Sustainable Energy for India’s Rural Development Anil K Rajvanshi Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) Phaltan‚ Maharashtra‚ INDIA www.nariphaltan.org China 2007 1 Structure of talk Present problems in rural India Decentralized high technology solutions Energy production from agriculture Energy devices for cooking and lighting Financial and other instruments Other issues China 2007 2 Present problems in rural India 60% of rural population (~ 400 million) in India
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Sustainable Tourism The idea of sustainable tourism initiated from the idea of sustainable development. There are two forms of tourism industries‚ which quite a few platforms want to apply to reach sustainable level. Sustainable Development & Sustainable Tourism The term sustainable development illustrates the situation where development could happen to satisfy current generation’s needs and wants whereas the next generation would not be victims of unsustainable actions of this generation.
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that human lived on has been destroying by us for decades particularly after the Industrial Revolution taken place in the late 18th century. Many human beings focus on money and benefits in order to make their living condition better materially. The large amount of pollutants caused by industrial activities harmed the earth seriously. We could blame the industrialists‚ and we could blame the people who created the demand as well. Every one of us should be responsible for the damage of the Earth. Fortunately
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and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure‚ business‚ and other purposes. Key concepts of sustainable development and sustainable tourism‚ values and ethics of sustainable tourism and the needs of sustainability in all form of tourism shall be discussed in this essay. 2.1 Sustainable Tourism Since World War II‚ tourism has developed from a relatively minor activity to the world’s largest industry. The travelling within more developed
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Sustainable Agriculture (Cattle) Cattle dominate our food market today and our agriculture is becoming less sustainable. Agriculture is “the science‚ art‚ or practice of cultivating the soil‚ producing crops‚ and raising livestock and in varying degrees the preparation and marketing of the resulting products” (Merriam Webster). With technological advancements‚ farming techniques have changed and mass production is dominating our agriculture. According to the Center for Agroecology Sustainable
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this day and age‚ simply being a leader is just not enough. What we need today are sustainability leaders‚ who we need are people who will lead to ensure not only a better today‚ but a better tomorrow and better days to come. What exactly does sustainable leadership mean though? The term ‘sustainability’ is not something relatively new yet it is a theory often misunderstood. To most‚ the word usually conjures the thoughts of trees and the other usual imagery of the environment. It’s quite a short-sighted
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Q. Sustainable Development? Ans:. Sustainable development refers to a mode of human development in which resource use aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present‚ but also for generations to come. The term ’sustainable development ’ was used by the Brundtland Commission which coined what has become the most often-quoted definition of sustainable development: "development that meets the needs of the present without
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Sustainable future In a world with an ever increasing population ways must be considered to maintain the current population and meet the demands of future population growth. The world population is estimated to hit 7 billion in the very near future. This is a startling contrast to the population of the 1800’s being estimated to be a paltry 1 billion. Increasing technology and over use of natural resources has led to a population boom. Many experts estimate that the world population will double
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social and human development problems and got a lot of conferences and summits on how to cope with the situations. Many proposals and agendas were made for attaining sustainable development globally but it didn’t attain its success for it has been focused on political agenda and education was not reflected in the strategies on achieving sustainable development. It was in 1992 Earth Summit that they found out that education itself among citizens were lacking for the success of sustainable development
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Sustainable Entrepreneurship Sustainable development is defined as “Development that meets the needs of the present generations without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” (IISD‚ par. 1 ). In today’s economy‚ sustainable entrepreneurship is a popular topic. Companies all over the world are trying to create a green image. A sustainable business has a positive impact on the global and local environment‚ community‚ society and economy‚ and focuses on the three
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