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Dec 4 2018

Green buildings in Mumbai may get up to 20 per cent discount on property tax

1 Comment / CSR Reporting, Eco-Friendly, Environment, Information / By SLSV / December 4, 2018 December 4, 2018

MUMBAI: Certified green buildings in Mumbai could soon get up to 20 per cent discount on property tax as per a proposal being considered by the municipal corporation to incentivise environment-friendly buildings. Officials said the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM), the civic body of the country’s most expensive property market, is discussing the proposal …

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Dec 3 2018

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS TO WIDEN INEQUALITY GAP BETWEEN RURAL, URBAN INDIA: REPORT

Leave a Comment / Environment, Information, Save Earth / By SLSV / December 3, 2018 December 3, 2018

Climate change will widen the inequality gap in India. People exposed to natural hazards in low-income regions are seven times more likely to die, and six times more likely to be injured or displaced, compared to equivalent populations in high-income regions, a report said on Friday. This analysis by New Delhi-based climate research group Climate …

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Nov 30 2018

These young Australian entrepreneurs want to bring social change in India’s urban slums

Leave a Comment / ChangeMaker, Eco-Friendly, Environment, Information / By SLSV / November 30, 2018 November 30, 2018

Six years ago, six Australian entrepreneurs got together and decided to start a social enterprise called Pollinate Energy in the IT city of Bengaluru aimed at bringing social change in India’s urban slums and in the villages of Nepal. Today, the venture is all set to directly impact one million lives in the urban slums …

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Nov 28 2018

Rahibai Makes It To BBC’s 100 Women 2018 List By Becoming The ‘Seed Mother’ Of India

Leave a Comment / ChangeMaker, Environment, Women Empowerment / By SLSV / November 28, 2018 November 28, 2018

A follower of the preaching “One is the pioneer of one’s own life,” Rahibai Soma Popere has provedthat by making it to The BBC’s List Of Most Influential & Inspiring Women Of 2018. Rahibai made it to the list owing to her expertise in agro-biodiversity which has enabled her to conserve and multiply 48 indigenous landraces of 17 different …

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Nov 27 2018

South Mumbai society recycles 90% of its waste, thanks to this teen environment crusader

Leave a Comment / ChangeMaker, Environment, Information, Women Empowerment / By SLSV / November 27, 2018 November 27, 2018

Seventeen-year-old Aarushi Majumder’s friends and neighbors call her a “green warrior.” She earned the sobriquet from them after she convinced her society to adopt environment-friendly means of waste management. Majumder’s society, Sumer Trinity Towers in Prabhadevi, installed 12 wet-waste composters last year which generate 8.6 tonnes of organic compost every month. 200kgs of the dry …

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