Central to the achievement of the Agenda for Sustainable Development is an adequate, equitably distributed and fully supported health workforce. Nurses are the largest occupational group and represent an indispensable force with which to combat inequities in access to health services and progress towards health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), while …
A tree-planting programme to popularise afforestation efforts organised Early beginning: Students planting a sapling at the BLESS Nursery and Primary School, Inungur. KARUR: A tree-planting programme, to popularise afforestation efforts among students and their parents and to highlight the need for preserving the environment was organized by the BLESS Nursery …
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. An organisation that seeks …
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. The Geography Department of Kamala Nehru College organised a three-day …
GANDHINAGAR: Political statements and announcements notwithstanding, the state government does not seem to be very serious about tackling the global warming issue. Though Gujarat government, earlier this year, decided to start a climate change department to combat global warming and climate changes, allocation in the recent budget is just Rs …
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 …
SUDHIR K. SINGH `The earth is our mother. It is time we give her the protection she deserves from heat and pollution.' The Catholic church in Madhya Pradesh took time off on Wednesday from the intricacies of preaching and ritual to launch the noble "Matr Chhaon Abhiyan" (shading the mother …
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. Flagged off here today at Banyan Tree Public …
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 …
Vasundhara Vyas Mehta AHMEDABAD: Gujarat Energy Development Agency (GEDA), which has a been conducting a programme for school children in the state for the last five years has decided to extend its scope to green buildings as well as sustainable buildings. The objective of the Bal Urja Rakshak Dal (BURD), …
Pune Soon, schoolchildren will join the green brigade and play an active role in the fight against climate change as the the concept and its effects would be demystified and will soon be presented in the form of computer games for them in the city. Taking a step forward, a …
LUCKNOW: The week-long Van Mahotsav would come to a close on July 7. The Green Run-2009 will mark its formal conclusion on Tuesday. The run will start from KD Singh Babu stadium at 7.00am on the day and end at GPO Crossing. The mahotsav is organised every first week of …
Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar addressing the inaugural session of National Consultation of State Fisheries Ministers in Bhubaneswar on Satur BHUBANESWAR: Like plants moving to higher altitudes to evade effects of global warming, certain fish species, which were recorded only in Kerala too have moved northwards. The species were recently …
THE rains were late this year and yet we find old trees that are a matured eco-system, being cut for urban needs. Before it is too late, we need to plant as many of these rain inducers as possible and continue taking care of them so they grow well for …
The holy city of Benares in India, or Varanasi, is known for its Ghats, the sites where the River Ganges purifies the bodies of the live bathers and the ashes of the cremated dead. Close to them is the huge square mouth of the city sewerage system, which disgorges its …
