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- 'Villages can prosper only if their water woes are solved'
- In a first attempt of its kind, a village in western India will be developed as a role model for use of water resources, according to the guidelines set by ...
- Protracted struggle forces ADB to pull out of Phulbari
- Asian Development Bank withdrawing from controversial Phulbari coal mining project in Bangladesh is being seen as a major victory for human rights movement. ...
- Film festival: Quotes from the Earth
- Delhi based Toxics Link is inviting entries to a film festival on environment from December 19-20, 2008 in the Indian capital. The event will showcase ...
- Green star-rating for Sri Lankan schools
- To spread awareness on global warming among students, the Sri Lanka Girl Guides Association will introduce compulsory environmental star-rating for all public ...
- Narmada dam again under the scanner
- Is it a lifeline of development or an environmental disaster? This is a question that perpetually stalks India’s multi-billion dollar Sardar Sarovar Project on ...
- 'Bush should be prosecuted for environmental crimes'
- With the change of guard in the US, it is expected that the world’s biggest polluter will now ratify the Kyoto Protocol, says Walden Bello, executive ...
- ICIMOD head wins Himalayan Environment Award
- Dr. Andreas Schild, Director General of Kathmandu based International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development was recently awarded the first Sir Edmund ...
- Myanmar biodiversity threatened due to prolonged conflict
- The protracted conflict between the Karens and military has not only caused immense miseries to the people with massive displacements but also has taken a ...
- Indian NGO calls for tough action in Poznan
- Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment has demanded industrialised nations set drastic emission reduction targets to avert a climate catastrophe. It ...
- Going organic to fight drought
- With consistent support from a civil society organisation, Umra in western India’s Hingoli district has successfully combated drought by adopting organic means ...
- Striking a fine balance between development and ecological conservation
- In India's Himalayan state Sikkim, Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling walks a thin line as he calls off four hydel projects but goes ahead with two ...
- Everest climber promotes portable toilets
- Call it eco-friendly human waste management on top of the world. A US designed portable bucket, endorsed by a Nepalese climber may soon be the answer to rising ...
- Bringing trees under their protective fold
- In eastern India, tribals have taken recourse to tradition to encourage forest conservation. Starting from November 15, the foundation day of the Jharkhand ...
- Climate change regime meaningless without indigenous groups
- The UN is preparing for a crucial climate change meeting next month in Poland to deliberate on post Kyoto Protocol regime. Since indigenous communities depend ...
- Harvard university gives suggestions for new climate deal
- A report by Harvard University project on International Climate Agreements has called for scientifically sound, economically rational and politically pragmatic ...
- Climate change impacts under the lens
- A photo exhibition on climate change impacts organised by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development and Nepal Tourism Board is currently ...
- Harnessing the solar potential of Sri Lanka
- A Sri Lankan university professor has made it his life's mission to promote solar power and tap this renewable energy source for development. In addition to ...
- 'Social forestry' drive employs India's rural poor
- A civil servant from Bihar has successfully involved the rural populace in a green drive under the country’s rural employment scheme. Such innovative ideas are ...
- The green crusader of India
- Prakash Thosre, an Indian Forest Service officer in Maharashtra, was roped in to spearhead the National Green Corps project that has come to occupy a ...
- Rooted to earth
- In the age of concrete housing, Vasant Futane, an organic farmer from western India, has dedicated his life towards promoting mud houses. As the construction ...
- Biggest mobilisation in western India for clean energy
- Over a thousand villagers gathered to form a giant human windmill in Maharashtra to protest against the state government’s plan to build series of thermal ...
- Greenpeace protests India's flawed fertiliser policy
- While the Finance Bill was getting passed in the lower house of Indian Parliament, Greenpeace activists staged a demonstration outside Parliament building. ...
- Activists protest GM crop plans in southern India
- Activists in Tamil Nadu have confronted the government on genetically modified food crops. In a symbolic protest, Safe Food Alliance members gave GM-free ...
- Urban poor reclaim public spaces to plant trees
- Residents of Madanpur Khadar, a resettlement colony in south Delhi, came together last week to plant trees on the occasion of Earth Day. Guided by officials ...
- Women Everest climbers promote gender equality
- A team of young Nepalese women that successfully climbed Mt. Everest last year, has now become a source of inspiration for the country’s youth. Through their ...
- Organic waste becomes saleable compost in Bangladesh
- For slum dwellers of Bangladesh, trash is no longer a problem as they have learned to turn it into a profitable resource. A community-based composting model ...
- Moving from Delhi to Copenhagen
- The recently concluded Delhi Sustainable Development Summit created enough momentum for the Copenhagen round of climate change negotiations. But for it to ...
- Award to Vedanta withdrawn amidst controversy
- Vedanta, a UK-based company allegedly involved in the destruction of Niyamgiri Hills in Orissa, a state in eastern India, was surprisingly chosen as the ...
