Trash and Recycling

PHILADELPHIA - Last year 4.7 million students and 1.1 million faculty and staff from 510 participating campuses collectively recycled or composted just over 69.4 million pounds of waste during the 10-week RecycleMania competition.This "friendly" competition pits colleges and universities in a contest with cross town rivals and schools across the nation to see who can reduce, reuse, and recycle the most campus waste. It offers bragging rights and special awards made out of recycled materials to the winning schools.Registration for the competition runs now through January 14, 2010 and is open to students, student organizations, staff, faculty or facility managers at degree-granting colleges and universities and runs now through January 14, 2010. Registration is fast and easy and can be done online at www.recyclemania.org or by contacting the RecycleMania helpline at (843) 278-7686.The contest begins January 17 and continues through March 27, 2010. RecycleMania uses the competitive spirit and campus rivalries to motivate students who might not respond to other environmental messages. Though many schools have had recycling and waste prevention programs for years, studies have found that large volumes of recyclables still end up in the trash. RecycleMania raises both awareness and, at in excess of 80 percent of participating schools, increases recycling levels.

HUGE ELECTRICITY GENERATION FROM SUNLIGHT

JAIPUR: The Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI), a programme of US-based William J Clinton Foundation, has joined hands with Rajasthan government to set up solar parks in the state. Each solar park will serve as a concentrated zone of solar development in Rajasthan and will included 3000 to 5000 Megawatts of solar generation as well as manufacturing over a period of time. “CCI will provide technical and other support to develop these parks. The project envisages an integrated solar city where in all the raw materials including glass and panels will be produced by them, bringing down the cost substantially. They are expecting to attract an investment of over Rs 50,000 crore from these project in next five years,” said a senior government official. Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot said that the agreement signed between State Government and Clinton Foundation would help the state to receive more benefits of Jawahar Lal Nehru National Solar Mission.“Rajasthan would be able to become leading state of the country in electricity generation from solar power in the coming years”.

The NGO has developed over 50 organic products

The National Centre for Organic Farming, under the Union Ministry of Agriculture, has selected an Angamaly-based non-governmental organisation (NGO), Sevashram, as a service provider under the National Project on Organic Farming.
Each service provider is expected to bring at least 1,500 farmers and 1,000 hectares of land under the certification mechanism.
Small and marginal farmers who associate closely with Sevashram are now being assisted under the Internal Control System (ICS) to obtain organic certification from INDOCERT, an internationally accredited certifying agency.
At present, groups of farmers willing to introduce organic farming practices are being organised in clusters in five places.
Sevashram has promoted a public limited company, Swasraya Organic Products Ltd., incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956. The share capital of the company is Rs. 25 million. All assets acquired by Sevashram over the years are converted as the share capital.
Sevashram has developed over 50 organic products. Kerasyam is its coconut-oil brand said to be free of carbon and sulphur. It is certified by the Quality Testing Laboratory of the Coconut Development Board of the Ministry. Extraction, filtering and packing without the use of preservatives ensures purity, says Sevashram president K. Mampally.
Sevashram has set up a Swasraya food park and developed a network of shops as outlets. The park at Angamaly has a food stall, organic food store and fresh-food parlour. This apart, Sevashram has developed a network of shops for the sale of its organic products.
At present, 200 shops are included in this marketing chain.
Sevashram is also developing a marketing network known as Jaiwa Sahodaryam. The objective of the scheme is to ensure availability of quality goods for everyday use at reasonable prices.
Sevashram is developing a network of five Swasraya gramams, with the one at North Thuravoor panchayat designed to operate as the hub. The others are at Vechoor in Kottayam, Maruthorvattom in Alappuzha, Cherai in Ernakulam and Cheruvaloor in Thrissur districts.

Biggest library in India under construction

Indian School of Mines to establish mega library at Dhanbad
Indian School of Mines is constructing an academic library at Dhan- bad in Jharkhand. The library, proposed to be the biggest in the country, will be housed in an eight-storey, centrally air-conditioned building that will cost around Rs 100 crore to build. Seven floors will have a total reader capacity of 3,500. The lobby on each floor will be equipped with 20 computer terminals. Meanwhile, ISM, which is located in Dhanbad, is also developing a seven storey new academic building at a cost of Rs 93 crore.
My view point

• India growing with the huge source of knowledge
• It motivate the knowledge seekers
• It is the symbol of educational development

Farmers Protest Against Reliance Power" for their agricultural land

Reliance Power’s plan to set up the largest gas-fired power project in a single location in the world at Dadri in Uttar Pradesh. The Allahabad High Court quashed the Uttar Pradesh government's earlier notification for using emergency powers to buy land for the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) company’s Dadri power project, but the state government will now have to invite objections from farmers, who have the option of either returning the compensation they were paid to reclaim the land or forfeit any claim. Farmers have already given about 2,500 acres for the project. "The Collector may recover the compensation as arrears of land revenue from the tenure holders who before the Collector do not in writing indicate their no-objection with the acquisition," objections from land owners. Farmers who had protested against the land acquisition claimed victory. Land aquisition affected 1,500 farmers and their families. This land is more cultivable and fertile and cultivation is the only way of their life.
THE QUESTION IS
1.The farmers have any right in their land.
2.Who help the farmes - Government or the society.
3.Reliance action is true or false.