purpose is to convey a complexity that eludes easy solutions. According to the author, development can theoretically at least be informed by sanity, balance and wisdom; technology too could be benign. But can this transformation take place in a world where the challenge of environmental protection is global, but where any plan of action must tie together initiatives from the community upwards? - The Hindu, Tuesday, Sep 25, 2007
Be a Commutiny Fellow!
This is a fellowship for young people between the ages of 20 and 27 years
For more details check out
http://www.commutiny.in/ccc.html#contact
For more details check out
http://www.commutiny.in/ccc.html#contact
Plant Trees for Free!
These people - www. treesforfree.org - will come and plant trees for you wherever you ask them to, free of cost.
Just call on 98454 49703 or email: rajanetyeg@gmail.com
Companies can adopt these trees by sponsoring them at Rs.100 per tree. The organization also plants trees in schools, orphanages etc.
Of course, you need to look after them afterwards. May be you would like to get some new trees planted in Bangalore, for all the ones that are being killed.
Just call on 98454 49703 or email: rajanetyeg@gmail.com
Companies can adopt these trees by sponsoring them at Rs.100 per tree. The organization also plants trees in schools, orphanages etc.
Of course, you need to look after them afterwards. May be you would like to get some new trees planted in Bangalore, for all the ones that are being killed.
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