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World Wetlands Day Celebrations
2008-02-01 12:09:00 On the occasion of World Wetlands Day, all concerned citizens are invited to the Yamuna Biodiversity Park (YBP) to celebrate the day with bird watching at one of the wetlands (that hosts migratory birds) at the Park, followed by an interactive session with academicians, researchers, environmentalists, park managers and students. Time: 1030 Hours Venue: Yamuna Biodiversity Park, 5 ... More About: Events , Celebrations , Festivals
Invitation: Organic Mela at Dilli Haat!
2008-01-31 21:34:00 Beej Bachao Andolan, Vividhara and many other groups from Uttarakhand Invite you to An Exhibition and Sale of Diverse, Healthful Organic Foods and Natural Products (amongst others, there’s a wide range of rajmas to choose from, breakfast cereals, spices, pickles, tea, natural cosmetics, flours, red rice, herbs, jams, nutritious millets, snacks, drinks, handicrafts, woollens…) at reasonable prices, where the benefits go to the Farmers, ... More About: Events , Festivals , Invitation , Dill
Student Volunteers required for Environment related Projects
2008-01-31 21:23:00 Opportunity for learning and carrying out research for dissertation and detailed project work at grassroots level under guidance from project implementing organisations under Network of Environment NGOs. (Supported by Delhi Greens) 1. The Vigyan Vijay Foundation (Er. Ajit Seshadri) 2. Parkash Environmental Group (Mr. O.P. Singh) 3. Indian Pollution Control Association (Mr. Ashish Jain) Projects covered come under different environmental ... More About: Student , Volunteers , Volunteer
The Indian Gharial: Going, Going, Gone?
2008-01-31 21:01:00 Govind Singh govind@delhigreens.org After years of conservation activity and having been literally brought back from the brink of extinction, the India n Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) is in serious trouble yet again. The Indian Gharial (which derives its name from ghara, an earthen pot that resembles the bulbous nasal appendage present on mature males) with its characteristic elongate, narrow snout; ... More About: Greens
Navdanya: International Conference on Gandhi, Globalisation and Climate Cha
2008-01-31 20:31:00 Year 2007 is the centennial of Gandhi ’s Satyagraha (Civil Disobedience) in South Africa. It is also the 150th Anniversary of India’s first Independence Movement of 1857 and the Year 2008 will mark 100 years of Hind Swaraj as well as Gandhi’s 60th death anniversary. It is hence an appropriate time to revisit the models of democracy ... More About: International , Events , Climate , Globalisation
Book Reading Session at St. Stephens? College
2008-01-31 18:50:00 Indra Sinha, the dynamic former Editor of Bhopal.net, the force behind the Bhopal Medical Appeal, which funds the Sambhavna Clinic in Bhopal, a critical source of free medical treatment for tens of thousands of poisoned Bhopal residents and the author of Animal’s People, a 2007 novel written from the perspective of one of the survivors of ... More About: Events , Reading , College , Book , Stephens
Volunteers required: Indian Youth Climate Network
2008-01-31 09:43:00 An upcoming NGO is looking for web administrators who are passionate about climate change and related environmental issues as volunteers, initially. The person should be familiar with web design, web administration, and with web based media communications. Qualities such as self motivation, creativity, and leadership skills are desirable. The network will have its roots in Delhi, ... More About: Indian , Climate , Youth , Network , Volunteers
Tata Nano: some comic relief!
2008-01-27 18:00:00 Tata Nano Homour: How good (or bad) the situation may really get! More About: Comic , Relief , Comic Relief , Tata
International Seminar: Mahatma Gandhi and the Quest for a Just Society
2008-01-26 22:35:00 The Nehru Memorial Museum & Library is organizing a seminar on Mahatma Gandhi and the Quest for a Just Society under the able Directorship of Professor Mridula Mukherjee, in its ongoing effort to bring scholars, intellectuals and those leading popular struggles to come together and discuss issues that face the society in these critical times. Seminar ... More About: International , Events , Workshop
Delhi and its Greens: A woody affair!
2008-01-26 21:29:00 Govind Singh govind@delhigreens.org It is said about cities that if we listen carefully, a city speaks and narrates its story to all those who consider it their own. Delhi is no different and a rendezvous with the city reveals its glorious past and a heritage of green spaces, some of which were preserved even before the Mughals ... More About: Greens , Woody , Affair
Republic Day Greetings!
2008-01-26 11:54:00 Image theme: Rainbow from the Tricolour, at Teen Murti Bhawan, New Delhi More About: Festivals , Republic , Republic Day
Public Lecture on ?Weathering the storm: Time for gender perspective on cli
2008-01-24 18:39:00 Environment and Health Public Lecture Series Climate Change is expected to hit the poorest and marginalised the most. Since women form a disproportionate share of the poor in developing countries and communities that are highly dependent on local natural resources, women are likely to be highly vulnerable to the effects of Climate Change. Women are primary care-givers ... More About: Events , Time , Storm , Gender
International Training Programme on Logical Framework Analysis for Designin
2008-01-22 21:44:00 Sambodhi - an initiative catering to research and allied service needs of the social sector for design and development of state-of-art knowledge ware products and provision of knowledge-based services is organising a training programme for trainers! Programme title: ‘International Training Programme on Logical Framework Analysis for Designing Development Projects’ Duration: 6 Days, From 18th to 23th February 2008 Venue: New ... More About: Workshop
Workshop on Territorial Integration and Exclusion: Impact of Urban Policies
2008-01-22 21:29:00 Center de Sciences Humaines, New Delhi - a Scientific Research Centre engaged in major issues of contemporary India and South Asia in the face of the challenges of globalisation, is organising a two day workshop on “Territorial Integration and Exclusion: Impact of Urban Policies and Law” in collaboration with the India International Center on January 31st and 1st of ... More About: Events , Workshop
Public Lecture: University Lecture Series
2008-01-19 10:32:00 Public Lecture A public lecture by His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama on the topic of ”Ethics and Human Values” will be held at the University Convention Hall (University of Delhi) on the 21st of January, 2008 from 3.30 PM to 5.00 PM. Source: From the walls of the University of Delhi’s North Campus ... More About: Events , Public , Series
Tata?s Nano Vs the Indian Tiger!
2008-01-18 21:24:00 Kartikeya Singh kartikeya@delhigreens.org It is 8:30 PM on January 10th, 2008. I am writing from the famous Ranthambore National Park?known for its tigers?where 80% of the world’s “tiger in the wild” photos are taken. I have been on two game drives and seen no tigers. It is said that here are somewhere between 30 to 40 tigers in ... More About: India , Indian , Greens , Nano , Tiger
Call for applications: Yamuna Yatra 2008
2008-01-18 20:46:00 Swechha - a Delhi based NGO calls for applications from interested people who wish to join people from all over the world to live a myriad of experiences and colours along the banks of the ancient, holy and mystical River Yamuna ! Take the Epic Journey of Self Discovery and Adventure and Let the River tell Her StoryThe Yamuna Yatra is ... More About: Events , Applications , Festivals , Call
Training Workshop: Markets and Marketers for Livelihood Practitioners
2008-01-18 14:17:00 Parivartan - a not-for-profit society working towards development of individual and institutional capacities in various thematic areas for development project management is launching a new training programme titled, ?Markets & Marketing for Livelihood Practitioners?. This programme is designed for personnel in development agencies and projects; and development professionals involved in market related livelihood interventions. Parivartan?s initiatives are supported by knowledge inputs ... More About: Training , Workshop , Marketers
Food for thought!
2008-01-17 19:50:00 PANKHURI SINGH pankhuri@delhigreens.org Today there are more than six billion people on this planet, all needing to EAT, and we have seen the rise to power of giant multinational corporations, eager to exploit the opportunity of such a vast global market. In order to produce more and more food, either to feed hungry people or to satisfy ... More About: Food , Thought
Invitation: Lohri at the Teen Murti Bhawan Lawns!
2008-01-13 20:27:00 Festival of the Sun, Celebrating the Earth? Lohri, Bhogi, Makar sankranti, Magha, Bhogali bihu , Khichri, Pongal - MUBARAQ Please join us for chai followed by music by Children from different groups, Bidhan and Madan Gopal Singh at 5.30 PM 14th January, 2008 back lawns Nehru Memorial Museum and Library Teen Murthi Bhavan New Delhi Oneness of the sun and diversity of the earth? Winter with ... More About: Events , Festivals , Invitation
?Ecological Security - Who and How??, IWC?s Online Monthly Chat
2008-01-13 20:16:00 Chat on 18th January 2008 Log in to IndianWildlifeclub.com for an online chat on “Ecological Security - Who and How?” between 7.30 PM (IST) and 8.30 PM (IST) on 18th January 2008. The chat will be moderated by Mayank Trivedi, who is working as a Senior Project Officer, in the Project Support Group, in Foundation for Ecological Security and ... More About: Chat , Events , Online , Mont
Invitation: Delhi Bloggers Meet
2008-01-11 06:49:00 All Delhi Bloggers (existing and prospective) are hereby informed and invited to the Delhi Bloggers Meet , 2008! The details of the event are as follows: (Also read about it in the Hindustan Times by clicking on the thumbnail on the right.) Date:January 12, 2008 (Saturday) Time: 12:30 PM - 6:00 PM Venue: Westend Greens Farmhouse, (Near Shiv Murti NH8), New Delhi (More details ... More About: Events , Roll
Kanyakumari to Delhi: A cycle yatra for a cause
2008-01-08 19:23:00 Following is a Press Release invitation by Himalayan Environmental Studies and Conservation Organisation (HESCO) and Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment (LIFE): KANYAKUMARI TO DELHI A Cycle Yatra demanding an Agricultural Policy and Agricultural Act for the protection of small and marginal farmers. Villages and villagers of India are suffering as a result of their sacrifices that they ... More About: Delhi
Petition to Save Yamuna
2008-01-08 18:19:00 APPEAL to stop Commonwealth Games Construction on Yamuna The Yamuna River exists on an ecologically sensitive floodplain which supplies much of Delhi?s drinking water. As Delhi urbanizes and its population quickly grows, water resources are becoming increasingly inadequate. Freshwater is already a scarce commodity in Delhi and further construction on the floodplains will only exacerbate the water ... More About: Petition , Save
Sambodhi: Training Programme on Monitoring & Evaluation of Development Proj
2008-01-05 21:48:00 Sambodhi - an initiative catering to research and allied service needs of the social sector for design and development of state-of-art knowledge ware products and provision of knowledge-based services is organising a training programme for trainers! Programme title: ‘Monitoring and Evaluation of Development Projects’ Duration: 3 days, From 16th to 18th January 2008 Venue: New Delhi The aim of the training ... More About: Training
Volunteer: YP Foundation?s Butterfly Project
2008-01-05 21:19:00 The YP Foundation (formerly the Youth Parliament) is a not-for-profit, non political, support and learning organisation committed to developing the uninhibited expression of young people, and working with the aim of sustaining a platform that enables young people to be effective and expressive agents of change. The YP Foundation is currently expanding the work it is doing with ... More About: Events , Project , Butterfly , Volunteer
The fire spreads: Mumbai trees under threat
2008-01-04 06:32:00 Jijamata Udyan, Mumbai , better known as Rani Bagh was established as a public Botanical garden in 1861 by the then Agro-Horticultural Society. This city green lung and historical nature site is home to 3,177 trees of 227 species. The current entry tariff is low and thousands of common citizens visit daily. However, there is now an ... More About: India , Greens , Trees , Fire
TOG Seminar Proceedings
2008-01-02 20:54:00 The Oceanic Group, a not-for-profit society recently organised a Seminar on “Sustainable Development: Post Bali” at the India Habitat Center. The seminar began with Mr. Mani Shankar Aiyar, the honourable Minister for Panchayati Raj, Youth Affairs & Sports, Govt. of India releasing a book titled ‘Local Environmental Governance in India’ by Lead India in collaboration with the British High Commission. Mr. ... More About: Events
Happy New Year!
2008-01-01 09:59:00 DelhiGreens wishes everyone a very Happy , Clean(er) and Green(er) New Year ! Following is a Season’s Greetings message from Professor Arun D. Ahluwalia who is a Professor of Geology and Incharge: Environment Outreach, Punjab University, India. Click here to Enlare and Read. Click here to Contact Professor Arun D. Ahluwalia for any query on issues of Environment and Climate Change. ... More About: Festivals , Happy New Year
Cycle ahoy!
More articles from this author:2007-12-31 08:13:00 Students of the University of Delhi (North Campus) no longer need to get into the bargaining game with the Rickshaw pullers, moments after getting off the Metro at the Vishwavidyalya Station. They now ride themselves to their respective colleges…and with pride! Bicycle Ahoy! With an ID proof and Rs.10, one can now hire a bicycle for four hours (Rs.10 for ... More About: Cycle 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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