From n_shiva_kumar@HOTMAIL.COM Sun Jul  4 14:37:02 2004
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 15:11:13 +0530
From: shiva kumar 
To: nathistory-india@Princeton.EDU
Subject: Two Indians win 'Green Oscars' and cash of 30,000 pounds each

Two Indians win 'Green Oscars' and cash of 30,000 pounds each
Press Trust of India story in the HINDUSTAN TIMES.

Indians have won two of the four Ashden Awards 2004 considered as 'Green
Oscars', and a cash of 30,000 pounds each for their inspirational and
innovative renewable energy projects.

Goverdhan Rathore, founder of the Prakratik Society in Ranthambhore in
Rajasthan bagged the Climate Care Award and a cash of 30,000 pounds for
providing villages around the Ranthambhore Tiger reserve with a cleaner,
greener alternative to firewood for cooking in the form of biogas.

Hemant Lamba and his team at the international township of Auroville in
south India succeeded in delivering affordable and reliable renewable energy
products and services (in the form of solar panels) in 12 states, benefiting
80,000 people. Binu Parthan of IT Power, also of India, received a
runners-up prize of 7,500 pounds for designing a pioneering smoke-free,
fuel-efficient stove that cuts the wood requirement by 70 per cent.

The awards were presented at a glittering ceremony held at the Royal
Geographical Society here last night by Sir David Attenborough in the
presence of a packed house.Among those present were Jonathon Porritt, chair
of the UK government's Sustainable Development Commission and Andrew Simms,
Policy Director of the New Economics Foundation.

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