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Rich Lands, Poor People: Is 'Sustainable' Mining Possible?
(State of India’s Environment: 6th Citizens' report)

Outlines the immense challenges facing the mining sector in India: how to ensure ecological security together with inclusive development. Includes detailed maps, data tables and in-depth case studies of mineral-rich states

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24 Films on Environment
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Two influential books on the politics underlying global environmental negotiations. A must read to explore the political posturing behind global decisions on climate change.


   
Green Politics
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22 films on climate change. These films explore the risks, mitigation and adaptation efforts to global warming underway around the world. In VCD / DVD. (For sale in India only)
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anil agarwal reader  Anil Agarwal Reader series
The Anil Agarwal Reader series puts together the weekly essays/opinion pieces that eminent environmentalist and journalist Anil Agarwal wrote between 1991 and 2001. The essays are a riveting commentary on the environment-development problem. Witty and reflective, the pieces embody one man's committed engagement with his times. (3 volumes)

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leapfrog factor SEWAGE CANAL: HOW TO CLEAN THE YAMUNA
Analyses the strategies adopted to clean up the Yamuna, one of India's holiest and dirtiest rivers. Rivers in India can be cleaned up if we rethink and re-engineer water and sewage management programmes. PB: Rs. 350 (US $14)
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LEAPFROG FACTOR
Ten years of action, learning and impacts. Presents the complex Asian challenge. The continent dodders as the automobile industry hardsells cars as the key to a lifestyle of wealth and freedom. Asia can survive only if it reinvents the idea of mobility. Builds cities based on public transport. Leapfrogs vehicle technology and fuel quality to cut exposure to killer fumes. Finds its own unique way out of the haze.

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Videos & Films on environment
The Rain Catchers
a practical guide to solve your water problems

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38 Minutes, English
Faecal AttractionFaecal Attraction
CSE latest film shows the relationship between rich man's shit and poor man's water. And it is funny.

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Spirit of water
A selection of 28 films on water management techniques from across the world.

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CHANGING CURRENTS
Six half-hour documentaries on global freshwater issues.

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THE VILLAGE REPUBLIC
The 'Village Republics' of Sukhomajri, Ralegaon Siddhi, Penchgani Hills have changed their economic fate by taking control of their environment.

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BODY BURDEN
Down To Earth's work on health have been brought together as a comprehensive book "Body Burden", which talks about eight key issues that affect the developing world - infectious diseases, air pollution, water pollution, toxins, lifestyle diseases, regulations and a special report on the industrial disaster in Bhopal.

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PACKAGE OF SEVEN BOOKS ON WATER
From policy down to implementation
A package of 7 comprehensive CSE publications covers the theoretical and practical aspects of water policy, management and implementation in India.


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CONCRETE FACTS
This in-depth report rates the environmental performance of the cement industry (36 plants) across India. An invaluable resource for industry, consultants, policy makers, researchers, regulators and concerned citizen
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Water Harvesting Manual for Urban Areas
A practical guide to water harvesting systems along with illustrations and working drawings. Detailed descriptions and diagrams of various RWH methods and techniques 35 pages
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POISON VS. NUTRITION
This briefing paper on pesticide contamination and food safety discusses the urgent need for legally enforceable standards and institutional reform in the governance of food safety in India.

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DOWN TO EARTH: A SURVIVAL PRIMER
Eight years of award-winnig environmental reportage in one edition. Hard-hitting articles collected from more than 200 issues of Down To Earth magazine 240p.

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SLOW MURDER
The deadly Story of Vehicular Pollution in India

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Fifth Citizens’ Report (SOE-5)
A comprehensive two-volume dossier on environmental issues, events, policies, practices and challenges in India, along with statistics on environment-related facts 448p.

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GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT GOVERNANCE SERIES
GEN 1: GREEN POLITICS
A first-ever comprehensive Southern perspective of the impact of Global Environmental Governance on the real lives of real people. This book provides a close analysis of important environment –related conventions and institutions from their origins, and demystifies the politics of ‘saving the global environment’ – especially the politics between rich and poor nations 409p.

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GEN 2: POLES APART
Starting where “Green Politics’, the first report in the Global Environmental Governance series ended, this book has chapters on five additional conventions and institutions 441p.

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GREEN RATING PROJECT

ENVIRONMENTAL RATING OF THE INDIAN CAUSTIC-CHLORINE SECTOR

Presenting the findings of the most comprehensive research study ever published on the environmental and economic aspects of the Indian Caustic-Chlorine industry. This exhaustive lifecycle analysis and data-intensive research report examines 25 large-scale chlor-alkali companies of India 334p.

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MILEAGE: ENVIRONMENTAL RATING OF INDIAN AUTOMOBILE SECTOR
This book covers in detail the sectoral performance of the Indian automobile sector including the technological, environmental issues and the performance of the Indian companies, and findings and recommendations of the Green Rating Project 238p.
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