TOP NEWS
CleanStar helps kick off
breakthrough
rural power initiative with support from the Rockefeller Foundation
CleanStar is
partnering with DESI Power, CII Green Business Centre, and
the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy to develop innovative
business models and pilot projects for rural power
production that target Mobile Phone Base Stations
as "anchor customers", while also supplying power to
BoP communities.
More details will be released in January
2010. Download
project summary or
sign up for latest project updates >>
AGRO-FORESTRY PROGRAM
CleanStar
registers 285,800 trees with UNEP's Billion Tree Campaign
To date, CleanStar has planted
more than
280,000 Jatropha curcas trees and 5,800 Pongamia pinnata
trees across its sites in India.
We have also helped partners
plant an additional 200,000 Jatropha and 2,000 Pongamia
trees in India.
PROCESSING & CLEAN ENERGY
Mobile Oil Processing Unit team studies needs in Haiti
Our MOPU team is preparing a proposal
to assist a Haiti-based organisation deploy a MOPU.
Volunteer to
assist with this project in January 2010 >>
AWARENESS & ADVOCACY
CleanStar participates in Rework India workshop
The
workshop was in preparation for the 5th Global
Youth Employment Summit in Sweden next year which will seek to generate 2 million green livelihoods for
young people around the world.
The event was organized by YES
Inc., the Tallberg Foundation and Drishtee.
Learn about Rework the World >>
CleanStar speaks on the "Green Battle and Media" panel
at the Symbiosis
Mumbai Footprint 09 Conference
The
event's
goal was to enable businesses as well as individuals to
think about new
business opportunities for growth by selling products and
services that promote a healthy co-existence of people,
planet & profit.
The panel focused on the role of media in creating awareness &
demand for greener products and urged Symbiosis media
students to promote green alternatives.
COP-WATCH: Recommended Blogs from Copenhagen
Dateline: Copenhagen
is
a blog from the Worldwatch Institute team, including Anna Da
Costa.
For a slightly irreverent view of events see
Low Carbonara
SEASONS GREETINGS!
Best wishes for the holiday season and Happy New Year.
The CleanStar Trust Team
info@cleanstartrust.org
