Jan Mar 2012
by Bhoomi Admin
In the developing world, one child dies of hunger every five seconds. According to statistics* women and children are the main sufferers of hunger: 70% of all hungry people are women. (The irony being that although women grow over 60% of the food in developing countries, they own less than 1% of the land) At the crux of the world hunger issue is inequality (economic…
by Rajesh Rangarajan
Pollution, one of India’s major development challenges which can be easily experienced, is hard to quantify. Yet, quantification of pollution is essential for building a case for action, for targeting responses, and for ensuring pollution abatement. Data are required to understand the context and impacts of the range and effects of pollution problems and to build pressure on government to act. The reality though is…
by Ipshita Maitra
A documentary on Green Schools by Aditi Banerjee shows how a few schools are taking on a pioneering role in helping children build a stronger consciousness about green living...
‘Environment’, ‘Ecology’, ‘Conser-vation’,‘Sustainability’,‘Green’, ‘Organic’ are some of the buzzwords of our rapidly changing and evolving world; and it’s only natural, given that we’ve actually begun to feel some of the effects of environmental degradation that scientists…
by Abitha Anandh
“Johnsy has one chance in - let us say, ten,” said the doctor to a shocked Sue, as he shook down the mercury in his clinical thermometer. Mr. Pneumonia was not what you would call a chivalric old gentleman.
Johnsy’s eyes were open wide. She was looking out the window and counting - counting backward.
“Twelve,” she said, and little later “eleven”; and then “ten,”…
by Margaret Wheatley and Deborah Frieze
For too long, too many of us have been entranced by heroes, perhaps it’s our desire to be saved, to not have to do the hard work, to rely on someone else to figure things out. Constantly, we are barraged by politicians presenting themselves as heroes, the ones who will fix everything and make our problems go away. It’s a seductive image, an enticing promise.…
by Bhoomi Admin
Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth
Dear Teachers and Parents: Do read out this declaration to your children and sign and mail a copy of the letter to the Prime Minister given overleaf to him. Our children need to be involved in their own future…
This declaration was adopted by the World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth,…
by Bhoomi Admin
Eco Toilets at Pathashaala, Vallipuram, Tamil Nadu
Pathashaala is a school set up by the Chennai Education Centre of the Krishnamurthi Foundation of India. Located amidst distant serene hills, Pathashaala is an eco school in the true sense of the word. The staff and students learn an environmentally sustainable way of living – they work on the land on an organic garden that provides a…
by Bhoomi Admin
Bhoomi Network is launching a web portal, called a ‘Million Eco Projects’ at the Bhoomi Unconference in Bangalore on 27th and 28th January, 2012…
What are eco projects?
Eco projects help preserve natural resources like water, trees, soil, respect Nature’s cycles through waste management, organic gardening and so on…they are a way of living with ecological wisdom, of living sustainably on Earth.
We also think…
by Seetha Ananthasivan
The first issue every year has the same theme as the Bhoomi Conference (or Unconference) – this year, the focus is on the Campaign for a Million Eco Projects. The web portal www.millionecoprojects.com will be integral to this campaign, to document eco projects and faciliate the end user to explore, connect, act and share.
In a world which is obsessed with success, glamour and bigness,…
by Shanti Naik
Ellu Neeru
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Amratha Panaka
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Katne(hot, sweet & sour drink)
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