First visit (This article appeared in Down To Earth , January 15, 2000) With the failure of the 1999 monsoon in several areas of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, there is a serious drought.... |
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When calamity Strikes Water harvesting is the new catchword for the government struggling against drought. ITÂ’s now official. Cherrapunji, which holds the record for the highest rain... |
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What is drought? Droughts can be of three kinds:- (i) Meteorological drought: This happens when the actual rainfall in an area is significantly less than the climatological mean of that area... |
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Scarce and unnatural Today, water is an increasingly scarce resource. And the scarcity is very real. There is cause for alarm, but not for alarm-mongering. Freshwater: a scarce resourc... |
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Urban Lakes Urban waterbodies are an inherent part of Indian culture. They served a variety of purposes. In the dry central and Southern India--that fall in the rain shadow region--they ... |
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Water scenario in rural areas Dependence on the state has meant that with the cost of water supply being high and cost recovery being poor, the financial sustainability of water schemes ha... |
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Blind to Rain With the spate of political support that the concept of rainwater harvesting has received in recent weeks from Central ministers and state chief ministers, the attack fro... |
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Events News CSE - RELMA partnership Initiatives Initiating urban water harvesting in Kenya With the objective of broadening the prospect and ...... |
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... Permaculture is a new word, a new environmental science, a new way of life. Permanent agriculture is a science of sustainability. This is a requisite for a pe ... |
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L ife & L iving Sustainability for ourselves Permaculture Sustainable Life and Relationships Women and Sustainability Food Finding A Place The New Healing New Spirit of Sustainability Philosophy of Sustainability Children and Sustainabi... |
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