IYCN Hyderabad Turns One
his June, the IYCN chapter in Hyderabad turned one! One year of climate campaigns and workshops and an immense amount of learning for any and every member of IYCN in the city! Hyderabad is labelled a lazy city for many reasons but when the need arises to address an issue that is close to [...]
Climate Crusaders take Train by Storm
Ever seen raw, passionate energy for a cause unleashed in pure form? Ever heard of direct action to save the planet? From July 18th to the 23rd, Delhi saw a historic event take place: Badlaav. Approximately 200 youth from across the country descended on Delhi to engage in workshops to unleash their potential to launch creative [...]
Sky is not the limit-P V Satheesh
As the shadows of drought lengthen across the subcontinent, the faint voices of apocalypse are growing louder by the day. That they emanate mainly from news channels and not from well-informed agricultural scientists or meteorologists is quite interesting. As the comic shots of farmers looking skywards with their palms shading their eyes — popularised by [...]
Hyderabad Youth Charter on Climate
This youth charter on Climate/ Climate Change is the outcome of the first Hyderabad Youth Summit on Climate Change held in the Deloitte Campus in Gachibowli, Hyderbad on June 20, 21st ’09. The summit was organized by the Indian Youth Climate Network (IYCN) with the support of WWF-India, Deloitte and APEC.
Since the charter is quite [...]
Hyderabad Youth Contemplate Development in the Context of Climate Change
Cross-posted from thoughtPosition
The 2-day Hyderabad Summit on Climate Change (HySocc’09) on 20th & 21st June by IYCN was a unique affair: one that created impact, invoked inspiration and involved diverse actors from the society: students, IT professionals, Green analysts, activists and most importantly individuals and organizations which ‘did something about it’. It involved in-depth analysis [...]
Hyderabad Youth Summit on CC June 20,21 ‘09
HYSoCC
The IYCN in Hyderabad is organizing the Hyderabad Youth Summit on Climate Change ‘09 on June 20,21. The summit is open for young students and professionals between 16-30. The applications for the participants are out and can be downloaded at the above mentioned links.
Objectives of the summit:
1. A Hyderabad Youth Charter on Climate [...]
As National Strategy on Climate Looms, Indian Youth Summit on Climate Announced
Even as we all hold our breaths awaiting the release of the national strategy on climate change adaptation and mitigation which has been delayed time and again, the Indian youth are mobilizing once again to turn up the pressure. Rumors abound around this national strategic plan which is being formulated without input from civil [...]
