AskGaijin launches crowd tool to help Japanese companies avoid embarrassing Engrish http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/XTY7Hwp9tTc/

How to make a difference - Cliimate Change and energy - How to make a solar water heater from plastic bottles - The... http://www.theecologist.org/how_to_make_a_difference/climate_change_and_energy/477574/how_to_make_a_solar_water_heater_from_plastic_bottles.html

Samsung’s Galaxy Player to debut next week, Android’s answer to the iPod Touch http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/Q7-4QN0QnRM/

Kipal Sibal Moves India Toward an Aggressive Geospatial Data Sharing Policy http://apb.directionsmag.com/archives/9166-Kipal-Sibal-Moves-India-Toward-an-Aggressive-Geospatial-Data-Sharing-Policy.html

The best and worst in mobile 2010: It’s all about Apple and Android http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/isUNB6EbnKI/

London Twitter Network Map http://www.digitalurban.org/2010/12/london-twitter-network-map.html#comment-form

Nibuwatar Chronicles

Mona's invitation to come spend a weekend at his living quarters inside Kule Khani III project, in Nibuwatar was long overdue. Amidst last minute changes, we decided to take up on his offer and packed our bags with bare essentials and loads of hors d'oeuvre for the night. There were four of us who agreed on the commute – Dhungel, Gauri, Bhatte (a soon to be groom) and myself, amongst two motorbikes – an almost bedridden Pulsar 180 DTSi and a relatively newer Yamaha FZR. More>>

Ethical Framework for a Sustainable World (memoirs)

Govind Singh, DelhiGreens.org and I were among 71 youth participants from India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Germany, Spain, United States of America, Sri Lanka among others, who came together on a pre-conference workshop at the Centre for Environment Education (CEE) campus in Ahmedabad. This workshop was held to strategise youth involvement at the 3 day conference (Ethical Framework for a sustainable world) that followed. Participants comprised of students enrolled in different undergraduate and graduate programmes. Both Govind and I, were invited to the conference ( popularly referred to as the Earth Charter plus 10 celebrations) as SAYEN mentors through South Asia Youth Environment Network (SAYEN). more>>

Review: 'Climate Change - Youth Guide to Action'

International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development - ICIMOD‘s Asia Pacific Mountain Network (APMN) is just out with its winter issue. This special issue on ‘Youth and Climate Change’ has been compiled to underscore the International Year of Youth (IYY) 2010-2011; COP 16 in Cancun http://utsavmaden.com.np/blog/2010/11/29/review-climate-change-%e2%80%93-youth-guide-to-action/

Academic SPAM or vanity publishing?

I recieved an email from an associate from LAP Lambert Academic Publishing some time back, stating that they found my thesis entitled “Application of GIS in the study of land cover distribution, geomorphometry, terrain and water quality in Asi Khola Subwatershed” in the library at Kathmandu University and wanted to publish it in the form of a book. Furthermore, they would do all this for free! http://utsavmaden.com.np/blog/2010/11/29/academic-spam-or-vanity-publishing/

Considering getting myself a DSLR

I have been dabbling in photography lately, mainly through borrowed cameras (point and shoot, Canon and Sony Alpha DSLRS and Nikon P6000)s. A selection is available here, here and here. http://utsavmaden.com.np/blog/2010/11/23/considering-getting-myself-a-dslr/

Review: Global Biodiversity Outlook 3

wrote the following review of the Global Biodiversity Outlook 3 some time back for the Asia Pacific Mountain Network (APMN). It appeared in the current issue of the Asia-Pacific Mountain Courier (Mountain Courier) on ‘mountain biodiversity’. The issue is available online and in print, and is distributed free of cost to interested stakeholders. http://utsavmaden.com.np/blog/2010/10/23/the-third-global-biodiversity-outlook-gbo-3/

Presentation on Social Media

Posted below, is a presentation on Social Media and Networking I made along with a colleague from work (I handled the part on social media while he led a group discussion on networking) some weeks back http://utsavmaden.com.np/blog/2010/10/05/presentation-on-social-media/

West Virginians Down to Last Mountain – Yet Wind Income Would be 50 Times More http://cleantechnica.com/2010/11/20/west-virginians-down-to-last-mountain-yet-wind-income-would-be-50-times-more/

Bedbug National Registry and City Maps http://www.geographictravels.com/feeds/6429891930797746818/comments/default

Kiribati to show the world climate change http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/kiribati-to-show-the-world-climate-change-20101105-17gwh.html

Former Indonesian REDD+ negotiator arrested on corruption charge http://news.mongabay.com/2010/1030-wandojo_graft_indonesia.html

UNDP 2010 Asia-Pacific Human Development Media Fellowships http://scholarship.bursa-lowongan.com/undp-2010-asia-pacific-human-development-media-fellowships/

AdMob’s Omar Hamoui leaves Google for “personal reasons” http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/1a48tAcLfHE/

Gartner's top 10 technologies for 2011 | 10 Things | TechRepublic.com http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/

Facebook’s Causes reels in $9M and defends online activism http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/YhExe32WFN8/

Google invests in $5 billion Atlantic wind transmission project http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/g6AGXzQf-BQ/

Citizens of 188 countries challenge leaders on climate change http://news.mongabay.com/2010/1011-hance_globalworkday.html

xkcd’s Online Communities 2 http://tinyhacker.com/hacks/xkcds-online-communities-2/

Wonder-woman « On the D http://bibekbhandari.wordpress.com/2010/10/06/wonder-woman/

Slashdot Your Rights Online Story | Facebook Patents Location Social Networking http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/10/06/1443253/Facebook-Patents-Location-Social-Networking

Walk Around the Beautiful Antarctica with Google Maps http://www.labnol.org/internet/antarctica-penguins-on-google-maps/17849/

Neil Young - Angry World http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uDwvJK0YdI

DEMO: LinkedIn CEO says status updates growing fast http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/U17jv_gtwxY/

Hackers say they can “jailbreak” iPhone 4.1 software http://venturebeat.com

Climate 'sceptic' Bjørn Lomborg now believes global warming is one of world's greatest threats - Teleg... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

Hari Bansha-- a new joke http://prawinreviews.blogspot.com/feeds/6058360413222352188/comments/default

Kohi...mero

My writer friend (Prawin Adhikari), who penned the story and wrote the screenplay as well, got forty of us (mates from school, writer fraternity and their pluses and plus's pluses) to an evening screening of Kohi… mero yesterday. http://utsavmaden.com.np/blog/2010/08/29/kohi-mero/

Seth's Blog: Senior management http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2010/08/senior-management.html

Google’s social czar picks a location fight with Facebook http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/zIKTvV8du64/

Climate change and illegal logging could wipe out rainforest wildlife by 2100 http://www.rsscockpit.com

Google sinks its Wave collaboration tool http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/5oU34yCWXf0/

100 million Facebook pages leaked to a torrent site, creating the world's least exciting torrent -- Engadget http://www.engadget.com/

How Facebook checks your account is not fake (and keeps legitimate users out) « Bottomless, Endless http://blog.bottomlessinc.com/

Mountaintop Removal Cuts Through Southern Forests http://www.wri.org/stories/2010/07/mountaintop-removal-cuts-through-southern-forests

Johns Hopkins University Launches Global Water Magazine http://aquadoc.typepad.com/waterwired/2010/07/jhu-launches-global-water-magazine.html

Everest revisited? yet again!

Mountaineer, photographer and filmmaker (director and leader of the Everest IMAX team) David Breashears is in the limelight again..http://utsavmaden.com.np/blog/2010/07/20/everest-revisited-yet-again/

5 More Websites To Share Videos Privately With Friends & Family http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Makeuseof/~3/xpVBzPkD8_0/

Is the Internet making us smart or stupid? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/9ZXzsh-UWVc/

Freelancer.com snaps up Freemarket, rebrands its download marketplace http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/erjj7UB23lI/

Editorial - A Climate Change Corrective - NYTimes.com http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/11/opinion/11sun2.html?_r=1

Roundup: iPhone 4 spontaneously combusts, Las Vegas jumps on energy efficiency bandwagon, and more http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/FTo3b6ZKI2k/

China to host climate talks before Mexico meeting - report http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-49888520100705

Experts to step up collaboration on Indus basin http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/rssReference.php?headline=Experts+to+step+up+collaboration+on+Indus+basin&NewsID=248860

Melting ice fields pose serious threat to water supply in Asia http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2010/0705/1224274034676.html

The Energy Revolution in a Bike http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/yankodesign/~3/z7S1hfOv1t0/

More Fraud Within the Clean Development Mechanism http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ClimateChangeNews-Enn/~3/yIGBJsC5EXY/41485

Bheja Fry http://prawinreviews.blogspot.com/2010/07/bheja-fry.html#comment-form

iPhone 4 parts cost around $188 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/qTkpMUXKsjc/

Analyzing Environmental Trends in Asia http://www.wri.org/stories/2010/06/analyzing-environmental-trends-asia

Easily Convert PowerPoint Presentations to Video http://tinyhacker.com/hacks/easily-convert-powerpoint-presentations-to-video/

Asian Rivers Impacted by Clmate Change http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ClimateChangeNews-Enn/~3/-lpRuqZ6Jvc/41456

Study Finds Link Between Climate and Size of Bird Bills http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/YaleEnvironment360/~3/7C0PjA8YI_U/digest.msp

"Amazongate" evaporates as newspaper apologises for story http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/footprint/climate_carbon_energy/climate_deal/news/?uNewsID=193909

Apple already knows where you are all the time — and is telling others http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/7c9S3gWwak0/

Google Donates 3,000 Solar Chargers to International Medical Corps http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cleantechnica/com/~3/TzgcyMSmeH8/

Could adding a LinkedIn connection land you in legal hot water? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/k6-l5IXG_FI/

240,000 volunteers create digital map of world http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GISDevelopment/~3/nCey7E5xCJ8/index.php

Forest carbon offsets: Low-hanging fruit in the garden of evil environmentalism http://www.stabroeknews.com/2010/features/06/13/forest-carbon-offsets-low-hanging-fruit-in-the-garden-of-evil-environmentalism/

BBC News - Rich countries accused of carbon 'cheating' http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science_and_environment/10286334.stm

Cultural Pollution

Cultural implies pertaining to customs, beliefs, art and all the other products of human thought made by a particular group of people at a particular time. http://utsavmaden.com.np/blog/2010/06/04/cultural-pollution/

We’ll Be Twice as Rich if We Switch http://cleantechnica.com/2010/06/07/well-be-twice-as-rich-if-we-switch/

Google launches Caffeine search indexing for a faster, more chaotic web http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/UDj9MySBqe4/

REDD threatens rights of 350 million local people http://news.mongabay.com/2010/0603-hance_redd_locals.html

Climate change may not be inundating Pacific islands: study http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change-may-not-be-inundating-pacific-islands-study-1992428.html

Five things Facebook can do to rebuild trust http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/YGAiw_nKsDs/

Maldives president calls for direct action over climate change http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/may/29/maldives-president-climate-hay

Jwagal Puppies: part two http://prawinreviews.blogspot.com/2010/05/jwagal-puppies-part-two.html

Bangladesh blocks Facebook over Islamic image controversy http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/9xYvp8nyRhA/

How Much Electricity Does Your Computer Use? http://www.labnol.org/software/calculate-electricity-cost-of-computer/13744/

Facebook: We know what you browsed last quarter http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/nbEMJEur9p0/

CO2 Emissions Could Grow 43 Percent by 2035, New Projection Says http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/YaleEnvironment360/~3/2tEufyBFlY4/digest.msp

Recollections of the peace rally in Kathmandu, 7 May 2010

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