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Sponsored by

Ministry of External Affairs, Governm ent of India

Under Civilian Training Programme

Indian Technical Econom ic Coope ration (ITEC)

Special Commonwealth Assistance for Africa Programme (SCAAP)

rganized by

Centre for Environmental M anagement

National Institute of Technical Teache rs Training and R esearch

Ministry of Human Resource Development

Government of India

Chennai, India 600 11 3

Course Coordinators

Prof. Dr. S. Mohan

Dr. G. Janardhanan


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................... 3

2. OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME.................................................................... 3

3. STRUCTURE OF THE PROGRAMME.................................................................... 4

4. TEACHING METHODOLOGY AND ASSESSMENT................................................. 5

5. PROGRAMME SCHEDULE.................................................................................... 6

6. WEEKLY THEME OF MAIN COURSE..................................................................... 7

7. RESOURCE PERSONS......................................................................................... 7

8. FIELD VISIT .......................................................................................................... 7

9. DOCUMENTARIES TO BE SCREENED................................................................. 8

10. CURRICULUM CONTENT AND TRAINING MODULE.............................................. 9

11. FEEDBACK OF PREVIOUS PARTICIPANTS........................................................ 11

Our biggest challenge in the new century is to take an idea that seems abstract

Sustainable development and turn it into a reality for all the worlds people- Kofi Annan


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1. INTRODUCTION

Sustainable development has occupied a place on the global agenda since at least the Brundtland

Commissions 1987 report Our Common Future. The world continues to face various critical

challenges such as: anthropogenic climate change, the rapid depletion of natural resources, thefrequency of natural disasters, the spread of (old and new) infectious diseases, the loss of biodiversity,

the violation of human rights, increased poverty, the dependency of our economic systems on

continuous growth in consumerism and so forth. Technology has been identified with a host of

problems and solutions that are closely linked with aims for sustainable development in low and middle-

income countries. It is an essential enabling feature of globalization, and local applications of

technology offer possibilities for building infrastructures and creating opportunities. The impact of new

technologies on society and development affects various interests and domains, and the effective and

appropriate use of technology requires consideration of social, cultural, economic, political, and

environmental contexts and effects. The opportunities and challenges applying the technologies to old

problems require the guidance from a new breed of professionals and policymakers who can integrate

technological expertise and a clear understanding of its wider ramifications as a guide to strategies for

applying technology to the tasks of achieving sustainable development. Thus, the need of the hour is to

strike a balance and have a proper blend between techno-economic and environment concerns. At the

UN conference on Environment and Development held in 1992 at Rio, the world community reached an

unprecedented consensus on the need to fully integrate environmental concerns into the main stream

of economic decision making. Thus, Sustainable development (SD) has become a vehicle around the

globe for expressing the need to depart from present dominant models of development which appear

unable to balance the needs of people and the planet in the pursuit of peace and prosperity.

Sustainable development needs to be described for each of these dimensions in their interrelation in

time (past-present-future) and in space (near-far). A sustainable environmental management (planet)

refers to the management of development in natural ecosystems in ways that maintain the carrying

capacity of the earth and respect the non-human world. This course will examine policy responses to

environmental problems caused by economic development with special attention to innovation. Thecentral topic of the course is awareness for the environment, which is explored through a number of

lectures and discussion meetings.

2. OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

The basic vision of this course is to inculcate the values, behaviour and lifestyles required for a

sustainable future and for positive societal transformation. Translated objectives are:


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To provide an understanding on the methods and approaches for sustainable environmental

development and understand the interrelationships among socio, economic and environmental

issues;

To provide the mode of assess the impact of developmental project on environment and to

suggest appropriate remedial measures;

To enhance the knowledge in environmental legislations, green buildings, clean development

mechanism and corporate social reasonability;

To identify the gaps and analyze the weakness in the regulatory and institutional frameworks,

and assess the mode in national capacity building.

Courses have subject coverage from these three broad areas:

3. STRUCTURE OF THE PROGRAMME

Advance Certificate Course in Sustainable Development and Environmental Management isstructured into three major modules totaling up to 12 units. Course is proper blend of lecture,

demonstration and field studies in preexisting related courses (text or lecture-note based). Course

explores the subject through resources, development, impact and management.

The first module introduces the concept of sustainability covering basic concepts like historical

background, technology, sustainable development, international development cooperation and the

deliberations taken place in the world. This module introduces the major stakeholders and institutions

that drive change toward SD.

EnvironmentalPerspective

EconomicPerspective

Socio-Cultural

Perspective


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The second module focuses on environmental management, acknowledging the action of each

stakeholder. Participants are introduced to environmental and social standard setting bodies,

certification and firm-level tools used to implement SD strategies. Ways and mean to assess the

environmental impact and suggestive remedial measures will be learnt in this module.

The third module addresses the strategies to implement sustainable environmental management.

Initiatives taken at the national and international level will be discussed. Clean Development

Mechanism, Rain Water Harvesting, Green Building Concepts, Corporate Social Responsibility etc.,

Application of GIS and other technology to establish sustainable environmental management will be

discussed in detail.

4. TEACHING METHODOLOGY AND ASSESSMENT

The teaching methodology includes face to face lectures by resource persons followed by discussions,

blended method of theme paper presentation, experience sharing, individual and group tasks and case

studies presentation. Field visits will also be arranged for the training purpose. In addition to this

participants need to make presentation about their country sustainable practices for environmental

management.

The learning activities in the each module are distributed in such a way to ensure the achievement of

the learning objectives in a flexible manner. In fact there are different types of assessment strategies

with precise dates and deadlines to be observed:

RESOURCESHow the Natural System Works ?

DEVELOPMENT

How People explore and use the natural resources?

IMPACT

Developmental impact on the environment

MANAGEMENTHow environment can be made sustainable?


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Mandatory readings: these are the documents

that you have to read

Interactive weekly quiz: based on the lectures

for synchronous learning

Evaluation of field visit report: there will be

scheduled visit in which they will be exposed to

SD

Project work evaluation.

The deadlines for submitting exercises and ssignments will be discussed in the respective lecturer

class and module.

5. PROGRAMME SCHEDULE

Duration of the programme: January 18th2012 to March 15h2012.

Induction and Orientation Phase January 18thto 20th2012 (CIA Coordination)

Main Course January 23rd to March9 th2012

Project work seminar March 13th2012

Certificate distribution and Valediction March 15th2012

SustainableDevelopment &EnvironmentalManagement

Induction &Orientation

PhaseMain Course Project seminar

Modeof

training

Lectures

Field Visit

Experiencesharing

Groupdiscussion

Video

presentation


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6. WEEKLY THEME OF MAIN COURSE

7. RESOURCE PERSONS

Prof. Dr. S. Mohan Director & Head, CEM, Course Coordinator

Dr. G. Janardhanan Visiting Faculty, CEM, Course Co-coordinator

Prof. Dr. S. Dhanapal Professor & Head, Curriculum Development Centre

Prof. Dr. V.K. Natarajan Professor & Head, Centre for Sustainable Development

Dr. E. S. M. Suresh - Associate Professor, Educational Media Centre

Dr. T. Jagatharakshan Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering

Er. K. S. A. Dinesh Kumar -Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering

Guest Faculty

8. FIELD VISIT

Secured Hazardous waste landfill TNWML

LEED Rated Green Building Sites

Central Ground Water Board Facilities, Chennai

CPR Environmental Education Foundation, Chennai

Sustainable DevelopmentFundamentals

Historical roots of the SDconcepts

Biodiversity in SD

Ecological and ecnomicanalysis of SD

January 23-27, 2012

Millennium DevelopmentGoals

Indicators of SD

LEED and GRIHA Ratingof Green Buildings

Sustainbale Design usingREVIT Architecture

January 30 -February 3, 2012

Country report on SDand EM

Education for SD

Technology and SD

Implications of humanpopulation growth.

February 6 -10,2012

Pollution causes and itseffect

Definition and scope ofenvironmentalmanagement

Waste ManagementDesign and Operation

February 13 -17,2012

Environmental ImpactAssessment

Integrating Environmentand Sustainable

Development into Policyand Law making.

February 20-24,2012

Introduction to GIS

Practice Session in GISpackages

Practice in MAP3D

GPS & Image Interpretation

Application of GIS in SDEM.

February 27 -March 2, 2012

Rainwater HarvestingCDM and CSR

Technological innovationsField Visit Stay inSustainable VillageIntl Workshop.

March 5 - 9,2012

Technological innovations

Project Work.

Seminar Presentation

Valediction and Certificatedistribution

March 12- 15,2012


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Dashkina Chitra

CSR Visit to two industries in and around Chennai

Pichavaram Mangrove Forest

Auroville, Pondicherry Visit to Sustainable Village

Outstation visit during the first week of March, 2012

(Tentatively March 8th- 11th2012)

9. DOCUMENTARIES TO BE SCREENED

This courses relies upon active-learning methods in which participants take responsibility for their

own learning through documentaries. Well study through 14 documentaries available in the library

of CEM and infer based on the examination and discussion about the same. Based on the

copyright issues for educational purpose, the documentaries will be telecasted during the course.

AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH

THE GREAT GLOBAL WARMING SWINDLE

DESIGN E2

THE SUSTAINABLE CITY

WHAT A WAY TO GO: LIFE AT THE END OF

EMPIRE

EARTH

HOME

ERIN BROCKOVICH MOVIE

END: CIV RESIST OR DIE

FREEDOM FUELS

GARBAGE WARRIOR

THE 11thHOUR

FIVE WAYS TO SAVE THE WORLD


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10.CURRICULUM CONTENT AND TRAINING MODULE

MODULE - I SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

History and

Introduction to

Sustainable

Development

Definitions and Principles of Sustainable Development - History and emergence

of the concept of sustainable development Environment and Development

linkages Globalization and environment - Millennium Development Goals:

Status (global and Indian) - Impact on approach to development policy and

practice in India, future directions.

International

Developmental

Cooperation

Role of developed countries in the development of developing countries

International summits Stockholm to Johannesburg Rio Principles Agenda

21 - Conventions Agreements Tokyo Declaration - Doubling statement-

Transboundary issues Integrated approach for resource protection and

management

Implementing

sustainable

development

Sustainability indicators - Hurdles to Sustainability - Operational guidelines

Interconnected prerequisites for sustainable development Science and

Technology for sustainable development Performance indicators of

sustainability and Assessment mechanism Constraints and barriers for

sustainable development.

Education for

sustainable

development

Introduction - Meanings of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) -

Reorienting education for a sustainable future - United Nation Contribution

National Policies and Frameworks for ESD - ESD in Formal Education -

Structures in Informal and Non-Formal Education - ESD Research and

Development.

MODULE - II ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Introduction to

Environmental

Management

Implications of human population growth Pollution causes and its effect -

Definition and scope of environmental management The context of

environmental management Problems and Needs newer concepts of corporate

environmental management - Environmental Ethics.

Environmental Impact

Assessment

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Evolution Need of EIA - Legal and

Regulatory aspects Types and limit ations of EIA - EIA cycle and Procedures

Impact Prediction - Assessment of alternatives, delineation of mitigation

measures and environmental impact statement - Public hearing

Environmental

Legislation

Constitutional Provisions for Environmental Protection: Specific Provisions for

Environmental Protection in the Constitution of India, Provisions in the

Directive Principles of State Policy - Environmental Justice, Equity and

Governance - Integrating Environment and Sustainable Development into Policy

and Law making


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MODULE - IIISTRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTAL

MANAGEMENT

Appl ication of GIS inSEM

Introduction to GIS & GPS R2V conversion ARC GIS Arc View Arc

Analysis Case stud ies Appl ication of GIS in Environmental ManagementCase studies - AUTOCAD CIVIL 3D

Green Building

Concepts

Introduction to Green Building rating scheme LEED: National and

International Rating scheme GRIHA Green building in sustainable

development Energy efficiency - Climate Change in sustainable development -

Introduction to Sustainable Design using AUTODESK REVIT Architecture

CDM/CSR

Introduction to CDM Standardized baseline under CDM - Methodologies for

CDM project activ ities - Methodologies for afforestation and reforestation CDM

project activities - Certified emission reduction (CER) credits - Introduction toCorporate Social Responsibili ty - Approach and Methodology Policy and

Framework of CSR

Project Work

The project, based on the themes of the course, will involve close work with a

faculty of our institute or company, a voluntary organization or a government

agency to study the innovative use of a technology for sustainable

development. Each project will be undertaken by an interdisciplinary and

multicu ltural group of 3 participants (maximum).

Participants are encouraged to come up with new topics for their project work. The group will attempt to

understand the complexities of technology choices, transfer and absorption in a specific case and the

relationship to the development process.

List of few project titles are given below:

Academic Institutes and Industries Network Technology

Technology Development and Climate Change

Environmental Technology assessment

Sustainable technologies for coastal zone management Sustainable technologies for waste management

E-village

Energy efficient building technologies

The last two weeks afternoon session will be devoted to the writing and presentation of the project

report.


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11. FEEDBACK OF PREVIOUS PARTICIPANTS

SDEM OTC PARTICIPANTS 2011 - Intl Seminar Photo


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About Centre for Environmental Management

Centre for Environmental Management in National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and

Research Chennai, was established in the year 1990 with the assistance from the Ministry of Human

Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India. It has been upgraded with latest equipments for

both water and air quality analysis. The centre has a rich tradition of teaching, continuing education,

research, consultancy and extension services. Present focus is on areas such as water and air quality,pollution abatement, Impact of climate change on water management, waste water treatment and

reuse, landfill design, integrated solid waste management, testing on solid waste (municipal and

hazardous), green and sustainable development, geoenvironmental engineering, coastal zone

management, Remote sensing and GIS application and environmental impact assessment. In carrying

out projects, the centre collaborates with national and international agencies including business,

industry and service sectors.

We at Centre for Environmental Management shall strive constantly

To educate the future leaders of the environmental profession and to inculcate skills and

foundations for life- long learning and growth.

To conduct research and create new knowledge as an integral part of our education programme

and the continued renewal of the profession. To contribute towards sustainable management and utilization of natural resources, combat and

reduce pollution of air, water and soil, enhance technical management knowledge and develop and

promote technology for sustainable management.

To learn more about Centre for Envi ronmental Management

please visit: www.nitttrc.ac.in/~cem

For further details, please contact

Prof. Dr. S. MohanDirectorNational Institute of Technical Teachers Training and ResearchMinistry of Human Resource Development, Government of IndiaTaramani, Chennai 600 113Tel. : +91 - 44 22545406

+91 - 44 22545460Fax : +91 - 44 22541126

E-mail : [email protected]; [email protected]

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