Across India, tubewells installed in the 1960s are now the source of controversy. (Water Integrity Blog) From Worldwatch Institute: Water scarcity is a global problem, as demonstrated by the recent droughts across the U.S. Midwest and the Horn of Africa. And it is projected to become increasingly widespread in the coming…
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From The Times of India, Mother Ganga is in the news today, in the article below: NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi’s pet Ganga cleanup programme and his mission for clean water has attracted interest from foreign nations. Israel and Denmark, global leaders in water technology and water management, say they…
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23 June 2014 – Concern is growing over widespread plastic waste that is threatening marine life – with conservative yearly estimates of $13 billion in financial damage to marine ecosystems, according to two reports issued at the inaugural meeting of the United Nations Environment Assembly. “Plastic contamination threatens marine life,…
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A wonderful article in the NY times about Yoga on the holy banks of Mother Ganga at Parmarth Niketan (Rishikesh), reminding us that while there are so many articles and reports about the pollution and degradation of the River Ganga there still remains an untouched, pure and ever-flowing part of Ganga that inspires people from all…
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A beautiful piece by CNN journalist Jessica Ravitz, who spent several weeks in Rishikesh this winter. It is a really thorough and authentic in-depth look at so much of Indian spiritual culture, especially that which is found in Rishikesh. The flavor is more of a novel than a just a…
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A fruitful meeting took place at the Jagdish Store Showrooms in Delhi with prominent experts of textile industries and corporate representatives to plan a livelihoods program for the women who lost their husbands in last year’s floods in Uttarakhand. These women where housewives whose husbands would go on the popular…
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Executives from UNICEF came to visit Pujya Swamiji to discuss the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance (GIWA), which was launched at UNICEF World Headquarters in New York this past September during the United Nations General Assembly Meetings. Pujya Swamiji, GIWA’s Co-Founder, discussed GIWA’s many accomplishments in India, through which spiritual leaders…
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This informative 4-page brochure provides wonderful new details about how you can join Ganga Action Parivar and Project Hope in ensuring happier, healthier, more self-sufficient lives for widows, children and other survivors of last year’s Himalayan flooding disaster. Download Now: Four For Life Brochure 25052014sm
From Zee News to the Indian Express, Ganga Action Parivar is in the news today, in the article below: New Delhi: Lauding Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi for his pledge to clean up the Ganga, the Rishikesh-based Ganga Action Parivar has offered its help in the effort while proposing to host…
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Ganga Action Parivar celebrated the International Day Without Waste with famous Bollywood singer and artist, Sonu Nigam taking a green pledge to preserve and protect our Mother Earth, Mother Ganga and Mother Nature. For centuries, India has described its fertile and rich soil as sona-as gold- and associated the health of the soil,…
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