The idea was to get BBMP to recharge common borewells in common areas. In the process of identifying these borewells in a layout Off Haralur Road came across this electricity meter “Made in Greece” !! Ever wondered where electricity meters are made ? Carefully look into the Electricity Meter picture to notice the “Made in …
A group of volunteers from Canada came down and helped build a rainwater harvesting system in a government school at Dandiganihalli village, rural Karnataka. Representing “Operation Groundswell” (www.operationgroundswell.com) they approached us through Asha and Tim of Animus Consultancy and Services, Bangalore. Sanjana, Tammy, Adrianna and Rachael: Some of the volunteers The government primary school at …
Sri Ram Chandra Mission in Banashankari had organized a 3 day summer camp for about 80 children (7-14 years). The theme for the camp was “Nature and I” and we interacted with the children on the subject of water. Farmland Rainwater Harvesting brought in their van with a working model of the rainwater harvesting system. …
Rain water and fun with children at the Ramachandra Mission Read More »
As some of you may know, in August 2010 Biome in collaboration with Kilikili and Artist Sanjay Singh, created a mural at the Shree Ramana Maharishi Academy for the Blind (SMRAB), Bangalore. A group from Auroville and design student Nachiappan also created several other play spaces incorporating sound as a stimulus for the blind students. …
On 17th December, 10 employees from Walt Disney Company India Pvt Ltd participated in a volunteer effort at the Accept Society, a HIV care centre located on the outskirts of Bangalore. Biome had already implemented a rainwater harvesting project at Accept India in 2009 (http://sonublogs.blogspot.com/2009/09/rainwater-harvesting-at-accept-society.html ) When Walt Disney approached us via CMS Environment to …
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We are currently teaching rainwater harvesting at Nammashale school, Bangalore. Ms Rama and Mr Ramjee approached us to develop a curriculum and teach children the basics of conserving water. The students are aged between 12-14 (classes 7th and 8th). Nammashale follows a slightly different teaching system as compared to the mainstream schools. It can broadly …
Three students from the USA have gotten together to help implement rainwater harvesting in 5 schools of rural Karnataka, India. David Pierce, Lam Hoang and Nitin Sajankila from Trinity College (Hartford, Connecticut, USA) are recepients of the “Davis Projects for Peace” (www.davisprojectsforpeace.org) and decided to use the grant money to help construct rainwater harvesting systems …
David, Nitin and Lam: recipients of the “Davis Projects for Peace” Read More »
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The University of Washington has donated $ 550 towards building and repairing rainwater harvesting systems in Kuruburkunte, a village on the outskirts of Bangalore. A group of 24 students led by Prof Catherine Goethals were visiting India as part of their program titled “Half the Sky~Women and Entrepreneurship”. During their visit, Catherine contacted the Biome …
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On 16th July, 2010, the Biome Trust organised the screening of Pradip Saha’s “Mean Sea Level” at Alliance Francaise, Bangalore. Pradip works with the Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi. The screening was well attended with a near full house. After the film, Pradip (who is the writer, director and producer) interacted with the …