<br><div class="gmail_quote">How to recycle *100% *of urban and rural garbage, while providing<br>
employment and generating revenue?<br>
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*'Garbage to Gold' - A talk on ‘Zero Waste Management’ and environmental<br>
conservation.*<br>
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When: October 17th , 2:00 PM.<br>
Where: MIT Room. 3-133.<br>
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During this visit, AID Saathi (Fellow) Srinivasan will share with us his<br>
work that combines environmentalism and social development with<br>
sustainability. He will discuss how, "the top three most easily<br>
available resources in India - namely sunlight, man power and solid<br>
waste can be used properly to bring crores of Rupees in direct and<br>
indirect savings which we are losing every second. Environmentally<br>
friendly and user friendly practices should be converted into jobs,<br>
through which India can progress to the next stage of development -- one<br>
that is truly sustainable". He will also share with us the progress of<br>
his ambitious effort of reforesting the Vellore Hills.<br>
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More details on the topics he will cover:<br>
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1. _Zero Waste Management_: Vellore Srinivasan has implemented a<br>
sustainable model of zero waste management in the district of Vellore.<br>
He will give an introductory talk about the concept and its<br>
implementation. Recently UNICEF has made a documentary on his work which<br>
is available at <a href="http://video.yahoo.com/watch/5669832/14862779" target="_blank">http://video.yahoo.com/watch/5669832/14862779</a><br>
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2. _Working with the Government on waste management_: Srinivasan's<br>
models in waste management have been applied throughout Vellore District<br>
and is being adopted widely by government agencies in Tamil Nadu, and<br>
Karnataka, and also in the states of Gujarat and Tripura. Srinivasan<br>
will be updating us about his growing engagement with the government.<br>
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3. _Vellore hill restoration project_: Vellore is surrounded by several<br>
hills which have undergone severe environmental degradation in the past<br>
couples of decades. In association with Department of Forestry and with<br>
financial support from AID, Srinivasan has come up with an ambitious<br>
program of greening the hills, restoring the biodiversity, soil<br>
conservation and livelihood generation through ecotourism.<br>
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Read more about Srinivasan at<br>
<a href="http://saathi.aidindia.org/new/content/blogcategory/39/87/" target="_blank">http://saathi.aidindia.org/new/content/blogcategory/39/87/</a><br>
Details about Srinivasan's waste management work can be found at<br>
<a href="http://zerowastemanagement.org/" target="_blank">http://zerowastemanagement.org/</a><br>
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About AID:<br>
Association for India's Development (AID) is a volunteer organization<br>
which promotes equitable, just and<br>
sustainable development in India. You can know more about our work at<br>
<a href="http://www.aidboston.org" target="_blank">http://www.aidboston.org</a><br>
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