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SAVING INDIA'S DEPLETED SOILS
Bad policies and unsustainable practices have wreaked havoc on India's soils, robbing them of nutrients. A big little ecological variable a basic unit of human-nature interaction simple clod generates complex equations of survival and wealth, equity and polity, only to exist outside all calculations.

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ALL SMOKE, NO FIRE
Despite its promises to conserve forests and reduce health risks of  rural women; after 30 models and 34 million 'chulhas' (fuelwood-based cooking stoves) developed over the last 17 years at a cost of more than Rs 80 crore, the National Programme on Improved 'Chulhas' has been put on hold. An extensive study by the Delhi-based National Council of Applied Economic Research NCAER) pointed to rampant corruption, lukewarm grassroots response and government apathy. Read the complete article online:

WHERE HAVE ALL THE SPARROWS GONE?
The spunky "survivor" house sparrow (Passer domesticus) introduced by Romans to Europe, from where it spread to the Americas, South Africa, Australia and South Asia is, like the drongo, bee-eater and baya, at grave risk

Note: For Down To Earth subscribers When did you last spot a sparrow near your house? Take the DTE poll:

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News from CSE
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EDITOR'S MEDIA CONFERENCE (Feb. 20-21, 2003)
National and international experts will demystify the science and realpolitik of vehicular air pollution at a special workshop for South Asian journalist, from February 20-21, 2003 at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
Learn more at: http://www.cseindia.org

‘LESSONS FROM CALIFORNIA CAN EASILY BE REPLICATED'
Leading advocate of clean vehicle technology, Dr Alan C Lloyd, chairperson of the US-based California Air Resources Board (CARB), said at a public interface in New Delhi organised by CSE on January 17 that other regions should learn from California’s overwhelming success in cleaning its air, without having to relearn some of the painful lessons.
Learn more: http://www.cseindia.org

A RICH HARVEST
Startling results from five CSE rainwater harvesting model projects in Delhi.
More in Catch Water newsletter: http://www.raniwaterharvesting.org

HOW MUCH WATER DO YOU USE?
What did 25 students from five Jaipur schools find when they asked 175 households about the amount of water consumed? Read a special issue of Gobar Times, the environment magazine for children:
http://www.gobartimes.org

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