Showing posts with label India. Show all posts
Showing posts with label India. Show all posts

Wednesday, 24 August 2011

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) is a non-profit organization of public interest research and defense firm based in New Delhi, India. Founded in 1980, the CSE has worked in various environmental issues of development in India, and encouraging policy changes where required, and better implementation of existing policies. CSE has adapted a strategy called knowledge-based activities to create awareness of the problems and propose sustainable solutions.

Goa Foundation

Goa Foundation

Goa Foundation is best known groups of Goa Environmental Action. , founded in 1986 by a group of environmentalists in Goa battles every single combat environment, the organization has influence over the judiciary, the government and the general public, which persisted in its environmental agenda for nearly two decades .

The Foundation's work covers the various areas and fields, all related in one way or another with the conservation of the environment of Goa:

Environmental litigation: The Foundation has presented, and has fought for more than 80 Public Interest Litigation in the High Court and the Supreme Court of India on environmental issues. These petitions do with mines, forests, beaches, pollution from industry, urban planning, etc.

Environmental Education: The organization has been at the forefront of environmental education efforts of its volume peak, fish curry and rice on a regular basis to update the citizens of the environmental report. From time to time, to keep the organization of courses in public interest to the general public, with a strong emphasis on environmental issues.

Solid Waste Management: The Fund continues to work on specific environmental problems Goa state, including the management and solid waste treatment, these projects were supported by the Government of Goa and the UNDP Small Grants Project. His latest project in this regard is the elimination of plastic waste from the environment Goan
Legal obligations: the Foundation, was appointed to the state of Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority,  and the Supreme Court monitoring committee on hazardous waste (which is an all-India responsibility).
The Foundation has contributed to the formation of non-profit organization called Green Goa Works, led by Wendel Rodricks, Goa is an internationally renowned designer. The company is registered in the Companies Act § 25. It deals only with environmental restoration projects, especially eco-friendly ways to dispose of solid waste.

Foundation for Ecological Security

Foundation for Ecological Security

Ecological Safety Foundation is a non governmental organization based in Anand, Gujarat, India, which seeks to preserve ecologically sensitive lands and water resources.

Exnora International


Exnora International is a non-governmental organizations in environmental service organization started in 1989 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India by MB Nirmal, a social activist. It focuses on the preservation of nature and prevent environmental degradation.

Exnora name comes from an excellent novel and radical ideas to solve the environmental problems are caused by the problem.

Conserve (NGO)


In 1998, when the Delhi government launched the Bhagidari, asking its citizens to participate in civic initiatives bear, Anita Ahuja and her husband-IIT graduate Shalabh the challenge and launched preserve. With a seed grant from the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the duo began advocating for waste management through seminars and workshops.
Preserve began in the living room of some friends who took Anita Ahuja issues such as wastewater and waste. In synergy with local well-being of residents (RWA), would also collect waste Ahuja multiple columns in a park and then take it apart. Wet food waste would be turned into compost, while rejecting as dry polythene bags would be on page . This project was not enough work, but led her to the idea of ​​doing something about plastic bags.
Over two years Ahuja experimented with bags of recycling. She tried to weave them together to create a tarp-like cover for the huts of the slum dwellers. Another time she tried pasting pieces of polyethylene on canvas and cardboard. She saw that the thicker tissue can be used to Bric-a-brac, such as pens and folders, and realized she had finally found a recipe for success when his home-made products has become a popular exposure to the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi. She decided to venture into accessories.
Ahuja project has created jobs for tens of disadvantaged people and also becomes a solution to the problem of plastic waste. The range has been expanded with the creation of shoes, handbags, jewelry, lamps, boxes and books .

CERE India


Center for Environmental Research and Education (CERE) is a Mumbai-based non-profit organization working to promote environmental sustainability through action-oriented education, information and advocacy. CERE was created in 2002 by Dr. (Mrs.) N. Pardiwala Rashneh, an ecologist at the University of Edinburgh and Mrs Rustom Kitayun, an environmental educator. ECRE has successfully undertaken projects in urban and rural areas in India, who worked closely with various government departments, educational institutions, multinational corporations and organizations of civil society. ECRE is also a pioneer in corporate sustainability and carbon management systems, they help organizations identify their carbon footprints, meet international accounting standards, the implementation of low-cost strategies to reduce carbon provide significant savings and economic engage in staff awareness.

ECRE has been commissioned for projects of the Industrial Bank spirits, Tata Capital Ltd, Hindustan Unilever Ltd, Tata Consultancy Services, Rabo Bank, Tata Power and others. In 2005, both Dr. and Mrs. Rustom Pardiwala recognized as a social entrepreneur for change and the international Ashoka awarded scholarships. In 2009, Dr. Pardiwala selected as one of Asia 21 Young Leaders and conferred the Asia Society Fellowship in Japan.

Awaaz Foundation

Awaaz Foundation

Awaaz Foundation is a charitable trust and NGOs in Mumbai, India, which aims to raise awareness, conduct advocacy, and is involved in educational projects to protect the environment and prevent pollution of the environment. He influenced many key decisions by the government and politics influenced the decision on the key environmental issues in India. Fund recipients are citizens of India in general.

Awaaz Foundation was incorporated February 21, 2006 by Sumaira Abdulali, a noted environmentalist who has exposed many scandals of the villainy of the environment in India at personal risk. The Fund has filed several public interest litigation, including requirements for a strict application of the noise-laws, a better functioning of the Authority Tree of Mumbai  preventing noise pollution, banning tobacco sales to minors , and efforts to combat politically sponsored mafia sand extraction

Saturday, 20 August 2011

Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF)

Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF)

The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MEF) is a government department in India. The Minister of Environment and Forests held cabinet rank as a member of the Council of Ministers. The portfolio of the Ministry is in the hands of Jayanthi Natarajan, Union Minister of Environment and Forests who is assisted by two Ministers of State.

The ministry is responsible for planning, promoting, coordinating and supervising the implementation of environmental and forestry programs in the country. Ministry's main activities include the preservation and study of flora and fauna of India India, forests and other wilderness areas, prevention and control of pollution, afforestation, and mitigation of degradation earth. It is responsible for managing national parks in India.