Think out of the box on water management right here.
Help us map the open wells of Bangalore.
Flood warning indication from NASA
Work out how much rain you can harvest and recharge for your building.
We are 'well' into the movement called rainwater harvesting.
- Talking
- Communicating
- Teaching
- Lecturing
- Conducting workshops
- Writing
- Designing
- Building
- Working with villagers, farmers, Agricuturists, Professors, Civil Engineers, School children, Industries
- International conferences
ARTICLES IN ' THE HINDU '
- Use filters for rooftop harvesting
- Rain tanks for harvesting
- Rainwater harvesting benefits industries
- Open your eyes to the reality of water crisis
- Store rain water in the sump
- Rainwater harvesting and open wells
- Sustainable water for Bangalore
- Tap the hidden resource
- Managing multiple sources
- Make your house a waterhole!
- Schools with water sense
- The power of recycled water
- Understanding sustainable flows
- Smarter ways of managing water
- Rain tanks for harvesting
- Study this plant fertilizer
- Aussies manage with little water
MOVIES
- Harvest rain in a barrel: Jaane Janaki (Kannada)
- How to harvest rain water in a city (Kannada)
- Bringing home rain (English)
- Bringing home rain (Tamil)
- Rainwater - Rice on the roof
- Revival of a river - Nanduwali, Alwar India Part 1
- Revival of a river - Nanduwali, Alwar India Part 2
- Toilet in the hills of Manipur- Need for eco-san
IN THE NEWS
A manual for maintenance of rooftop rainwater systems in schools.
FILM COMPETITION
The Rainwater Club is happy to announce a Do it yourself video movie making competition on Rainwater Harvesting. The competition is global and entries are to follow these rules.
- The video clip has to be uploaded on youtube www.youtube.com
- The clip should be 2.30 minutes or less in length
- The clip can be in any language , the movie should however convey the idea clearly.
- It could be on ANY aspect of Rainwater harvesting
- It should be however on an implemented project and should not be a theoretical construct.
- The evaluation criteria is on the simplicity and effectiveness of the movie as a behaviour change tool.The movie should be able to persuade a lot of people to DO rainwater harvesting
- The last date for submitting entries is February 15th 2008
- There are no limits to the number of entries that can be submitted
Entries need to be submitted as links to the movie on youtube to rainwaterclub@gmail.com with the subject as Movie. The best 3 movies will receive wide publicity and gift coupons for books.
