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India Carbon Outlook announces “Sustain Ability: Leadership through Ideas” Contest

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 11, 2009

India Carbon Outlook presents the “Sustain Ability: Leadership through Ideas" Contest in association with Aahvaan ‘10 − to select two individuals who can mobilize communities with their ideas for sustainability.This...

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Delhi leading the country into going low-carbon

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 6, 2009

First a Carbon Neutral Commonwealth games. Then the energy efficiency overhaul for Delhi government office buildings and commercial complexes. And now...

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Black Carbon: $1billion opportunity to do good

By : Anonymous, Oct 16, 2009

While carbon dioxide gets all the attention, 'black carbon', colloquially referred to as 'soot', is among the top 3 factors to which climate change is attributed.

While black carbon is 'particulate matter' and not a greenhouse gas per se, it's inclusion...

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Plastic bags vs. paper bags: a classic case for 3 Rs: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle

By : Upendra Bhatt, Oct 15, 2009

The law by the State Govt of Delhi to ban the use, sale and storage of all kinds of plastic bags has meant that customers, shopkeepers, hoteliers and hospital staff face a fine and a possible jail sentence for using non-biodegradable bags.

For last several years, Delhi...

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UN needs a global agency to promote sustainable lifestyle as fashionable

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 14, 2009

The IEA report introduced in the midst of last week’s Bangkok discussions was overly optimistic in its forecast atleast as far as India is concerned. Fashion holds the key in making the...

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Cooking stoves: improving centuries old technology

By : Upendra Bhatt, Oct 9, 2009

At the recently concluded Clinton Global Initiative, one of the more exceptional side events was the action workshop focused on presenting and enhancing dialog on the improvements in the technology and fuels for household...

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Subject Tags: Sustainable Products

D.Light aims for 1 million solar units in UP and Bihar

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 30, 2009

In a project currently under registration with the CDM board, D.Light is targeting to sell 1 million units of Nova solar lanterns in Bihar and UP over the coming year.

At 1W per unit that the Nova lamp uses, this would...

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