Archive for 01, 2010

Picture of solar eclipse January 15, 2010

15/01/2010

It is somewhat off topic, but I wanted to share with you a picture of the eclipse as I observed it from Pune India at around 1.30pm. The picture also features some leaves of a tree and some clouds (thanks to which I could take the picture without the need of a filter). While the [...]

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Chinmaya Dunster – Concerts for India’s Environment

15/01/2010

Chinmaya Dunster is a very productive and proactive musician and filmmaker, who inspires environmental awareness with his lovely compositions and lively pictures. He will perform again as part of his row of ‘Concerts for India’s Environment’ with Sandeep Srivastav and the Celtic Ragas Band at British Council, New Delhi on 2nd Feb at 7pm. If [...]

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A new tree nursery in Ahmedabad Gujarat

13/01/2010

Project report from Manasvi
The other day we travelled by Jeep to Idar Mountain to collect black soil for our new nursery in Ahmedabad. Idar Mountain is situated about 110 km from Ahmadabad.
I took with me a spade and a wide shallow iron bucket to dig soil. We brought ten big bags black soil back [...]

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