BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Lewis & Clark//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20100314T100000 RDATE:20100314T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20101107T090000 RDATE:20101107T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20100408T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20100408T130000 LOCATION:JR Howard 302 Conference Room SUMMARY:Sacagawea Series: DESCRIPTION:Waste Management in Varanasi:Contributions of Religion and th e Informal Sector Emily Nguyen &\; Rosanne Wielemaker The city of Va ranasi\, located along the holy Ganga River\, serves as an important pilg rimage site for Hindus from all parts of the world. Like many third world countries\, this city also faces problems in waste management. Due to th e economic value of increased non-biodegradable waste\, an informal secto r of waste management has evolved. In this research\, we explore the cont ributions of religion and the established informal sector (in theory and practice) on waste management in Varanasi. This project was conducted as a part of an ENVS 499 independent study during the Fall 2009 India Study Abroad Program. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Waste Management in Varanasi:Contributions of Religion and the Informal Sector
p> Emily Nguyen &\; Rosanne Wielemaker The city of Varanas
i\, located along the holy Ganga River\, serves as an important pilgrimag
e site for Hindus from all parts of the world. Like many third world coun
tries\, this city also faces problems in waste management. Due to the eco
nomic value of increased non-biodegradable waste\, an informal sector of
waste management has evolved. In this research\, we explore the contribut
ions of religion and the established informal sector (in theory and pract
ice) on waste management in Varanasi. This project was conducted as a par
t of an ENVS 499 independent study during the Fall 2009 India Study Abroa
d Program.