• Research, Collation and dissemination
SARID collates and distributes information on sustainable
development and technology projects, research and literature through
web links and publications.
We also assemble directories of significant institutions,
agencies, personnel, and resources to enable regions to find relevant
approaches, organizations, partners or funding.
This information can be found under relevant sections
throughout the SARID
website.
We invite interested parties to submit papers and
articles on topics on or related to sustainable development to
editors@sarid.net (see
Submissions
for guidelines).
• Invited
Articles, Research Papers and Policy Reports
SARID provides analyses, strategies and practical
solutions for long-range development and technology planning commensurate
with sustainable regional development and environmental resource
protection.
These publications can also be found under relevant
sections throughout the SARID
website.
We invite interested parties to submit papers and
articles on topics on or related to sustainable development to
editors@sarid.net (see
Submissions
for guidelines).
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• Vocational
training of Afghan Refugees - by Jasmin Mehovic, June 2004
Afghani films have shown the potential
of moving pictures to depict historical developments in a way
that no other medium can do at the present time, with the same
ingenuity and charm seen in movies made by their neighbors.
• Afghan
Cinema
By Jasmin Mehovic, April 2004
Afghan filmmakers are aware that the power of ”moving pictures”
lies in their ability to foster communication among the Afghans
themselves. Afghani films occupy a role not of mere observers,
but rather of a catalyst for sociopolitical and cultural change
in this country.
• Rainwater
Harvesting Technologies in Sri Lanka
By Vinod Moonesinghe, Environment Foundation Ltd., Sri Lanka,
January 2004
The uninterrupted supply of water
for domestic purposes in Sri Lanka has long been taken for granted.
The water-supply infrastructure has not kept pace with needs and
rainwater harvesting has not been promoted as in India, where
urban authorities have amended their by-laws to facilitate it.
• Soma
Thero and Christmas
By Vinod Moonesinghe, Sri Lanka, December 2003
The
demise of the Venerable Gangodawila Soma, a ‘Television
Cleric’, a champion of the Sinhala-Buddhist (as opposed
to the pristine Buddhist) cause, has seen an unprecedented (in
the case of a clergyman) public display of emotion. (With links)
• The
Bar Reef Special Management Area Plan
By Vinod Moonsinghe, Environment Foundation Ltd., Sri Lanka, December
2003
Although it was declared a marine sanctuary in 1992, there has
been virtually no management of the Bar Reef, off the western
coast of the Putlam district, and it is under threat both from
natural enemies and from human activity. Now it is at the centre
of an effort at conservation through sustainable development with
popular participation.
• Piecemaking:
Vocational Training for Underprivileged Women in Pakistan
By Salma Shakir, SARID Project Coordinator, June 2003
I have been a quilter for over two decades, and enjoy piece making.
SARID recently funded me for a quilting project in Pakistan. The
idea behind my project was to introduce the principles of American
quilt making to women who already had some needlework experience
in order to ease their labor.
• Waste:
A Global problem
by Vinod Moonesinghe, SARID project coordinator for Sri Lanka,
May 2003
An Italian-registered ship unloaded 184 containers in Colombo
harbour under controversial circumstances. The incident raised
fears that Sri Lanka was to be a dumping ground for toxic waste
from more industrialised countries. But it also focussed Sri Lankan
views on the global nature of the waste disposal problem.
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