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- Sushil Kumar Dash, Professor, Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
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- Climate Change
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- Foundation Books
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- 26 October 2011
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- 31 August 2007, pp xiii-xiv
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The Centre for Environment Education seeks to bring innovative strategies for environmentally sound decision-making to the notice of policy-makers, planners and the general public. CEE's Environment and Development book series provides access to the viewpoints of development theorists and practitioners from diverse fields of natural resource management. All manuscripts published under the series undergo an intensive value addition process which involves reviews by experts and peers. The authors also present at pre-publication workshops that critically evaluate the manuscript and provide valuable feedback which is then integrated into the manuscript. The books that come through this process therefore end up being more representative of thinking on policy issues and the process of their development also helps enliven the discussion on themes that they address.
The phenomenon of climate change and its impacts has gained significant attention from policy-makers in several countries across the globe. Interestingly debates are justifying the assessments of change and imperatives of mitigation and adaptation appear to be embroiled in diametrically opposite perceptions and even tend to tag a few preventive measures as exaggerated responses. The need for empirical evidences to guide rational decision-making cannot be overemphasized in this context. The need for a cautious approach in interpreting observations and decision-making pathways is strongly articulated in several for a including the National Communication initiative. This considers the need to integrate the precautionary approach, lest some signals of change be delegated as insignificant.
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- By Kartikeya V. Sarabhai, Centre for Environment Education
- K. M. Sreekumar, Kerala Agriculture University, Trissur, Kerala, C. Thamban, Kerala Agriculture University, Trissur, Kerala, M. Govindan, Kerala Agriculture University, Trissur, Kerala
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- Indigenous Knowledge of Farming in North Malabar
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- Foundation Books
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- 05 November 2011
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- 18 August 2006, pp vii-viii
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CEE aims to bring innovative strategies to the attention of policymakers and the general public. While the E&D books highlight innovative ideas and technologies backed by analysis and information, the booklets are geared to the needs of practitioners. They seek to bridge the gap between ideas and their application.
Farmers have abundant knowledge in indigenous farming technologies, which enables them to develop practices that best suit their environment. This realisation has led agricultural scientists across the world to re-assess indigenous technical knowledge and integrate them in modern farming practices. Indigenous knowledge systems and technologies are widely believed to conserve resources and are also found to be affordable and sustainable, involving minimum risk to rural farmers and producers.
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- By Kartikeya V. Sarabhai, Centre for Environment Education
- G. K. Veeresh, Former Vice Chancellor, University of Agricultural Science, Bangalore
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- Organic Farming
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- 26 October 2011
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- 18 August 2006, pp vi-vii
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The Centre for Environment Education seeks to bring innovative strategies for environmentally sound decision-making to the notice of policy-makers, planners and the general public. CEE's Environment and Development book series provides access to the viewpoints of development theorists and practitioners from diverse fields of natural resource management. All manuscripts published under the series undergo an intensive value addition process, which involves reviews by experts and peers. The authors also present at pre-publication workshops that critically evaluate the manuscript and provide valuable feedback, which is then integrated into the manuscript. The books that come through this process, therefore, end up being more representative of thinking on policy issues and the process of their development also helps enliven the discussion on themes that they address.
Organic Farming is recommended for being a more sustainable form of agriculture. With increasing hazards caused by the use of chemicals in present day farming, alternative methods are the need of the hour. Organic farming utilizes simple techniques, with barely any harmful consequences to the environment while reducing health risks to consumers. Organic farming is gaining popularity worldwide and there is a mounting demand for organic products in the market.
The author introduces the concepts of organic farming and outlines the genesis of modern agricultural techniques before describing alternative practices which include soil conservation, nutrient management and irrigation techniques as well as the preparation of organic manure and compost.
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- By Kartikeya V. Sarabhai, Director Centre for Environment Education
- Girja Sharan, Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
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- Dew Harvest
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- 26 October 2011
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- 24 March 2006, pp v-v
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Bringing innovative strategies to the attention of policymakers and the general public is part of CEE's efforts towards better environmentally sound decision making. The E&D book series highlights alternative viewpoints, development approaches and innovative technologies backed by analysis and information from development theorists and practitioners. The booklets are geared to the needs of practitioners. They bridge the gap between new ideas and theories and field trials.
This booklet deals with dew harvesting as a feasible solution to chronic water scarcity in arid areas near the coastline. Prof. Girja Sharan who developed this technique while in the field shares this innovative idea through this booklet. The booklet substantiates the methodology of dew harvesting based on a case study from the Kothara village in the Kutch region, where this methodology has been implemented.
The booklet provides insights into the simple and people friendly technology of dew harvesting. The author describes the methodology involved in the measurement of dewfall throughout India, especially in the coastal regions. Practical models implemented in the Kutch region have been extensively documented in this monogram. The author recommends that dew harvesting be part of the curriculum at colleges and urges hydrologists and engineers to seriously consider its utility as an innovative technology.
With CEE's core commitment to education for sustainable development at all levels of learning, we expect that this booklet will serve as a catalyst in the replication and propagation of viable models of sustainable development.
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- By Kartikeya V. Sarabhai, Director Centre for Environment Education
- Shyam R. Asolekar, Centre for Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, R. Gopichandran, Centre for Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai
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- Preventative Environmental Management
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- 05 November 2011
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- 12 December 2005, pp vii-viii
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The Centre for Environment Education is engaged in bringing innovative strategies on environmentally sound decision making to the notice of policy makers and the general public. The current book series helps fulfill this objective by providing access to alternative viewpoints proposed by development theorists and practitioners from diverse field, backed by information and analysis of various policy aspects.
Industrialization has long been accepted as a hallmark of civilization. Industrial end products have undoubtedly added to our material comforts. It is also well known that industrial wastes adversely affect the environment. Negative externalities of industrial activities have been accepted as an undesirable but inevitable offshoot of ‘development’. However, the analyses of options for internalizing such externalities have, of late, assumed the proportion of major public debates. Regulatory and fiscal regimes have evolved to strengthen environmental remediation and other pollution prevention interventions.
Emerging holistic trends emphasize a preventive environmental approach integrating options for use of alternatives while avoiding wastes of materials and energy at every stage, right from extraction of the resource, value addition and consumption of products and disposal of wastes. This is evident particularly in the case of large industries and a few instances in the small and medium scale sector. The opportunity to enable access to information on tools and techniques in preventive environmental management to the small and medium scale firms in developing countries and in India in particular is significant and has to be suitably addressed.
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- By Kartikeya V Sarabhai, Director Centre for Environment Education
- Mukund Joshi, Centre for Environment Education
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- Perils of Pesticides
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- Foundation Books
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- 26 October 2011
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- 13 January 2005, pp v-v
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The Centre for Environment Education is concerned with bringing innovative strategies to the attention of policymakers and the general public as part of its effort to prioritise the need for environmentally sound decisions. The E&D Book Series provides access to alternative viewpoints backed by analysis and information from development theorists and practitioners. As an allied activity, E&D books seek to disseminate the ideas from the books in an easy-to-read style with simplified concepts, case studies and guidelines for NGOs and developmental practitioners in the field. While the books present paradigms in their entirety, the books identify and present practical steps for the benefit of those who wish to work with the ideas at the policy or practical level.
This book deals with the ill effects of the use of pesticides, which has become rampant all over the world. The fact that these chemicals have now entered ecosystems and the food chain itself is alarming because of the range of dangerous ill effects they have on humans, animals, plants and the ecosystem in general.
It is interesting to note that pesticide consumption in India is among the lowest in the world. But, as the author points out, this is no excuse for complacency, given the fact that the widespread illiteracy among farmers, the unscrupulous trading and manufacturing practices and the lack of legal constraints make the situation very dangerous.
Among the issues that this book discusses in detail are the types of pesticides, their ill effects, the market realities that govern the use of pesticides, policy issues, and the consumption scenario in India and the world.
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- Edited by Sara Ahmed, Social Activist
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- Flowing Upstream
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- Foundation Books
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- 26 October 2011
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- 13 January 2005, pp v-vi
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The Centre for Environment Education is concerned with bringing more innovative strategies to the notice of policymakers and the general public in order to sensitize them to the need for environmentally sound decisions. The current series has been planned as a means of providing access to alternative viewpoints, presented by development theorists and practitioners from diverse fields, backed by analysis and information on various policy aspects.
Water resource management is an issue that is of paramount significance in a country where equitable access is still a major concern. Both men and women have specific needs when it comes to the issue of water. Water resource management systems in any society ultimately aim at securing ways and means of fulfilling all such needs, both long-term and short-term. Such systems have scientific and social dimensions and these have been addressed in a range of national and global forums. One of the ways of classifying water resource management systems is to look at them from the “domestic” and “productive” perspectives. Within the domestic sphere of these systems, almost universally, we find a clear-cut gender-based role differentiation. As domestic water managers, women are expected to play a significant role in several capacities: as selectors of water source, as carriers of water, as caretakers of the water needs of infants and children, and managers of family health and hygiene. Women also need access to water for livelihood needs, whether as farmers (irrigation) or for micro-enterprises.
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- By Kartikeya V. Sarabhai, Centre for Environment Education
- Darshan Shankar, Director, Foundation for Revitilisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT), Bangalore, P. M. Unnikrishnan, Director, Foundation for Revitilisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT), Bangalore
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- Challenging the Indian Medical Heritage
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- 05 November 2011
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- 21 February 2004, pp v-vi
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The Centre for Environment Education is concerned with bringing more innovative strategy to the notice of policymakers and the general public in order to sensitize them to the need for environmentally sound decisions. The current book series has been planned as a means of providing access to alternative viewpoints, backed by analysis and information on various policy aspects presented by development theorists and practitioners from diverse fields.
There is considerable rhetoric about the value of knowledge available in our traditional systems but this is yet to translate into a practical attempt to make this knowledge viable and usable in the present context. The country's indigenous medical traditions include both the codified system of Ayurveda, and folk tradition, which is passed from one generation to another orally. Both systems yield knowledge on prevention, cure and health promotion. Ayurveda in Sanskrit means “the Science of Life”. It is an ancient system of treatment based on medicines prepared from herbal plants found in abundance in India. Ancient knowledge systems of medicine provide the basis for alternative preventive, curative and restorative treatments that have gained increasing global acceptance. These knowledge systems seek to maintain the balance of the physiological systems in a holistic way to prevent diseases and revitalize the body, mind and soul.
The book discusses some of the indigenous traditions of Ayurveda and folk medicine that are of practical value and calls for the revitalization of medical traditions through careful documentation, testing and collection of evidence that supports epistemological as well as contemporary user value.
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- Nitya S. Ghotge, Veterinary Surgeon
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- Livestock and Livelihoods
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- 26 October 2011
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- 23 January 2004, pp v-vi
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The Centre for Environment Education is concerned with bringing more innovative strategy to the notice of policy-makers and the general public in order to sensitize them to the need for environmentally sound decisions. The current book series has been planned as a means of providing access to alternative viewpoints, backed by analysis and information, on various policy aspects presented by development theorists and practioners from diverse fields.
The relationship between humans and other species valuable for various purposes extends beyond pure economics into the realm of compassion and cooperation, as we are here in the role of chief caretakers on the planet. Human habitation demands the use of draught animals in farming, dairy operations, milking, transport and others. The agrarian economy demands the optimum utilization of species such as the camel, goat, mithun, yak, cow, buffalo and horse to take care of and assist in many daily activities around which our well being is centered.
Caring for these animals goes beyond providing veterinary services or enlisting them in shelters when they are no longer useful to us. Even royalty in the past has made use of horses, elephants and other animals as a mark of regal splendour and the Indian tradition of cattle fairs and shadies is replete with instances of mutual benefit-sharing between our own species and these others. Buddhism and Jainism too have contributed to this tradition of kindness and compassion to animals.
39. The anisotropy of primary cosmic radiation and the electromagnetic state in interplanetary space
- V. Sarabhai, N. W. Nerurkar, S. P. Duggal, T. S. G. Sastry
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- Symposium - International Astronomical Union / Volume 6 / 1958
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- 18 July 2016, pp. 377-385
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Study of the anisotropy of cosmic rays from the measurement of the daily variation of meson intensity has demonstrated that there are significant day-today changes in the anisotropy of the radiation. New experimental data pertaining to these changes and their solar and terrestrial relationships are discussed.
An interpretation of these changes of anisotropy in terms of the modulation of cosmic rays by streams of matter emitted by the sun is given. In particular, an explanation for the existence of the recently discovered types of daily variations exhibiting day and night maxima respectively, can be found by an extension of some ideas of Alfvén, Nagashima, and Davies. An integrated attempt is made to interpret the known features of the variation of cosmic ray intensity in conformity with ideas developed above.