Posts Tagged ‘pune’

Kaun Banega Paryavaran Ambassador: CO2 Pick Right Event

Thursday, June 4, 2009 20:38 No Comments

ALERT in association with PMC Environment Dept and CEE is organizing a one-day event on 5 June for youth titled ‘CO2- Pick Right’. Anyone above 16 years of age can enroll in the training programme.
To register, send a mail to indradhanushya.pune@gmail.com or call Laxmikant Deshpande at 25898447 or 25887009 before 4 June 2009. Seats are [...]

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Garbage Mayhem in Pune

Sunday, May 17, 2009 9:39 No Comments

Sorry for the delayed post. Due to increased work at the parent site, from now on, we shall have a weekly compilation post.
For now, let’s take a quick walkthrough of what’s been happening about the garbage piles and finally its disposal, chronologically, from various online news sources:

11th May: Garbage impasse continues… Villagers sceptical of promises
13th May: PMC [...]

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Pune-Bremen Sister Cities to Launch Web Portal

Monday, April 6, 2009 23:04 No Comments

Pune and Bremen, Germany have been sister cities for the past 30 years. To provide a more open, more citizen oriented forum for young people, NGOs etc to exchange ideas, and strengthen the relationship that Bremen and Pune have, the two cities are launching a web portal for the same.
Invitation
Pune-Bremen Citizen’s Forum invites you [...]

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Pune-based Pringoo Uses Eco-Solvent Ink for T-Shirts

Thursday, March 19, 2009 16:29 2 Comments

Pringoo.com is e-commerce company which provides people to customize gifts like t-shirts, sweatshirt, mugs, chocolate wrappers, etc. with their own messages and images. With t-shirts, which are obviously worn, they made sure that they use Eco-friendly ink only.

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Ghole Road Ward Office Collects Wet Garbage from Hotels for Biogas Plant

Saturday, March 14, 2009 18:56 1 Comment

DNA/PUNE/14th Mar. ‘09: The Ghole Road ward office of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has set a fuel-saving example. A bio-gas plant, which runs on the waste collected from hotels and restaurants located on the Fergusson College (FC) and Jungli Maharaj (JM) roads, has been set up on its premises.
The biogas plant is used by [...]

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