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A monthly Review of clippings on Critical Issues & Concerns for NGOs, Activists
and others concerned with Justice & Social Change
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ALTERNATIVES
August 2008	Explore renewable sources to fight energy crisis, Nandhini Sundar, The Deccan Herald, Bangalore, 11 Aug 2008 Green the politics first,Sunita Narain, The Business Standard,Mumbai, 15 Aug 2008 Sun shine homes, Gargi Gupta, The Business Standard, Mumbai, 02 Aug 2008 Harvest The Sun, Anand Mahindra, The Times of India, Mumbai, 23 Aug 2008 Fanning an alternative, Nidhi Jamwal & Shikha Lakhanpal, Down To Earth Magazine, 01 Aug 2008 Govt plans to link tax benefits with output, Utpal Bhaskar, MINT, Mumbai, 22 Aug 2008 Oily Green Mask, Shalini Bhutani And Kanchi Kohli, Tehelka Magazine, 02 Aug 2008 Clinton Foundation mulls world's largest solar project in Gujarat, Maulik Pathak & Ashish Amin, The Business Standard, Mumbai, 08 Aug 2008
July 2008	Ride the wind to gain on power , Shwetaa Karnik, DNA, 08 Jul 2008 More for less , T M Radha, The Deccan Herald, Bangalore, 22 Jul 2008 Rhetoric & reality of solar electricity , N N Sachitanand, The Deccan Herald, Bangalore, 25 Jul 2008
June 2008	Farmers' public limited by Savvy Soumya Misra, Down to Earth Magazine, 01 Jun 2008 Salute the sun by Amit Kumar, The Week Magazine, 15 Jun 2008 Neither Fire Nor Smoke by Praful Bidwai, The Times of India, Mumbai, 20 Jun 2008 Organic growth by Sushanta Talukdar, Frontline Magazine, 20 Jun 2008 Bread sandwich method can provide vegetables throughout the year by M.J. Prabu, The Hindu, Chennai, 19 Jun 2008
April 2008	Good news trickles in from Vidarbha, Bharat Dogra, Civil Society Magazine, 01 Apr 2008 Majority of Darjeeling tea to go organic, Indrani Dutta, The Hindu, Chennai, 03 Apr 2008 Organic farming can prevent farmers' suicides: UN agency, Arati R Jerath, DNA, Mumbai, 10 Apr 2008 An ingenious irrigation technique for small holdings, M.J. PRABU, The Hindu,Chennai, 10 Apr 2008 Apna Skool: A unique initiative in education, Amita Verma, The Asian Age, Mumbai, 12 Apr 2008 Can rural poor contribute to knowledge economy?, Siddhartha Prakash, The Hindu, Chennai, 27 Apr 2008 IIT-B turns to the sun for power, Mihika Basu, DNA, Mumbai, 29 Apr 2008
March 2008	Masti Ki Pathashala, KA Shaji, Tehelka Magazine, 22 Mar 2008 Swades power in Arunachal, Prashant Lokhande, Civil Society Magazine, Chhattisgarh village is the new eco-hero, -By Antara Bose, Grassroots Newsletter, 01 Mar 2008 Smoke-free & prosperous, A Siraj, The Deccan Herald, Bangalore, 18 Mar 2008 An imitable step, Gagandeep Kaur, Sahara Time Magazine, 16 Mar 2008
January 2008	Waste management model for colonies, The Hindu, Chennai, 19 Jan 2008 Zero-waste toilets,Down to Earth Magazine, 31 Jan 2008 WatAir, what a surprise!, The Deccan Herald, Bangalore, 01 Jan 2008 Kareem's dark and deep forest, Civil Society Magazine, 01 Jan 2008
December 2007	Panchayat of Muslim women,Rashme Sehgal, The Asian Age, Mumbai, 22 Dec 2007 TARAgram awaits replication, Ashutosh Kumar, The Business Standard, Mumbai, 18 Dec 2007 Oyster Opera at Padanna, Susheela Nair, Civil Society Magazine, 01 Dec 2007 From dust to design..., Gargi Gupta, The Business Standard, Mumbai, 01 Dec 2007 The spirit of success, R.N.Hegde, The Deccan Herald, Bangalore, 18 Dec 2007 A model water recycling, K.Lakshmi, The Hindu, Chennai, 14 Dec 2007 Solar power, organic & cheap, Michael Pollitt, The Deccan Herald, Bangalore, 11 Dec 2007
November 2007	Push solar energy, S.S. Kaimal, The Hindu, Chennai, 18 Nov 2007 A tribal ICON, Aparna Pallavi, Sahara Time Magazine, 04 Nov 2007 Empowering India through education, Priyanka P. Narain, MINT, Mumbai, 07 Nov 2007
October 2007	Giving a new meaning to public service, Jeetha D’Silva, MINT, Bombay, 03 Oct 2007 Platform for progress, Hariharan Balakrishnan, The Hindu, Madras, 28 Oct 2007 A Mighty Heart, Shivam Vij, Tehelka Magazine, 13 Oct 2007 Orissa woman prepares pyres, rewrites rules, Priya Ranjan Sahu, Grassroots Magazine, 01 Oct 2007
September 2007	Most dependable building material , Nandita Srinivas, The Deccan Herald, Bangalore, 21 Sep 2007 Making a house out of thermocol, Suverchala Kashyap, The Business Standard, Bombay, 11 Sep 2007 Home green home -not just a cliche, Bindu Gopal Rao, The Deccan Herald, Bangalore, 07 Sep 2007 It`s time to go green,Radhieka Pandeya, The Business Standard, Bombay, 01 Sep 2007
August 2007	Deep Unity ( Rajasthan mine workers from cooperative) , Archi Rastogi, Down To Earth Magazine, 15 Aug 2007 Biofuel— meeting the needs of dryland farmers , M. J. Prabhu, The Hindu, Madras, 09 Aug 2007 Mud Houses: Natural habitats , Himanshu Burte, MINT, Bombay, 23 Aug 2007 Connecting to progress, Seema Singh,The Telegraph, Calcutta, 27 Aug 2007 'We Raised Money Through The Commercial Route' The Business Standard, Bombay, 24 Aug 2007 Going the Gurukul way, Ashutosh Mishra, Sahara Time Magazine, 05 Aug 2007
July 2007	A Unique Crusader, Ashutosh Mishra, SAHARA TIME MAGAZINE, 22 JUL 2007 Andhra's model for mid-day meals a sucess, Prasad Nichenametla, THE BUSINESS STANDARD, BOMBAY, 13 JUL 2007 Cooperative helps families stay rooted, Tapan Chakravorti, THE BUSINESS STANDARD, BOMBAY, 20 JUL 2007 Trust your fellow men..., Surajit Talukdar, SAHARA TIME MAGAZINE, 22 JUL 2007 Reporters, Sisters, Disha Mullick, TEHELKA MAGAZINE, 21 JUL 2007 Meet the Sanjeevani didis, Tapan Chakravorti, THE DECCAN HERALD, BANGALORE, 07 JUL 2007 A Little Help From Sathee , Teresa Rehman, TEHELKA MAGAZINE, 28 JUL 2007 Santhals reject mining for organic farming, Rina Mukherji, CIVIL SOCIETY MAGAZINE, 01 JUL 2007

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