Well Done, Bandra Reclamation Residents!

India's "Mid-Day" newspaper has this feature about a group of residents at Mumbai's Bandra Reclamation, who have decided to compost all of their food waste, and convert it into organic fertilizer for plants and grass in their common areas. Seeing this initiative, residents at a neighboring community have decided to do the same thing. May their tribe increase! Hopefully, every community / colony / quarters / barracks etc in India will do something similar. Well done! Here's wishing you much success!

Processing Sewage Water With Soil Alone to Cultivate Vegetables in Mumbai

My friends who know me are aware that I am obsessed with sewage treatment as this is a major issue in India. The city that was my home for more than three decades, Chennai, has turned two lovely water outlets to the sea into stinking sewage-bearing canals. And what could be a very valuable industrial resource, is now being entirely wasted. Poor countries like India lack the resources to process waste and reuse it - enter Mr Keshav Tavre, recognized for his efforts by the Smart Planet blog. MIT has taken note of Mr Tavre's work and has mentioned it on their radio station. Perhaps, it is time for more people in India to look at Mr Tavre's efforts now that the USA most recognizable university has endorsed it?

CTBUH 2010 Conference in India

I have had some correspondence with a young Indian engineering student, Avadhut Joshi, on some forums and he has sent me details of a conference on "Remaking Sustainable Cities in the Vertical Age" conducted by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. India is a large country but with an enormous population, it has no choice but to build skywards. People need homes and as the country becomes steadily more affluent,

In recent weeks there has been some very good news coming out of India and I think this is really good stuff. The website does not talk about who the exhibitors will be at the conference, but, whoever exhibits now, there is going to be a buzz about new technology in this field and that can only be a good thing. With interested young people in India looking at these very interesting areas, the future should be good.

My thanks to Avadhut for this information. I have requested him to write a report if he attends the conference. I shall feature it here with credit to him if he does find time to write it.