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Lost Lakes of Bangalore

Submitted by reena on May 25, 2010 - 13:30

Awards distributed to the winners of Lost lakes of Bangalore – A video contest

The awards ceremony of the Lost lakes of Bangalore video contest was held on July 3, 2010 at the TERI auditorium, Domlur.

The contest had two categories of entries – general (aimed at citizens) and the student category.

The Lost lakes of Bangalore contest elicited 23 student category and 15 general category videos, covering 32 lakes of the city.

The awards ceremony was well attended by students, participants and several citizens of Bangalore. Ms. Rohini Nilekani, Chairperson, Arghyam reinvigorated the youth to participate in redefining our lifestyles in order to reach sustainable consumption patterns.Read More

Rain water harvesting, recycling and reuse of waste water and using less water will help in water conservation speech by Sekhar Raghavan

Submitted by reena on April 21, 2010 - 17:45

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Jal Chetna Yatra Report by Institute of Rural Research and Development (IRRAD)

Submitted by reena on April 9, 2010 - 15:26

Institute of Rural Research and Development (IRRAD) organised "Jal Chetna Yatra" where three groups started the yatra from three different blocks of Mewat on 19th Read More

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Longest Toilet Queue campaign by WaterAid Orissa

Submitted by reena on April 7, 2010 - 16:06

The World's Longest Toilet Queue on 20th March 2010 at Puri sea beach.

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Proceedings - Rainwater Harvesting Mela – World Water Day, Bangalore 2010 by India Water Portal, Arghyam

Submitted by reena on April 7, 2010 - 15:26

Ms.Rohini Nilekani, Chairperson, Arghyam addressing the gathering Read More

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World Water Day Report - Bharat Integrated Social Welfare Agency (BISWA)

Submitted by reena on April 1, 2010 - 12:27

Bharat Integrated Social Welfare Agency (BISWA) is a social development agency based in Orissa and working across 14 other states through its integrateRead More

Water-efficient No-till sugar cane cultivation with alternate row irrigation

Submitted by reena on February 17, 2010 - 17:27

Suresh Desai is a founding member of an Organic Farmers Club in Belgaum District of Karnataka, India. It has 400 members, some of whom are already growing crops organically, while others are in the process of shifting to organic farming.

Since completing his matriculation, Suresh has been caring for the family property of 4.5 hectares, in an area where today sugar cane is primarily grown. For nearly a decade Suresh, as the manager of the farm, followed conventional practices relying on external inputs in the form of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Just like most of the other farmers near Belgaum, he grew sugar cane, a high water-demanding cash crop, and tobacco.

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Participatory Theatre - Engaging, Enabling & Empowering Communities

Submitted by reena on February 2, 2010 - 14:03

In 2010, theatre continues to be one of our core areas of intervention – trainings, workshops, working with groups and communities, performances, post-performance discussions… The performing media initiative of media matters now has a repertoire of plays being performed by its youth theatre groups, the most recent being Main, Asha... (on sex selection) and Kataar! (on right to information).

Consolidating these experiences, we organize our annual six-day residential workshop – an opportunity to interact and work with both, 'development actors' and 'theatre activists'.

Our previous workshops have been attended by participants representing CBOs, NGOs, Government departments, theatre groups and educational institutions from across states – Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.

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