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Lan Use / Rural and Urban Development
Sustainability in Education: The Case of Katchipedu, Chennai
The Indo-German Centre for Sustainability (IGCS) conducts research on current sustainability challenges and disseminates the knowledge generated. Infact their work at Katchipdu community near Chennai in Tamil Nadu focuses on environmental protection regarding water resources, energy, land use, rural development and waste management, and aims to develop the capacity and capability to promote sustainable development.
Lan Use / Rural and Urban Development
IGCS Research Brief 01/2022 Published
Peter Volz and Christoph Woiwode conducted a study about the agro-food system of Chennai and its surrounding region in 2021 in order to see how it can be made more sustainable.
The outcome of this participatory research is published in this IGCS Research Brief 01/2022. They are hoping to continue this exciting process with an action-oriented workshop to reflect upon these recommendations and discuss with stakeholders the potential for an agroecological transformation of the Chennai region.
Lan Use / Rural and Urban Development
Landuse Area awarded a new three-year project in Sustainability Education
Dr. Christoph Woiwode, RWTH Aachen University and IGCS Visiting Faculty at IIT Madras, together with Bangalore-based non-profit organisation Project DEFY and the German-based association Initiative für Neue Bildung e.V. were…
Lan Use / Rural and Urban Development
The Chennai Nook Project – Summary
IGCS teamed up in a new collaborative project with Bangalore-based non-profit organisation Project DEFY and the German-based association Initiative für Neue Bildung e.V. to create a “Nook” self-designed learning centre…
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IGCS Podcast Series Episode 1 and 2
The first two episodes of the IGCS podcast series is now available to listen to on our Media Center SoundCloud page. The link is stated below: https://www.igcs-chennai.org/igcs-media-center/igcs-podcast/ Join us as…
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IGCS-motan Workshop Application Deadline
The application deadline for IGCS-motan Workshop is today. Don’t miss the opportunity to be a part of #sustainabilitychallenge. Graphics Credit: freepik.com
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Application Deadline Extensions
The IGCS Team has decided to extend the deadlines for our two upcoming events- 1. IGCS-motan Workshop New deadline: 22 November 2021 for more information visit the link- https://www.igcs-chennai.org/igcs-motan-workshop-2021/ 2.…
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Jugendkonferenz 2021
Goethe Institute Bangalore and the German School Board Abroad in New Delhi is organizing an online event Jugendkonferenz (Youth Conference) starting November 14th until November 20th, 2021 in the virtual…
Alumni
IGCS Winter & Summer School 2021 Alumni Testimonial
-By Purnanjali Chandra The water sector has always been intriguing, which eventually brought me to the Winter and later the Summer Schools in 2021 under the Indo-German Center for Sustainability (IGCS).…
Summer & Winter School
IGCS Winter School 2022
Winter School 2022 Sustainable Waste Management for a Circular Economy Date: 21 February to 04 March 2022 Venue: Virtual Event Objective Growing economies with the current linear production and consumption…