Namma Raste, Namma Jaaga, Namma Ooru (Our Roads, Our Place, Our City)
Hasiru Usiru Workshop on Saturday, July 4th: "What's Happening in Bangalore? Meeting the challenge of Protecting Lives, Livelihoods, Public spaces and Our Commons!". Download invitation.
Read May 27 press release on the tree felling at CNR Rao Circle. On May 21, the Karnataka High Court granted permission to build the metro in Lalbagh and Lakshman Rao Blvd. ESG and Hasiru Usiru have represented to the Governor of Karnataka to direct the Government not to implement the Metro in such an illegal manner. Download the PIL filed by ESG and Hasiru Usiru on May 19 to oppose the current metro plan for South Bangalore. Read about the ongoing protests. Learn more from the Hasiru Usiru website. Read more.
Experiential Education Workshops
ESG will host a workshop for teachers from 9-11 June on effective methods for teaching environmental education. Several summer workshops for children have been held lately, including one in April and a second and third in May. Read more.
Weak EIA Notification to be Diluted Again
Endorse an appeal to the Prime Minister to stop a highly questionable amendment proposed to the EIA Notification - 2006. These amendments significantly dilute an already weak legislation. View press release and the online petition. Read more.
Green Tapism: A Review of the EIA Notification 2006
ESG presents "Green Tapism: A Review of the Environmental Impact Assessment Notification 2006." Green Tapism offers a critical analysis of the Notification and its implications, and argues that it is in the best interest of the country that this Notification be repealed. Read more.
Protest the privatisation of lakes
In a landmark decision, the High Court of Karnataka passed an interim order on Nov 4th, 2008 restraining the Karnataka Government from privatising lakes and instructing them to keep lakes as the public commons. Read more.
ESG's ten year anniversary was celebrated on Jan 10th, 2008. Read more.
Biomedical waste from two major hospitals in Bangalore was found dumped with regular waste on 2nd Nov 2008. Read more.
The Chamalapura thermal power plant is now likely to be dropped. Read more.
Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) controversy: Read about the project and its problems.
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