Wildlife Parade

7th Dec 2007, National Centre for Performing Arts, Mumbai.

Every year Sanctuary Asia hosts the Sanctuary ABN-AMRO Wildlife Awards, honouring the people who have dedicated their life to wildlife conservation and have displayed extraordinary courage and determination.

In tune with the awards, and in the spirit of wildlife conservation, Kids for Tigers is organising a 'Wildlife Parade', the purpose of which is to
educate adults about their responsibility towards nature and wildlife.

This Parade is a first step towards protecting what rightfully belongs to every Mumbaikar - The Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP).

SGNP, a lovely 103 sq. km. natural forest and the green lung of Mumbai, is rapidly disappearing on account of encroachment and other man-caused disturbances. It provides Mumbai with drinking water and therefore is vital to the existence of Mumbai city. Apart from this, it helps regulate the climate of Mumbai by absorbing excess carbon dioxide.

SGNP is also the birth place of the Mithi River, which is responsible for draining flood waters into the Arabian Sea, thereby reducing the effects of floods during monsoon. However, indiscriminate pollution, encroachment, illegal constructions and dumping of plastic, has choked this river, constricting its flow and increasing the chances of severe floods, such as the one experienced on July 26, 2005.

Through this parade, children will get an opportunity to 'call out to the adults' and urge them to protect the 'natural' foundation of Mumbai city.

KFT invites your school children to stand united at the parade to save Mumbai's dwindling forest cover to mitigate climate change.

For more information contact:
Address: Shetal Shah 146, Pragati Industrial Estate N.M Joshi Marg Lower Parel (E) Mumabi 400011
Tel: 022 23016848 extn 25
Email: mumbai@kidsfortigers.org

http://sanctuaryasia.com/events/index.php

Hewlett-Packard India, Sanctuary and WWF-India Climate Change Photography Contest

Our climate is getting unpredictable and more violent by the minute. Human survival itself is at risk. After years of denial, the countries of the world are now convinced that climate change is a reality. We must act collectively to adapt to the changes that are inevitable, reverse the most dangerous trends, including our penchant for over-loading the earth's atmosphere with carbon. This will need lifestyle changes. It will also need the governments of the world to unite. We can and must win the climate battle or we will perish. This is our "Inconvenient Truth." This is also our "11 th Hour." Hewlett-Packard India, Sanctuary and WWF-India have joined hands to search for images that have the power to shake people out of their stupor, to recognise the reality and inevitability of climate change. We hope to move them to action by showing how the quality of their lives is going to be impacted. We are looking for creative, attention-grabbing, or poignant images that graphically express the reality and impact of climate change on people and the environment. These images will help us fight for climate stability and justice. You are limited only by your imagination. Literally, any image you take is eligible for entry, provided you are able to explain its climate change relevance in between 10 and 25 words. Your subject could be living or non-living, involve man-made or natural environments, depict technology, health, urban or rural life, the economy, the problems or the solutions. The jury will be looking for images that have the ability to grab the attention of people, images that tell a story, and that have the potential to change peoples' lives. First Prize: A TRIP TO SINGAPORE, for two persons, all expenses paid* (two nights, three days), including a visit to the HP Cool Town Innovation Center and a chance for your photograph to be featured on the cover of Sanctuary magazine. Second Prize: HP product and gift hamper worth Rs. 65,000/-. Third Prize: HP product and gift hamper worth Rs. 55,000/-. 200 special mention winners will win a two-year subscription to Sanctuary Asia. Entries close on December 31, 2007. NOTE: *Conditions apply. This contest is open to the public and to employees of Hewlett-Packard-India, Sanctuary and WWF-India. It is mandatory for all participants to send in the completely-filled entry form available on www.sanctuaryasia.com/climatechangecontest and in Sanctuary magazine (October '07). Images may be sent as prints, transparencies, or digital files. For details, write to climatechangecontest@gmail.com   Climate Change Photography Contest, Sanctuary Asia, 146, Pragati Industrial Estate, N. M. Joshi Marg, Lower Parel, Mumbai - 400 011. (O) 022-23016848/49, Email: climatechangecontest@gmail.com; Website: www.sanctuaryasia.com/climatechangecontest

Save the Tiger Car Rally

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Auto/Automobiles/HMCI_WWF_to_organise_Save_Tiger_classic_car_safari/articleshow/2446229.cms

2 tigers poisoned in Assam

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Villagers_poison_two_tigers_in_Assam/articleshow/2440999.cms

A BIG Step

BIG 92.7 FM organises wildlife preservations & conservation awarness workshop:
http://www.indiantelevision.com/release/y2k7/oct/octrel25.php

Tune in!!

Enviro-Dictionary...

• www.sanctuaryasia.com
• www.kidsfortigers.org
• http://www.wpsi-india.org/
• http://www.wildlifetrustofindia.org/
• http://www.wildlifesos.org/
• http://www.satpuda.org/
• http://www.kalpavriksh.org/

Will keep adding more here

Switching sides

Check this story out in today's mirror.

http://www.mumbaimirror.com/net/mmpaper.aspx?Page=article&sectid=3&contentid=2007100820071008025407328c3314c2b

Send in articles, comments, organisations you think will help this cause.

Making the world a "Stripe Paradise"

Hi,

We’re really glad you’ve stopped by; it means the tiger still has friends it can count on.

And if you’re here because you’ve misspelled the title in search for er… other kinds of clubs, we’re glad anyway.

Welcome.

Sometime last year, we got tired of opening the newspaper every morning. All of them had at least one sad story to tell… the tiger is dying, the rhino’s getting poached, forests are being felled, the climate is changing and basically we’re getting fried!

October 2006, Mumbai

We decided to “do” something. What that something was, we had no clue. So we emailed our pals and they emailed theirs and a bunch of us got together in Mumbai. As some great ideas do, it fizzled out.

October 2007, India

We woke up and remembered that the tiger is still dying, the rhino’s still getting poached, forests continue to be felled, the climate’s changing alarmingly and we’re still getting fried.

This time, the three of us — Manish, Sejal and Bijal (no, not related, no, not twins, just names that rhyme) — have kick-started The Stripe Club blog (the way Manish’s perverse mind works actually gave us this title! We loved it immediately. Go figure). We focus on the immediate threat—the almost inevitable extinction of the tiger—but we will also talk about the environment, wildlife, experiences, thoughts.

Why should we make tiger conservation a priority?

• Tigers rock; it’s our national animal
• We love Calvin & Hobbes
• Rang De and Munna Bhai 2 made me want to DO something I believe in.
• Blah blah blah
• Yada yada yada

We say: Stop wanting reasons to save the tiger. If you care, help out.

Let’s face it... We’re not going to save ANY tigers by walking into the jungle, transforming into power rangers and battling it out with the evil poachers and the nasty land grabbers.

But let’s not twiddle our thumbs and do nothing about it either. While the rallies, the talks, the awareness programs are great, the situation calls for bigger things.

We need the public’s attention. And seeing how self-involved the average Indian (all of us guilty as charged) is, we need something more than small talk to get attention. We need a hammer to hit them on the head with.

That’s your cue. That’s where you come in. We need to fashion that hammer. We’ve started with this blog. But we need your help. The battle is too colossal and our army, pitifully miniscule.

Let’s talk tigers. Yes, talk is cheap. But it seems like a good enough way to start. Leave comments, send us links, information, even an indication of your support. Keep clicking here. The wildlife-enviro-animal movement needs all the help it can get.

So come.

Let’s put our heads together.

Let’s save the most beautiful cat in the world.

Let’s at least try.