Designing For A Just Transition
ESG conducted an interactive day-long workshop on Human-Centred Approach to Planning and Decision Making of Mega Projects For Students of Srishti School of Design
Read moreExperiential Educational programs aim to develop a citizenry that is concerned, informed and critically engaged in environmental and social justice issues. Education can aid citizens in acquiring knowledge, attitudes, motivation, commitment and skills to work both collectively and as individuals towards solving current problems and preventing new ones. We believe that direct engagement and experienceis the best way to learn about the world. We are very keen to provide such opportunities to children, students, teachers, researchers and communities so that they may truly understand our society and engage with it responsibly, proactively and progressively in the cause of advancing environmental and social justice.
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ESG conducted an interactive day-long workshop on Human-Centred Approach to Planning and Decision Making of Mega Projects For Students of Srishti School of Design
Read moreSteps to be undertaken for implementing directions of the Hon’ble High Court of Karnataka
in WP 817/2008 c/w WP 38401/2014 PILs
In December 2021, ESG organised an experiential learning certificate course “Environmental Justice: Visiting Different Social and Ecological Landscapes and Areas of Environmental Contestations in Karnataka, India” for 28 students from O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat.
Read moreAs part of the Pan-India Awareness and Outreach Campaign proposed by the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) to commemorate 75 years of India’s Independence, ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’, Karnataka State Legal Services Authority (KSLSA), and Environment Support Group (ESG) organised a virtual Legal Awareness Workshop relating to the functioning of Lake Protection Committees at Municipal, District and Apex Levels constituted in accordance with directions of the Hon’ble High Court of Karnataka in WP 817/2008. The workshop was organised from 25 Oct to 28Oct 2021 for members of the Apex Lake protection Committee and administrators of Bangalore Division, Kalaburagi Division, Belgaum Division, and Mysore Division.
Read moreLake Walk @ Uttarahalli Kere & Subramanyapura Kere Bengaluru was once called ‘the city of thousand lakes’. Have you ever
Read moreCollated here are petitions, affidavits, memos and notes filed by ESG to protect lakes of Karnataka before Karnataka High Court (WP 817/2008 & WP 38401/2014) and Supreme Court of India (Civil Appeal 17166/2013). You will also find here judicial orders, reports and laws that are an outcome of this ongoing effort. This section will be updated frequently.
Read moreIn collaboration with Program on Science, Technology and Society, Harvard Kennedy School, USA & Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Germany, as part of a project on Governance of Sociotechnical Transformation in this interrogating discussion on Governance and Financial Implications of ‘Smart Cities’.
Read moreThe core idea was to develop a critical outlook to the Smart Cities Mission in the overall landscape of governance and planning.
Read moreThe Gurukula Botanical Sanctuary is a forest garden and conservation centre in Wayanad Kerala. It is founded on a premise that humans are participant members in nature’s community. The philosophy and practice, as well as world view and politics of the sanctuary arise out of this. As the world gets more and more fragmented and hierarchized, even more driven by capitalistic interests and a technocracy,
Read moreA collaborative Initiative of CFA and ESG .Session 10: 29th October 2020: Rewilding Humans: Nature Education At The Gurukula Botanical Sanctuary
Read moreSpeakers: Vinod Krishnan and Dr.M Ananda Kumar, Nature Conservation Foundation, Mysore.
Read moreDate: Thursday the 27th of August 2020 5-6.30 pm IST Speaker Profiles Dr. Sana Huque has a Masters degree
Read moreThe first of the series is on Thursday the 20th of August 2020 5-6.30 pm IST
Read moreA two-day certificate course to facilitate a Capacity Building Programme on Environmental Policy Research and Management
Read morePrincipal Bench of the Karnataka High Court headed by Chief Justice Mr. Abhay Oka has directed the State Government to extend assistance for the survey of Lakes of Bangalore as Waterfowl Habitats
Read moreOrganised by Institution of Engineers, Mysore Date: 03 November 2019 Some of the main highlights from the discussion are listed
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Read moreA 2nd Workshop in the ESG ‘How to’ Workshop series 19 January 2018 ; Time: 5.30 pm to 8 pm
Read moreA workshop organised as part of ESG’s ‘How To’ Workshop series 19 January 2018 Downloads: Report of the Workshop The
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