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Carl Pope in a Stanford discussion on environmental change and shifting traditions and cultural patterns in South Asia
SACHI, The Society for Art & Cultural Heritage of India is honored to present Carl Pope,
Chairman of the Sierra Club, in a time sensitive discussion: The Changing Face of Himalayas: An Irreversible Phenomenon
Melting Glaciers and its Significance for the People,
Environment, and Culture of South Asia.
Free Admission and open to the public.
Thursday, September 2, 2010, 7.00 p.m.
Clark Center Auditorium
318 Campus Drive
Stanford University, CA 94305
For information, call 650-918-6335; www.sachi.org
Green Energy and Green Livelihoods Award:
Recognizing outstanding environmental success in India
Call for Nominations: Sierra Club Green Energy & Green Livelihoods Achievement Award
The Sierra Club is seeking nominations of grassroots non-governmental organizations promoting positive societal change and green economic development for its annual Green Energy & Green Livelihoods Achievement Award. The award aims to build public support for community organizations in India that are helping the country to combat climate change by leapfroging outdated and inefficient polluting technologies in order to create green jobs and a green economy.
The award will be given to one exemplary environmental or environmentally-related organization that satisfies predetermined criteria for constructive community-based work. Past winners include the Barefoot College in Rajasthan, EcoSphere Spiti in Himachal Pradesh, and SEWA in Gujarat. The Sierra Club Award Ceremony is scheduled for January 2011. Deadline for submission of nominations is July 30, 2010. Learn more about the award.
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." -- Margaret Mead
Simply put, the crisis of global warming cannot be adequately addressed by the U.S. acting alone. No solution to climate change will be credible or effective without contributions from India and China, emerging economic powers requiring enormous energy resources.
While the Sierra Club will continue to strongly advocate for further U.S. emissions reductions and for global agreements to address climate equity, increased international funding for both mitigation and adaptation, the Sierra Club also aims to provide a platform for pursuing, promoting and partnering for a greener and cleaner planet.
The goal of our "Green Energy & Green Livelihoods" program in India is to support and encourage renewable energy initiatives and to expand NGO and business networks needed to stimulate a new environmental economy and create sustainable livelihoods for India's citizens. And this is not a one way process. As much as we are interested in sharing resources and supporting environmental leadership in India we are also there to listen and learn. Much of the extraordinary energy, environment and green development work now occurring in India have exciting applications in the U.S.
