
‘Challenge of the Balance’, a month long international summer school for students and young professionals to build a cadre of young environmentalists who will in future take the environmental movement and sensibilities forward.
In keeping with this mandate, this interdisciplinary summer school was held in colloboration with SUM,Centre for Development and the Environment. They were accompanied by their faculty Harold Whilte.
This for credit course had three distinct sections - classroom lecture, field visit and end of the course assignment.
Natural Resource Management: Water Management
Natural Resource Management: Poverty and Ecological Livelihoods
Ecological rights & Debates in wildlife management
Land resources: Agriculture
Contemporary challenge:Urban growth
Pollution Management
Towards Sustainable Industrialisation
Contemporary challenge > Urban water, pollution
Climate change & global environmental governance
In keeping with this mandate, this interdisciplinary summer school was held in colloboration with SUM,Centre for Development and the Environment. They were accompanied by their faculty Harold Whilte.
This for credit course had three distinct sections - classroom lecture, field visit and end of the course assignment.
Faculty
Sunita Narain, Chandrabhushan, Shreekant Gupta, Gita Kavarana; Aditya Batra, Pratap Panday
Videh Upadhyay, Salahuddin Saiphy, Richard Mahapatra, Amit Mitra, Farhad Vania, Madhu Sarin
Dr. Devinder Sharma, Sopan Joshi, Anumita Roychowdhury, Geetam Tiwari, RK Srini, SV Suresh Babu
Kushal Pal YadavSchedule
Agents of changeNatural Resource Management: Water Management
Natural Resource Management: Poverty and Ecological Livelihoods
Ecological rights & Debates in wildlife management
Land resources: Agriculture
Contemporary challenge:Urban growth
Pollution Management
Towards Sustainable Industrialisation
Contemporary challenge > Urban water, pollution
Climate change & global environmental governance
Field Visit
Participants went to Jaipur and saw the water connect between the forts. The next destination was Laporiya, about an hour's drive from Jaipur where they how communities have benifitted from rainwater harvesting of the desertland. They also went to Bhonta Koylala to see community led initiatives to recharge a dying river. They also spoke to communities living in the Sariska Tiger Reserve where they have been living for hundreds of years.
Participants
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Atle Maria Indiana
Ellingsen Caroline Bækkelund
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Fjæstad Kristin
Garnaas Maja Tove
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Haugen Yngvild Pernell
Helseth Elisabeth Veivåg
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Hernes Silje Kjørberg
Kaneko Nae
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Mostad Linn Therese
Nguyen My Duyen Thi
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Simensen Mai
Steinert Mari
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Svensson Astrid Johanne
Sørlie Hilde Annette
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Trangsrud Lise Katrine Jepsen
Ulsrud Kristin
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Vognild Ragnhild
Wang Caroline Rohde