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"Carbon-based mechanisms are here to stay," says executives at General Carbon

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 18, 2011

Dr. Ram Babu is the Chief Executive Officer at General Carbon and has participated in setting up many of the systems and processes of the Clean Development Mechanismand has also led some of the early transactions in the compliance and voluntary markets. R. P. Sharma is a...

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Innovations in solar power – A look into the future

By : Sandeep Roy, Oct 11, 2011

In this article, the author presents insights into the innovative solar technologies that are coming up thick and fast to address the growing ever growing energy needs.

With a growing economy and an increased sensitivity towards the environment, there has been a...

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Sustainable agriculture – An evergreen revolution

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 4, 2011

The "Father of the Green Revolution in India", Prof. M S Swaminathan shares his views on the status of the National Mission of Sustainable Agriculture, and myriad opportunities for India to explore.

Professor M S Swaminathan has been acclaimed by the TIME magazine...

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Sustainability: The Next major Career Destination in India

By : Roselin Dey, Sep 29, 2011

This article by the author Roselin Dey has been entered in the Rio+ 20 Blogger Contest organised by Tck Tck Tck - The Global Campaign for Climate Action and is based on the campaign's climate theme "Green Jobs". While green jobs are a mature job segment in developed...

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Different Strokes: The sustainability journey of an academician

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 27, 2011

In this next piece in our series “Different Strokes”, we are presenting a snapshot of the career journey of a sustainability academician Dr. Shalini Sharma working in the Centre for Climate Change, ESCI.

Sustainability Academician

Dr. Shalini...

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Subject Tags: Technology

ITC Hotels believes in being illustrative and not prescriptive in addressing ecological challenges

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 23, 2011

In this next interview in the ‘Corporate Sustainability Series’, Niranjan Khatri - General Manager of Welcomenviron Initiatives at the ITC hotels talks about the use of eco-designing concepts in their hotels, their sustainability initiatives and practices for greening their...

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A solar resource database and PV assessment tool for India

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 21, 2011

GeoModel Solar has recently introduced a  SolarGIS Platform for providing an online solar resource database to cater to the industry need.

Solar power plant planning and designing in India is now easier and more accessible thanks to a new online solar resource database...

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Different Strokes: The sustainability journey of a clean energy entrepreneur

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 20, 2011

In this next piece in our series “Different Strokes”, we are presenting a snapshot of the career journey of an entrepreneur Piyush Jaju who has started ONergy for providing clean energy solutions to the BoP.

Sustainability Entrepreneur
Piyush Jaju...

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Subject Tags: Disaster , energy , Technology

Green Infrastructure: strategies, approaches and way forward

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 15, 2011

Green infrastructure, encompassing the triple bottom-line framework acts as the ecological structure needed for environmental, social and economic sustainability.

Despite sustainable development making inroads into the Indian economy and going ‘green’ becoming a trend...

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The ABC of Renewable Energy Certificates in India

By : Aparna Khandelwal, Sep 13, 2011

Renewable Energy Certificates is a relatively new and challenging market based instrument, but holds great promise in promoting the renewable energy market development in India.

In a bid to promote renewable energy market in India, the Indian government has framed...

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