India’s Holy Ganges to Get a Cleanup
Crossposted from the wallstreet journal
India’s Holy Ganges to Get a Cleanup
Government Embarks on $4 Billion Campaign to Treat Heavily Polluted Waters;
Devout Hindus Revere River as ‘Goddess’
By KRISHNA POKHAREL
VARANASI, India—More than a million devout Hindus bathed in the Ganges River
Friday, braving the risk of terrorist attack, stampede and petty crime for
the chance to wash away the [...]
Memorandum with Women’s Charter on Climate Justice Submitted to Minister of Environment and Forests
National Civil Society Coalition for Climate Justice and Equitable Development
This document is prepared from the perspective of safeguarding the interests of the marginalised majority in India
Civil Society Perspective and Position on the vital issue of climate justice
We, representatives of organizations and networks believe that the discourse on Climate Change cannot and must not be [...]
Save the Tiger
A recent event organised by Sanctuary’s Kid’s for Tigers, 350.org, Indian Youth Climate Network and Delhi Greens held at the historic Teen Murti Bhavan in Delhi, featured this giant tiger aerial art, formed by 2000 school children from various schools across Delhi.
The tiger is inextricably linked to the global climate challenge. The home of the [...]
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 [...]
