Environmental, Social Justice & Governance Initiatives
ESG projects and campaigns cover a wide range of issues, a common theme across which is that of encouraging community involvement in decision making regarding environmental and social justice concerns.
ESG organises or participates in facilitating public meetings and workshops with the intention of raising awareness in the community, judiciary and government bodies about environmental issues, environmental law, and the citizens’ Rights.
Films and Documentaries are a medium through which we can disseminate information about our projects to a wide audience.
A documentary by Indu Krishnan 26 April 2018 ; Time: 6 pm ; Venue: Suchitra Cinema and Cultural Academy, 36, 9th Main, B. V. Karanth Road, Banashankari II Stage, Bangalore Map: https://goo.gl/maps/SBBxv5KXbnJ2 Downloads: Invitation to Screening of “Good Guy. Bad Guy.” “Good Guy. Bad Guy”, a film by Indu Krishnan, is a poetic interrogation into the life of Zakhir who picks rags for a living and dreams big of making movies about life in Bangalore.
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15 December 2017 ; Time: 6 pm ; Venue: Suchitra Cinema and Cultural Academy 36, 9th Main, BV Karanth Road, Banashankari 2nd Stage, Bangalore 560070 T: +91 80 26711785 Map: https://tinyurl.com/y7w7lzb7 Invites you to the screening of 6 pm, Friday, 15th December 2017 @Suchitra Cinema and Cultural Academy 36, 9th Main, BV Karanth Road, Banashankari 2nd Stage, Bangalore 560070 T: +91 80 26711785 Map: https://tinyurl.com/y7w7lzb7 More on the film, visit: https://www.facebook.com/SikkidreShikari/?fref=nf or @sikkidreshikari More details
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Followed by a talk on the prevailing situation in Challakere by Leo Saldanha 30 November 2017 ; Time: 11 am ; Venue: St. Joseph’s College of Commerce, AV Room, Brigade Road, Bangalore Downloads: Invitation to the screening of “Beerappa’s Angst” This film conceptualised by Bhargavi S Rao and Leo Saldanha, problematises the widespread shocking silence over the building of a massive military-industrial-nuclear-complex in Challakere, Chitradurga, 250 kms north of Bangalore, that is displacing over 300000 people and
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Tribute to Gauri Lankesh 26 October 2017 ; Venue: SIEDS, No.33/1-9, IVth Cross, Thyagaraju Layout, Jaibharath Nagar, M.S. Nagar P.O Bangalore -560033. Land Mark: Bharath petrol pump, Jaibharath Nagar Downloads: Gauri Lankesh Social Justice Film Festival Day 1, 26 October Thursday 10 am Inauguration 11:00 am Our Gauri (opening film) Dir: Deepu; 67 min; English (subtitles); 2017 Gauri Lankesh was one of the Karnataka’s most prominent and fearless journalists. She was shot dead outside her house in
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A short documentary film on the struggle of agrarian, artisanal and pastoral communities to save grassland ecosystems in Challakere 31 August 2015 “Beerappa’s Angst” English (39 mins) https://youtu.be/8XPsig5QUnM and “Beerappa’s Tallana” Kannada (32 mins) http://youtu.be/_jivBkPbKpU Please feel free to share and circulate this film. In case you wish to organise a discussion on the film and the issues involved, please write to amkhs2013@gmail.com. “Forfeiting our Commons”, a comprehensive report on the issue can be accessed at: http://tinyurl.com/nn8m47q. For even more information: http://tinyurl.com/mjhdqar
Read moreShort Film by Swissnex, made in 2011 Written by Swissnex for Youtube 12 January 2011 India-China: Future Cities Short Film (4 min) by Swissnex, made in 2011 Features interview with Leo Saldanha of ESG Video Link: https://youtu.be/hWwM0bJ2iAk films
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An engaging Docufilm about progressive Solid Waste Management In collaboration with the Human Health and Well Being Division of United Nations Environment Programme, ESG initiated a pilot project aimed at developing the capacities of Pourakarmikas (municipal solid waste workers) of one Health Ward of the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike towards evolving a sustainable strategy for management of community level municipal solid waste. As part of this project an evaluation of the work conditions of Pourakarmikas was
Read more1 January 1999 Bangalore ‘The Die is Caste’ is an appraisal of three decades of the Naxalite (extreme left) movement in the state of Bihar, in eastern India. It examines the role of Naxalites (i.e. Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation, People’s War Group and Maoist Communist Centre) as agents of socio-political change, employing violence. Against the backdrop of Parliamentary and Legislative Assembly elections in Bihar, between 1999-2001, the film portrays the change – over
Read moreBackground ESG extended research support in the making of the environmental video documentary “Fly Ash Over India”, by Siobhan Wall, formerly with London Guildhall University. This documentary assesses the environmental impacts of locating thermal power plants in the ecologically sensitive Dakshina Kannada district, and specifically addresses the manner in which Cogentrix has violated local social and environmental concerns. The documentary was premiered on World Environment Day, 1998 in collaboration with The British Library (Bangalore), and
Read moreBackground ESG extended research support in the making of the environmental video documentary “Fly Ash Over India”, by Siobhan Wall, formerly with London Guildhall University. This documentary assesses the environmental impacts of locating thermal power plants in the ecologically sensitive Dakshina Kannada district, and specifically addresses the manner in which Cogentrix has violated local social and environmental concerns. The documentary was premiered on World Environment Day, 1998 in collaboration with The British Library (Bangalore), and
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