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TARA Livelihood Academy (TLA)
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Development Alternatives (DA) has been awarded a project under the Tribal
Development Fund of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD),
to strengthen the livelihoods of 500 tribal families from Jhansi District
through interventions in the area of Natural Resource Management
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undertaking a scoping study to design innovative implementation models on
the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) in the state of
Bihar, with the support from the World Bank and the Government of Bihar
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Day was celebrated on April 22, 2009 with CLEAN-India Delhi schools and slum
schools under the aegis of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) in
partnership with Nehru Memorial Museum and Library at Teen Murti. A Carbon
Footprint calculator was released along with the book on being a green
consumer
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Green Generation campaign and Delhi Environment Action Network (DEAN) the
new ‘avtar’ was launched on the Earth Day, 2009. Youth groups, CSOs and the
local community participated in the campaign
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With the support from the World Bank, Development Alternatives has taken up
an initiative to introduce Vertical Shaft Brick Kiln (VSVK) technology in
Bangladesh at a pilot scale. The project is being implemented with the
active support from Skat, Switzerland and is locally anchored by Practical
Action, Bangladesh. The project aims to demonstrate reduction in
environmental emissions and energy efficiency in the Bangladesh brick sector
through introduction of new technologies
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A mission team comprising Drs Arun Kumar, TARA, Soumen Maity, DA and Veena
Joshi, SDC undertook a pre-feasibility study of the South African brick
industry during the period March 28 - April 6, 2009
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A techno-economic package developed for dust control in stone crushing units
using cyclones has been successfully demonstrated under the International
Development Research Centre (IDRC) funded project
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The Interactive SoE Atlas Website, designed and developed by DA for the MoEF,
Government of India is getting a very good response from different
stakeholders (governments, academics, NGOs, research institutions, etc.).
Currently, the content of the SoE Atlas is being updated
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