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SUMMARY:What's In Your City's Air - Understanding Air Quality for Community-based Solutions
DESCRIPTION:Cities in India are facing rising air pollution levels due to urbanization and increased economic activity\, posing a potential public health crisis. Despite growing awareness and government efforts\, many areas struggle with clean air due to issues like lack of reliable data\, insufficient expertise\, and limited citizen involvement. \nTo address these challenges\, BSF and CSTEP are hosting a webinar focused on air pollution basics and Bengaluru-specific issues\, aiming to foster dialogue between experts and citizens. The goal is to empower participants with knowledge to take actionable steps in their communities for cleaner air. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister here
URL:https://www.bengalurusustainabilityforum.org/event/whats-in-your-citys-air-understanding-air-quality-for-community-based-solutions/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:BSF event,Climate Charche,Online Event
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SUMMARY:What is in your city's air?
DESCRIPTION:Understanding air quality for community-based solutions \n\nAre you curious about what is polluting the #air in your city? \n\nThe Center for Study of Science\, Technology and Policy’s (CSTEP’s) Air Quality sector is collaborating with the Bengaluru Sustainability Forum (BSF) to organise a webinar on 8 November 2024\, from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. IST. The webinar is a part of BSF’s Climate Charche Series and will focus on the fundamentals of air pollution.\n \nIntroduction: Despite rising public consciousness and government efforts to improve air quality\, many Indian cities continue to struggle in their efforts to ensure clean air for their citizens. This is largely due to a complex set of issues\, including the lack of reliable data\, insufficient technical expertise\, limited institutional capacity\, and sub-optimal citizen involvement.\n\nLearning: By participating in the webinar\, participants will gain an understanding of air pollution\, city-specific pollutants and sources\, the Air Quality Index (AQI)\, and government initiatives for managing air quality\, including those for Bengaluru.\n \nAudience:  The webinar invites participation from community members\, young researchers\, civil society groups\, students\, and professionals.\nDate: 8 November 2024\nTime: 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. IST\nREGISTER NOW!
URL:https://www.bengalurusustainabilityforum.org/event/what-is-in-your-citys-air/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar
CATEGORIES:BSF event,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20241124T103000
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SUMMARY:Stupendous Spiders ~ earlybird India
DESCRIPTION:Do all spiders build webs? Do they dance and court their partners? Do they use mimicry and camouflage to survive? Vena will explore these questions and more\, and hope that your spider senses will get sufficiently tingled! \nThis interactive session will introduce you to the curious and fascinating life of some of the spiders that live alongside us. Peek into their world to get to know some of their bizarre and amazing traits and behaviour. \nREGISTER NOW!
URL:https://www.bengalurusustainabilityforum.org/event/stupendous-spiders-earlybird-india/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar
CATEGORIES:External event,Online Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20241128T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20241128T170000
DTSTAMP:20260525T022920
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SUMMARY:Webinar Series on Urban Ecology @ BSF-IIHS Library Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:BSF in collaboration with Mihir Kulkarni of the School of Environment and Sustainability IIHS\, and the IIHS Library Team is excited to invite you to a webinar series on Urban Ecology. These webinars have been specially curated to offer a range of diverse approaches and perspectives to the emerging field of Urban Ecology.  \nTraditionally\, ecologists have focused on ‘pristine’ environments with minimal human impact to study biodiversity. However\, with growing human population\, urban centres are rapidly expanding globally\, transforming natural landscapes and habitats\, and significantly altering biodiversity patterns. The urban environment now stands as a novel\, dynamic ecosystem\, with urbanisation recognised as a pivotal force shaping global biodiversity. The process of urbanisation also intertwines with social and economic factors\, creating complex interactions that demand our attention. Understanding urban ecological dynamics is crucial for developing strategies to mitigate biodiversity loss and promote nature conservation within cities\, ultimately contributing to improved sustainability. Urban ecology addresses these challenges by studying ecology in\, of\, and for the city.  \nThe first webinar in the series is on 28 Nov 2024 by Prof Nishant Kumar \nAre cities “The Room of Requirement” for opportunistic animals?  \nGlobally\, opportunistic taxa such as kites\, macaques\, street dogs\, and livestock have adapted to living alongside humans\, taking advantage of the ‘human niche’. While most humans occupy only 4% of Earth’s land in cities\, their activities impact over 70% of the global environment. This has created a complex web of human-animal interactions\, often characterised by tensions and conflicts. The speaker’s research in Delhi focuses on how these opportunistic scavengers exploit predictable food sources in urban areas\, such as garbage dumps and ritual feeding sites. This influences behaviour in both animals and humans along the urban gradient. Historically\, these interactions have provided benefits\, but can also lead to problems like property damage\, conflicts\, and disease transmission.Notably\, human-avian coexistence in South Asia represents a distinctive fusion of adopted Western infrastructure and unique Indian ethos. The webinar will look at why transdisciplinary research methodologies are indispensable for understanding and managing human-animal coexistence as we design more vibrant\, “animated” tropical cities. \nNishant Kumar is faculty at Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University Delhi\, and a DBT/Wellcome Trust UK India Alliance Fellow at Oxford University’s Biology Department (overseas host)\, where he completed his D.Phil. His team\, THINKPAWS\, studies resident and migratory commensals/wildlife in Delhi to understand human-animal interactions and zoonotic disease risks using a One Health approach. Nishant also promotes open science and innovative public engagement with science. He integrates natural and social sciences with humanities to address global challenges\, fostering cross-disciplinary collaboration for human-animal coexistence. \nREGISTER NOW!
URL:https://www.bengalurusustainabilityforum.org/event/webinars-on-urban-ecology-bsf-iihs-library-exhibition/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar
CATEGORIES:BSF event,Online Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Bengaluru Sustainability Forum":MAILTO:bsf@ncbs.res.in
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20241128T190000
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SUMMARY:Data Jam on Bengaluru Lakes ~ by Open City
DESCRIPTION:OpenCity invites you to their next Datajam on “Bengaluru Lakes” in collaboration with Citizen Matters\, Biome Environment Trust\, Friends of Lakes\, Paani.Earth and WELL Labs. This time they are combining the datajam with an online lakes workshop on the 28th Nov 2024 at 7 PM. \nLakes Workshop:\n📅: Nov 28th\, Thursday\, 7 PM – 8 PM\n📍: Online \nDatajam:\n📅: Dec 7th 2024\, 10 AM to 5 PM.\n📍: Church Street\, Bengaluru – 560001. \nThe registration page has more details about the two events and what you can expect from each. \nLink for the workshop and details on the datajam will be sent on registering.\nREGISTER NOW!
URL:https://www.bengalurusustainabilityforum.org/event/data-jam-on-bengaluru-lakes-by-open-city/2024-11-28/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:External event,In-person Event,Online Event
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