Events
Environment Workshop for High School Students
19th to 21st May, 2008
Environment Support Group, Bangalore announces a Summer Workshop for students in the age group of 13-16 years, from 19th -21st May 2008. The three-day workshop aims at sensitizing children to the environment- development debate, with a special focus on analyzing the changing urban environment of Bangalore. A Pedagogy of experiential learning has been followed in the Workshop Design. The workshop will be held at S-3, Rajashree Apartments, 18/57, 1st Main Road, S.R.K Gardens, Bannerghatta Road, Jayanagar Bangalore - 41. For further details and registration, contact Divya Ravindranath or Nandini Chami at 26531339 / 22441977 or email [email protected]
National Curtain Raiser, ViBGYOR 2008 and Premier Screening of 'Yis As Akh Padshah Bai'
Bangalore, January 18th and 19th, 2008
The National Curtain Raiser Festival of the third edition of ViBGYOR Film Festival for Short and Documentary films will be held on 18th and 19th of January 2008 in Bangalore. The event will open with the premier screening of the film 'Yi As Akh Padshah Bai' (There was a Queen) produced by Other Media Communications on 18th evening. It will be attended by the representatives of Association of Parents of the Disappeared Persons (APDP) from Kashmir and the film directors. The screening will be followed by an interaction with the representatives of APDP and the directors of the film. This is organised at 5pm in Charles Ranson Hall, UTC, 17 Millers Road. The screening of the films from ViBGYOR package will continue on 19th from 10am to 9pm in SCM House, Mission Road. All are invited. Read more.
Public Consultation on Road Widening
20th December 2007
A Public Consultation on Road Widening Schemes of Bengaluru : Impacts and Alternatives - Date: 20th December 2007, Thursday Venue: Senate Hall, Central College, Bengaluru. View invitation. Read more.
Growth & Change in Boston & Bangalore
Growth & Change in Boston & Bangalore - Finding a place for Public Transportation - A talk by Kenneth Kruckemeyer (English, 1 hour 4 minutes). Kenneth Kruckemeyer shows how Boston & Bangalore have been shaped by the need for expanding transportation systems. He shows how the two cities have grown in the past few decades in response to the transportation needs. Kenneth Kruckemeyer is research affiliate at the Centre for Transportation and Logistics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. You can write to the Centre for Education and Documentation (CED) for a free copy
Soil nutrients influence spatial distributions of tropical tree species
- A Paper by Dr. Robert John Chandran, a researcher in tropical forest ecology and management; conservation biology and restoration ecology. Read abstract.
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