Hasiru Usiru: Campaign To Reclaim Bangalore’s Commons
Background The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has proposed to widen 91 prime roads in Bangalore, supposedly to reduce traffic
Read MoreBackground The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has proposed to widen 91 prime roads in Bangalore, supposedly to reduce traffic
Read MoreAnother summer workshop for children (ages 10 – 14) 3 – 7 May 2010 Fresh from a phenomenally successful, energy
Read MoreWritten by Gomati Madaiah and Shruthi Subbanna with inputs from Bhargavi S. Rao and Leo F. Saldanha 19 – 23
Read MoreA children’s workshop held at ESG in April 2010, “Combating Climate Change.”
Read MoreOn 1st April 2010, a workshop was held by ESG and Action Aid to help farmers appreciate the nuances of the debates that resulted in India’s Environment and Forests Minister Shri Jairam Ramesh enforcing a moratorium on the commercial release of Bt Brinjal.
Read MorePeoples Manifesto for BBMP election demands genuine devolution and public participation 15 March 2010 People’s Manifesto for Bangalore Civic elections
Read MoreThe effort through Civil Liability of Nuclear Damage Law, to cap the maximum liability to the operator in the event of a nuclear accident in a nuclear power plant to a maximum of Rs. 500 crores (US $ 100 million), is nothing short of an outrageous effort that belittles Right to Life in India and trivialises costs involved in compensating the largely irreversible damage to public health, property and environment.
Read MoreBangalore People’s Forum, a network of progressive voluntary organisations of which ESG is a part, came out with a Peoples Manifesto for the recent local government elections based on inputs from diverse sectors and after many consultations.
Read More9 March 2010 Bangalore Downloads: bt-brinjal-posters.pptx
Read MoreMr. Jairam Ramesh has confirmed that the 190 plants listed in MoEF’s Notification would be exempt from the Biodiversity Act, 2002, “provided they are traded as commodities.”
Read More10 February 2010 Downloads:10-reasons-say-no-gm-foods.pdf biodiversityact.pdf The decision of the Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests (I/C), Mr. Jairam
Read MorePublic Consultation held by Jairam Ramesh – 6 February 2010.
Read MoreParticipate in the Public Consultation on Bt Brinjal to be held by Shri. Jairam Ramesh, Union Minister of State for
Read More21 January 2010 Downloads: press-release-ramesh-letter-pawar-gmo-21.pdf This morning a small report appeared in the Deccan Herald with the title: “Panel to
Read MoreOn 30th November 2009, a protest was held against the Karnataka Govt’s plan to make ID Cards mandatory for Cubbon Park and Lalbagh.
Read MoreBackground 29 November 2007: Mangalore Petrochemical SEZ Environmental Public Hearing Ended Abruptly In what is turning out to be another
Read More28 November 2009 Downloads: Kannada Version of the Press Release Krishi Bhoomi Samrakshana Samithi (Permude, Thenka Ekkaru, Kutthethooru, Delantha Bettu
Read MoreOn 27th November 2009, Usha Ramanathan spoke on “Changing Ideas of Rights, Wrongs and Public Interest (Enquiries into Changing Role of State vis a vis sovereignty, eminent domain, impoverishment and the return of the Contract).”
Read MoreOn 7th Nov, ESG held a workshop on “Making Our Homes Environmentally Just” which covered rain water harvesting, solar energy use and composting. Read articles on the workshop in The Hindu and DNA.
Read MoreLandfill threatens safety of Yelahanka Air Force Base – Villagers demand decontamination of the highly polluted zone and compensation 16
Read MoreA Press Briefing Written by Sruthi Subbanna 14 October 2009 Downloads: Why Phase Out Mavallipura Report Proper management of solid
Read MoreMavallipura Landfill in Yelahanka, Bangalore under seige by villagers 7 October 2009 Bangalore Dear Sir or Madam: I am writing
Read MoreWritten by Divya Ravindranath 1 October 2009 Downloads: bamboo-weavers-report-final.pdf metro,bamboo weavers,Bangalore metro ,Add new comment
Read MorePaper submitted by Bhargavi S Rao at Asian Forum for Cross Cultural Dialogues 14 – 20 August 2009 Beijing Downloads
Read MoreDecade old case pending for enforcement of Lakshman Rao Committee recommendations revived 11 August 2009 Environment Support Group’s PIL (WP
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