Category: Environment
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Learning by hearing a range of perspectives
There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don’t know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don’t know we don’t know. A consultative exercise between the District Administration, the Ooty Municipality and…
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Celebrating 10 Years of Conserving Our Hills
30 NOV 2024 A celebration looking back at the unique campaign going by the name ‘Clean Coonoor,’ which was set in motion post deepavali a decade ago, was held at Hotel Vivek. Officials, volunteers, partners, funders, and well wishers gathered together for an evening of music and dinner, and not only reminisced about past experiences,…
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Coonoor River Phase-5
A 11 day exercise aimed at a re-cleanup of the middle stream and a further widening of 500 meters of hitherto untouched ground was brought to a successful conclusion on 08 October, thanks to the funds made available from funds provided by Hindustan Petroleum Corporation and INTACH Nilgiris Chapter. It is hoped that our efforts…
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The Two Million
Most ought to be familiar with The Four Million, a collection of 25 short stories by the American writer O Henry, the title of which refers to the then population of New York where most of the stories are set. The Two Million referred to over here refers to the quantity of waste in kilograms,…
