Centre for Science and Environment

Centre for Science and Environment

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Categories	NGO
Founder	Anil Agarwal
Country	India
Based in	New Delhi
Website	Centre for Science and Environment- Official Website

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) is a not-for-profit public interest research and advocacy organisation based in New Delhi, India. Established in 1980, CSE has been working on various environment-development issues in India, pushing for policy changes wherever required and better implementation of the already existing policies. CSE has adapted a strategy called knowledge-based activism to create awareness about problems and propose sustainable solutions.

Programmes

Water

With the growing population and water demand, it will become extremely difficult to raise financial resources to meet the water needs as well as to clean up the increasing levels of polluted water. Thus, water management, from water conservation to water pollution, must become everybody’s business.

CSE believes that the management of water is best undertaken at local levels, by the people, in tune with local physical and natural landscapes, and hence conducts training for a broad spectrum of people water management in the form of rain water harvesting and decentralised waste water treatment.

Industry

CSE's Industry and Environment Unit addresses an array of environmental issues related to Indian industries. It conducts research and advocacy on the impact of industrial pollution and provides training in related issues.

Food safety and Toxins

The team does policy research and advocacy to bring about changes in the regulatory and enforcement framework, with the backing of the laboratory research generating empirical data on issues of toxins and food safety.

Climate Change

As the threat of climate change rises, the need for drastic reductions in the greenhouse gas emissions increases. Being the first proponent of the principle of per-capita emission entitlements, CSE continues to research and campaign for an equitable burden sharing. Through the tools of analysis, advocacy and tracking the climate change negotiations CSE's Climate Change programme aims to enshrine the principles of equity not just in international but in domestic efforts also.

Environment Education Unit

The Environment Education Unit (EEU) at CSE was launched to initiate ecological literacy.

EEU targets the future inheritors of this earth and tomorrow's planners and administrators. It tries to familiarise them with the link between the degrading environment and poverty. The unit aims to come up with quality resource material and programs for school, college and university students as well as environment educators and parents to bring about awareness about our environment.

Green Schools Program - This program is a practical tool for environmental education that involves teachers and students in assessing the environmental performance of their own school.

Media Resource Centre

The Media Resource Centre (MRC) dovetails its efforts with other CSE units to help disseminate information and establish an interactive contact with the mass media. The objective is to bring into focus environmental and sustainability issues in national and international media to spread awareness amongst people.

Down To Earth

Gobar Times

Environment for beginners - The monthly Down to Earth supplement. Though primarily targeted at students, of course even adults love reading Gobar Times as it not only provides a fresh perspective and new ways of looking at environmental issues, but does so in an engaging, attractive and humorous way.

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