Anything here ? Releasing water to lighten the filter The clogged filter Job done Recently we had a case of a clogged filter and a lot of overflow because of that. Here Rajiv helps take down the filter cartridge for cleaning. Online Rainwater filters with a very fine mesh can get clogged even with the tiniest …
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A Crisis or an opportunity ? Walking on a narrow a mud-road in Vignana Nagar, I need to follow a water tanker “watering” the road to keep dust levels down, to get to my destination. And as I walk in to the layout I am headed to – a plush row-housing layout of about 200 …
Water stories in Bangalore – A Crisis or an opportunity ? Read More »
Residents of Rainbow Drive and Royal Placid – both gated layouts off Sarjapura Road exchange their water stories. Ground water recharge has benefited Rainbow Drive greatly and they share their stories with a lot of warmth and empathy with the Royal Placid residents. Royal Placid is all set to embark on their RWH trip …
Hard at Work – posters Presentations Interactive session with Mr Vishwanath The Banner Poster in Kannada Informal chat during snacks break A week long workshop on “Bangalore and its Water” for about 20 children from various schools organized by the CMCA. Pictures from the first day of the workshop xosotin chelseathông tin chuyển nhượngcâu lạc …
Visit to Ferns Paradise Doddanekundi, Bangalore. Date of visit: 07/05/2012 Aim: To check the recharge rate of the borewells ( which have not been used almost since 5years because it is not yelding enough water.) Borewell 1 : on 6th street Borewell 2: on 2nd street. Current plan: To convert the dried up borewell as …
Report – Visit to Government Girls School, Vijayapura. Project Details: Date of inspection: 28/04/2012 Location: Government Girls School, Vijayapura, 14kms away from Devanhalli, Bangalore Rural. Current problem faced by the school: Government not supplying adequate water to meet the needs of the school. Date of starting construction for the project: 26/04/2012 Expected date of …
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 …
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 …