Green Campus Movement
The idea of a green campus movement is deceptively simple. Creating a green educational campus not only makes a tangible environmental difference, it also educates those who are directly involved—the staff
Environment Education
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Red carpet for green-collar workers
Chitra Unnithan & Vinay Umarji / Ahmedabad August 10, 2009, 0:48 IST After white- and blue-collar jobs, a new class of workers is emerging: Green-collar. Green-collar workers are those who work on products and services that are environment-friendly. Reacting quickly to this, specialised courses are mushrooming.
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Concern over climate change
In a bid to involve the youth in discussing the issue of climate change, Delhi University students have taken an initiative to formulate a network of young adults to sensitise people about one of the biggest challenges facing the world.
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Just Rs 5 crore for new global warming department
GANDHINAGAR: Political statements and announcements notwithstanding, the state government does not seem to be very serious about tackling the global warming issue.
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Hoolock gibbon conservation programme
The Centre for Environment Education (CEE), North East is going to undertake a
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Attitudes and knowledge of shade-coffee farmers towards vertebrates and their ecological functions
Environmental conservation depends, to a large degree, on public acceptance. Understanding people
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Act local, think global
In a novel intercontinental educational initiative, schoolchildren from Ghana and the United Kingdom got to grips with problems facing coastal environments in their countries and produced their own recommendations for sustainable management. A schools link then enabled them to interpret their findings on this and other topics in a world context.
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MP church shows environment concern
SUDHIR K. SINGH `The earth is our mother. It is time we give her the protection she deserves from heat and pollution.'
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Waste is valuable
Waste can be a resource! Sounds strange, but this is what forms the central concept behind SEARCH, a joint initiative by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and Tetra Pack Ltd., undertaken to inculcate a practice of waste management through effective recycling.
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Campaign on climate change
The environmental awareness campaign of Ministry of Environment and Forest is being conducted under the theme ''Climate change at national-level'' in the taluk. Taluk convener of Karnataka State Science Council and principal of National College, C Nagaraj, has informed that the town unit of the Council is functioning as a nodal local resource agency to further the campaign in the taluk.
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Awareness on recycling waste
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), in collaboration with Tetra Pak India Pvt Ltd on Wednesday, launched a project