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Badlaav 2009 - Be the Change!



“Be the change you want to see in the world” - Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)

What?
Badlaav 2009: Be the Change! is a week-long climate camp to be held in the nation’s capital, Delhi. We aim to have hundreds of young people come from across the country to:
• Be trained on skills of organizing, running projects, lobbying, direct action, presentations, and facilitation.
• Participate in eye opening discussions of equity, theories… Continue

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As you may be aware Hon'ble President of India Smt. Pratibha Devi Patil had launched the MoEF's CO2 Pick Right and Kaun Banega Bharat ka Paryavaran Ambassador campaigns. While the Pick Right campaign is aimed at spreading awareness about climate change, its causes and effects, and individuals choosing the best option for sustainability, The Paryavaran Ambassador campaign will help choose a person to be the spokesperson on environment issues, who can encourage people to make right lifes… Continue

Water as a resource is under relentless pressure. Due to population growth, economic development, rapid urbanization, large-scale industrialization and environmental concerns water stress has emerged as a real threat. The scarcity of water for human and ecosystem uses and the… Continue

It took a radical fast-unto-death decision by a Professor, playing the religion-political card and much activism, that the Government of India has now accepted the fact - otherwise as crystal clear as should have been the water of the Ganges - that the holiest of holy River Ganga is polluted, the Ganga Action Plan has failed and that constructing dams upstream of the river is only making matters worse.
Earlier this year, pained by the unrelenting destruction of the Ganga river, Dr G. D. Agrawal,… Continue

New Delhi, August 19: The area around Najafgarh jheel which used to attract a variety of birds years back may see them back soon, with the Environment Department of the Delhi government proposing to develop the area into a bird sanctuary. The birds had started disappearing from the site due to the foul stink from the jheel, the experts in the department found out.
"Pollution does affect food availability for birds. Water pollution affected the vegetation for the species too. The hustle and bustl… Continue