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Restoring Ecosystems To Address NCD Pandemic
June 5, 2021 marks the 49th year since the UN General Assembly designated the day as World Environment Day, marking the first day of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment in 1972. The day is globally celebrated with meaningful themes relevant to the challenges at various points of time. This year’s theme is Restoring Ecosystems.
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Week 7: Securing Clean Air And Inclusive Mobility For Bengaluru
Everyone pays a very high price for mobility in Bengaluru. Incredible traffic snarls cost precious time, money, infrastructure and public health, and substantially erode the ‘salubrious’ quality of the metropolis. With an astonishing 0.8 to 1 vehicle to population ratio, Bengaluru metropolitan area is amongst the most fossil fuel dependent urban spaces globally. Air quality is significantly deteriorating, resulting in severe health impacts, especially for the poor and marginalised.
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Webinar Report: Making Bengaluru Energy Independent
“Is it possible to keep this city running with this pattern of consumption and demand for energy? How are BESCOM and KPTCL sustaining this supply? What are the challenges of the petrochemical sector in supporting fuel demands? Is there a way that we could shift to more sustainable sources, such as renewable energy, and can those transitions be just for all involved? Will such just transitions require Bangalore Metropolitan Planning Authorities to imagine futures that are based on sustainable energy systems, in contrast with the prevailing extractive and unsustainable systems? And can we ensure all homes (be they of rich, poor or middle classes), institutions, offices, government buildings will find ways to consume less power and shift to alternate forms of locally generated power?”
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Week 6: Making Bengaluru Energy Independent
Date: 26th April 2021, Monday, 6:00 PM India on Zoom Pls note: Registration is not required if you have already enrolled for the webinar series. Overview As India aims to transition away from fossil fuels with ambitious plans to invest in renewable energy, especially in solar power, massive tracts of farmland and commons are being converted into mega solar parks. Would it be possible to imagine a metropolis that can produce its own energy, at
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Veeranna Arahunashi Of Arunodaya Poirada (Bellary) Loses Battle With COVID
Veeranna Arahunashi (aged 59) lost his battle with COVID today (26 Aug 2020). Veeranna was an awe inspiring teacher, movement organiser, creative farmer, and a pillar of strength to Arunodaya Poirada, a civil society organisation and farm-school located in Papinayakanahalli, halfway between Bellary and Hospet, co-founded by Sr. Mary Mathew with Veeranna. ESG partners with Arunodaya Poirada in multiple social justice and environmental initiatives. As Bellary district was ravaged by massive illegal iron ore mining
Read moreRepresentation Urging Postponement Of Public Hearing On 18th August 2020 Regarding The Peripheral Ring Road (PRR)
Below letter is a representation urging postponement of Public Hearing on 18th August 2020 regarding the Peripheral Ring Road (PRR) proposal of Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) being held in blatant disregard for rule of law, judicial directives and in violation of Central, State and Local Government orders relating to COVID-19 pandemic per Disaster Management Act, 2005
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The EIA Draft Notification 2020 – Implications For Our Natural And Intangible Heritage.
Speakers: Leo Saldanha and Suhrith Parthasarathy Date: 09.07.2020 Time: 5:00 P.M. onwards UPDATE The entire discussion can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIUMj2hs0LE
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Martin Khor, Earth And Human Rights Warrior, Is No More…
A prominent civil society activist, Martin Khor chaired research and advocacy organisation Third World Network. Tributes have poured in after his passing. To read about Martin Khor, click here.
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‘Save Every Drop’|| Nature In Focus
To access this article, please click on the link- https://www.natureinfocus.in/trending/save-every-drop
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Recreate B’luru With Public Imaginaries, Involvement
It is necessary to reimagine Bengaluru based on citizens’ aspirations, not as an outcome of mystified proposals of technocracy. People’s voices are crucial to guide planning and governance and deliver real solutions. This can be the legacy of Kumaraswamy, argues Bhargavi S. Rao in this Panorama essay in Deccan Herald
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New Book – India’s Risks: Democratizing The Management Of Threats To Environment, Health, And Values
Edited by : Raphaelle Moor & M.V. Rajeev Gowda (original source) Published by – Oxford University Press, India 24 June 2014 We gratefully acknowledge that the Editors of this book have directed all royalties and other proceeds from the sale of this book as a contribution to ESG and its environmental and social justice efforts. Buy the book and help ESG do more! Background to India’s Risks: A prospective superpower, India is still grappling with
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Karnataka Scraps State Environmental Clearance Committee Overlooking Possibility Of Review And Reform
Tens of Small and Medium Industrial, Infrastructure, Mining Projects or Biotech projects can now be approved without any review of their significant environmental and social impacts 9 June 2014 Downloads: SECC Review Report made Public Karnataka Scraps State Environmental Clearance Committee overlooking possibility of review and reform Tens of Small and Medium Industrial, Infrastructure, Mining Projects or Biotech projects can now be approved without any review of their significant environmental and social impacts In 1985,
Read more“Hungry Capital: The Financialisation Of Food”: Talk By Luigi Russi
16 May 2014 ; Time: 5.00 pm – 6.30 pm ; Venue: ESG Training Centre, Bangalore Downloads: Invitation to Talk by Luigi Russi, Author of “Hungry Capital” Invitation to a Talk by Luigi Russi author of Hungry Capital The Financialization of Food A compelling analysis of how global finance is devouring the food system and gambling with our future in the process. Friday, 16th May 2014, 5.00 – 6.30 pm at ESG – Training Centre
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We Offer At Least 5 Reasons Not To Burn Up Your Money This Diwali
Instead help ESG do more to advance environmental and social justice 1 November 2013 Downloads: ESG Diwali Donation Appeal 2013 ESG Brochure Page 1 ESG Brochure Page 2 ESG Educational Initiatives Brochure 5 reasons why your money is better invested supporting ESG Protecting 38,000 lakes of Karnataka: Lakes and their canals have always been protected as commons and maintained by local communities. In recent decades though they have been neglected, and hundreds
Read more“Securing Our Common Futures” Dialogue With Pakistani Delegation
Issues of Land, Water, Seed Sovereignty and Consumption to be addressed on 16th October at Inst. of Agricultural Technologists, Bangalore, 3 pm 16 October 2013 ; Time: 3.00 pm to 5.00 pm ; Venue: Indian Agricultural Institute, Queen’s Road, Bangalore Downloads: India_Pakistan_Dialogue_Common_Futures Environment Support Group [Environmental, Social Justice and Governance Initiatives] invites you to a Dialogue with the 21 member delegation of educationists and environmentalists from Pakistan on the theme Securing our Common Futures Issues
Read moreWorkshop On Antibiotic Resistance: No Action Today, No Cure Tomorrow
18 July 2013 ; Time: 2.30 pm – 5.30 pm ; Venue: Ashirwad, St. Marks Road, Bangalore Downloads: Workshop Invite Poster and concept note Environment Support Group, Bangalore and Anti Biotic Stewardship Network, Ujjain Invites you to a workshop on Antibiotic Resistance: No Action Today, No Cure Tomorrow The World Health Organisation has recently declared antibiotic resistance as a “global health crisis” that has been building up over decades. The most severe consequence of this
Read morePreserving India’s Biodiversity
Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh’s Assurances Will Not Save Species from Extinction ESG petitions Minister to Repeal the 190 Plants Exemption List (download press release – PDF, 224 KB) Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests (i/c) Mr. Jairam Ramesh in his “Clarification on MoE&F Notification of October 26, 2009 on Biological Resources Notified as Normally Traded Commodities” issued on 16th February 2010 has confirmed that the 190 plants listed in MoEF’s Notification “would
Read moreHasire Usiru Campaign To Reclaim Bangalore’s Commons
Report: Cycle Inclusive Planning Workshop – 31st January 2009 Written by Ms. Divya Ravindranath 31 January 2009 Downloads: bmlta-cycleworkshop-310109.pdf On 31st January 2009, a “Cycling Inclusive Planning Workshop” was jointly organized by Bangalore Metropolitan Land Transport Authority (BMLTA), EMBARQ, Interface for Cycling Expertise (I-CE), City Connect and RideACycle Foundation (RAC-F). The workshop was held between 9:00 AM -5:00 PM at the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation premises, Double Road, Bangalore. The workshop brought together concerned
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Hasire Usiru : Campaign To Reclaim Bangalore’s Commons
Report: Fantastic Response for “Campaign to Reclaim Bengaluru.” Bengaluru, 30 November 2008 Downloads: hasire-usiru-campaign-reclaim-bengaluru.docx 30 November 2008, Bangalore FANTASTIC RESPONSE FOR “CAMPAIGN TO RECLAIM BENGALURU” Campaigners Light a Candle in memory of victims of senseless attacks in Mumbai Over 2,000 people gathered on the steps of the Town Hall in Bengaluru on the evening of 29th November Saturday, in a strong statement of strength against projects the destroy lives, livelihoods and greenery in Bangalore. This
Read moreBiomedical Waste
In South Bangalore, biomedical waste was dumped at Anjanapura layout on Anjanapura Main Road connecting with Kanakapura Road on 2nd November 2008. Based on the hospital records and documentation found with the biomedical waste it was concluded that it had been dumped by M/s Apollo Hospital and M/s Wockhardt Hospital, two of the biggest hospitals in the city. The waste consisted of towels soiled with blood, rotting human organs, gloves, sharp objects, syringes, vials, blood
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Report of the workshop “Namma Raste: Reclaiming Bangalore’s roads” Written by Anajli Vaidya Bangalore, 19 July 2008 On 19th July 2008, a workshop on “Reclaiming Bangalore’s roads: Namma Raste” was jointly organized by Environment Support Group, CIVIC Bangalore and Alternative Law Forum. The workshop was held between 9:30 AM – 5:30 PM at Vidyadeep, Ulsoor Road, Bangalore. The workshop had over 90 participants, ranging from representatives of traders’ associations, resident association federations, and
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POINT 10: We need to act fast to ensure that lung spaces and lakes of the city are not lost forever Written by Dipannita Das for The Times of India 13 June 2008 There were 159 water bodies spread over 2,342 hectares in Greater Bangalore region in 1973. They plunged to 93 over 918 hectares in 2007. Rapid industralization and urbanization have taken a heavy toll on water bodies in the city limits. It is
Read moreParliament Of India Q&A Bulletin
ESG has compiled a bulletin of questions being raised in the XI session of Parliament of India. The purpose of this bulletin is to help researchers and campaignists to closely follow developments in the Parliament on matters pertaining to economic, social and environmental justice issues in India. Any comments, queries and suggestions may kindly be send to Nandini (nandini@esgindia.org). 12th Session of Parliament ,Parliament of India Q&A Bulletin 1 – 26th November 2007,Parliament of
Read moreDeep Politics, Liberalization And Corruption. The Mangalore Power Company Controversy
Downloads: Rich Text Format 495 KB reports,Cogentrix,Decision Making,Deep Politics,Enron,Liberalization,Local Rights,Mangalore Power Company,Power Sector,Ron Somers
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