What's new at the Centre for Science and
Environment (CSE), New Delhi, IndiaCSE invites you
to see for yourself the dramatic impact of community based rainwater harvesting, through a
paani-yatra in rural areas of Alwar and Bundi in Rajasthan. Paani-Yatra is a guided tour
organised by CSE as the Central Secretariat of the National Water Harvesting Network, to
areas where communities have managed water. Successfully. And shared the fruits of their
labour. So grab the opportunity and book a seat now at
http://www.cseindia.org/html/cse/html/extra/paani.htm
Equity Watch, our online climate change newsletter carried
continuous coverage of the wheeling and dealing of the CoP6 negotiations at Hague. COP 6
has ended, but Equity Watch coverage has not. Read the analysis of the events and deals
made as well as editorials and opinions. Equity Watch with a Southern perspective is
designed to inform on issues pertaining to global warming, the CoP negotiations and much
more. Most recent articles include: CoP 6: Cop out, Equity Primer, and others at
http://www.cseindia.org/html/cmp/climate/ew/index.htm.
Fantaplastic
P for plastic and P for problems. Remember that 'Say No To Polybags Campaign' in
schools? Not just schools but newspapers, bus shelters, and traffic junctions were
carrying the message. In some states like Goa and Himachal Pradesh, the authorities even
banned it. Now the plastic manufacturers are frowning. They have formed a plastic lobby
and give arguments in favour of plastic. Gobar Times, Down TO Earth's supplement for young
adults, investigates the plastic problem at
http://www.cseindia.org/html/dte/gobertimes/gtimes.htm
MICROWONDER
Small is big time. At least there is a lot to learn from a small country like Nepal where
electricity generation and spread has jumped dramatically with the use of micro-hydel
power plants. Are small decentralised power generation units then the key to generating
more power for hitherto neglected village communities in India? Can the present
bureaucratic structures that exist in India be used to promote them or do we need to
go in for a major rethink on small energy harvesting systems and the social and
institutional mechanisms required to run them? An analysis in Down TO Earth at
http://www.cseindia.org/html/dte/dte20001130/dte_analy.htm
CHANGING CLIMES
How is climate change affecting people? Old-timers in India talk to a young Down To Earth
reporter about the time when they did not need refrigerators and fans. Of an age when
spring followed winter. The climate is changing the way they feel and how. Today the poet
would have been forced to say, If winter comes can summer be far behind? Down To Earth
reports at
http://www.cseindia.org/html/dte/dte20001130/dte_life.htm
LOST IN THE FOREST
The woods are lovely dark and deep, but the forest bureaucracy and scientists are
lost in them. Research has taken a backseat and foresters are being accused of throttling
it. Here is the story of an institution which has failed to keep its promises. They have
miles to go to merely sort out their problems. Read more at
http://www.cseindia.org/html/dte/dte20001130/dte_srep1.htm
A message from the Director, Anil Agarwal:
Disasters galore
Even as the
fuel tax protest has hit the headlines, incessant rains have brought the issue of global
warming and environmental mismanagement to the fore |
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