Parliament of Students on Environment 2015

#ParliamentOfStudentsOnEnvironment 2015 will be held on Dec 05 in #Etawah, India. Message invited for #GreenWarriors.
https://www.facebook.com/events/175342659482513/

How Solar Power Could Slay the Fossil Fuel Empire by 2030 http://zite.to/1whM7hN

Green alert

My article on current new level of 400ppm of CO2:

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Green alert: World reaches sad milestone
Prabhat Misra
Hindustan Times (Lucknow)
May 16 2013
On May 9, 2013, atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration hit the level of 400 parts per million (ppm). This new level is 50 ppm higher than the ‘safer’ level of 350 ppm. This new number means that there are 400 molecules of carbon dioxide in the air...read more...

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Biodiversity- current status

Following is my article on BIODIVERSITY:

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The current status of biodiversity
(The writer is assistant director savings, Etawah). VIEWS OF THE WRITER ARE PERSONAL.
Hindustan Times (Lucknow)
May 23 2013
Biological diversity or biodiversity is a term we use to describe the variety of life on Earth, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). It refers to the wide variety of ecosystems and living organisms: animals, plants,...read more...

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May 9, 2013

On 9th May 2013, atmosphericCO2 concentration hit 400 ppm. The number means there are 400 molecules of carbon dioxide in the air per every million air molecules. This happens first time in human history.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on 10th May, 2013. Carbondioxide and other greenhouse gases warm the planet by absorbing the sun’s energy and preventing heat from escaping back into space. Once emitted, CO2 added to the atmosphere and oceans remainsfor thousands of years. 

Thus, climate changes forced by CO2 dependprimarily on cumulative emissions, making it progressively more and more difficult to avoid further substantial climate change. Dr James "Jim" Hansen calculated global warming traps heat equal to energy by 400,000 Hiroshima atomic bombs explosion/ day. Al Gore urged on 10^th May "Take this day and the milestone it represents to reflect on the fragility of our civilization and and the planetary ecosystem on which it depends……….We must take immediate action to solve this crisis. Not tomorrow, not next week, not next year. Now."

News about Red Tape Movement has been published in Hindustan Times, 03 Jan 2013

News about Red Tape Movement has been published in Hindustan Times, 03 Jan 2013, was published in Lucknow edition, on page number 5. Thanks Hindustan Times.

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Hindustan Times (Lucknow)
3 Jan 2013

Biodiversity- a ray of hope?

Biodiversity—the variety of plants, animals and ecosystems in the world—is a measure of our planet’s health. Overexploitation of species, habitat destruction, and the introduction of invasive species are threatening Earth’s biodiversity. It’s time to turn the tide. 

by worldbank.Learn about data visualization software.

International Climate Action Newsletter

International Climate Action Newsletter

Mass extinction study provides lessons for modern world

Mass extinction study provides lessons for modern world

Plant A Pledge- IUCN

Mankind has removed more than half of the planet's original forest cover. All the time this land stays barren and unrestored, the lives of millions of people and the survival of entire communities, cultures and ecosystems, remain under threat.

We can restore many of these landscapes. A restored landscape can accommodate a mosaic of different land uses. Forest and landscape restoration turns barren or degraded areas of land into healthy, fertile, working landscapes that can meet the needs of people and the natural environment.

In 2011, an international assembly of high-level representatives from governments, businesses and conservation groups set a target to restore 150 million hectares of degraded lands by 2020. This agreement is called the Bonn Challenge.

Reaching the target will demand the success of dozens, possibly hundreds of landscape restoration projects around the world.

It's going to take the biggest restoration initiative the world has ever seen.

And it will take pledges of support from millions of people, businesses and organisations to put pressure on governments to make it happen.

And it all starts when you Plant A Pledge with us today.

Source: IUCN and Plant A Pledge

Big Achievement for Red Tape Movement

Dear Green Soldiers,

Big Achievement for Red Tape Movement.

Appreciation by an International Organization IUCN, on 26th October, 2012. 

Red Tape Movement is thankful to IUCN for appreciation and support to Red Tape Movement. View tweet by IUCN at twitter site of IUCN. 

I am also thankful to NGO "Swami Vivekanand Sewa Sansthan, Etawah", Mr. Sanjay Saxena, Dr. Rajeev Chauhan, Mr. Ravindra Dixit and all the supporters of this movement for their co-operation to reach this level.

I thank you. 

Prabhat Misra

The Power of We: Red Tape Movement

My name is Prabhat Misra; I am in government job as an officer in the district Etawah [U.P., India]. I am also running a peaceful and non-violent movement to save trees and bio-diversity, named "RED TAPE MOVEMENT", in Etawah. This movement was started by me on 5th June, 2008. Under this movement, especially on a holiday, we choose a village and go to this village and do plantation and then tie red tapes on existing trees trunks, with the help of villagers and there, we give them message that to cut the trees is lethal for our future and generations to come. I started this movement with the help of a local N.G.O. named “Swami Vivekanand Sewa Sansthan”, Etawah. Initially, we faced the problem of co-operation at grass root level. Later, with continuous awareness campaign, regarding the importance of trees and bio-diversity and dangers of Climate Change, at grass root level, especially with villagers, positively changed the co-operation. Till now, we have tied Red Tapes on about 10,000 trees trunks with the help of villagers. Red Tape Movement has now taken a big shape, from few peoples to many peoples co-operation, in the form of “Peoples Participation Movement”. Red Tape Movement has also been the part of several actions such as Earth Day, Earth Hour, 350.org’s Connect the Dots and many more days of action. Such people’s participation movements are the need of the hour to save our biodiversity and nature. 

My experience about this movement is very positive and energetic. We are living in a world which is under “transition and transformation phase” of energy and facing the problem of Climate Change. So, we must develop a better and natural “GHG Sink system” to achieve 350 ppm CO2 level in the atmosphere. Trees are “Best Natural Sinks” of CO2 and will be helpful to tackle with Climate Change. World Community should keep one fundamental rule, while making any planning, that, “United We” can save earth from Climate Change, through such peoples participatory grass root level awareness movements. This is MUST to save our beautiful Earth from Climate Change for our future generations to come. Red Tape movement is now spreading fast at grass root level and peoples are supporting our move to protect and save trees and bio-diversity.  

Earth Hour 2013 Official Video

Earth Hour in Etawah- 2012

On Earth Hour Day, we will organize Earth Hour in block Mahewa. The event will be organised in a ravine forest village named, "Aasayi" [Block- Mahewa, District- Etawah, Uttar Pradesh, India]. This development block is the FIRST DEVELOPMENT BLOCK of INDIA. Currently, i have the additional charge of B.D.O. [ Block Development Officer ] of Mahewa. On this day, we will tie the RED TAPES on trees trunks, through RED TAPE MOVEMENT, to give the message that to cut trees is DANGEROUS to the survival of life on this BLUE PLANET. RED TAPE MOVEMENT is run and was started by me to save trees and biodiversity, in Etawah. We will pursue grass root level people to switch off their bulbs, between the period of 8.30 P.M. to 9.30 P.M. on 31/03/2012

Moving Planet - September 24th, 2011: A Day to Move Beyond Fossil Fuels

MOVE to SAVE; Join Red Tape Movement at http://www.moving-planet.org/events/in/etawah/428 on 24th Sept. 2011.

Save The Trees

Appreciation from British Embassies

British Embassies of Guatemala City and Ukraine appreciated our work on Earth Hour on 24th March 2011. We are thankful to British Embassies of Guatemala City and Ukraine and their respective respected Ambassadors for the appreciation and also thankful to our savings agents and peoples of Ekdil town area. My special thanks to respected Mr. Vijyendra Pandian, I.A.S., Dr. Rajeev Chauhan, Environmentalist and Mr. Sanjay Saxena, Press Reporter for active participation.

World’s poorest billion to gain from managing own forests- IUCN

The lives of a billion of the world’s poorest people could be improved though investing in community forest management, according to a recent IUCN study. As the world celebrates World Forest Day, IUCN urges decision-makers to recognize the various benefits of forests for forest-dependent communities.

Earth Hour News: A message from our Global Ambassador Miranda Kerr

Earth Hour News: A message from our Global Ambassador Miranda Kerr: "I am pleased to have been asked to be the global ambassador for Earth Hour 2011. Each of us has a responsibility for the sustainability of..."