Monday, August 4, 2008, 5.00pm to 7.00pm, at Open Space
Welcome to PUNE FIRST!
Pune city, the erstwhile ‘pensioner’s paradise’ has over the years rapidly transformed into a bustling mega city.
There is rapid change to be seen everywhere. Be it the city’s roads, its educational institutions, the IT boom,
the building industry, the cosmopolitan profile of its people, there is a ‘work in progress’ board to be seen everywhere!
To address some of these concerns, Open Space has initiated a series of six monthly workshops titled, ‘Pune First’
that are intended to bring the city’s Gen Next, face-to-face with the rapidly changing face
of Pune city. Through guided
lectures and interaction by city-based experts in the fields of geography,
heritage conservation, town planning, air pollution,
sociology and urban planning, the workshop
will enable young people to get to know Pune, walk its streets, talk to its people,
measure its pollution,
count its trees and report on its history, heritage and environment.
Workshop on Pune’s Bio-diversity!
If terms like carbon footprint, climate change and green house gas are Greek and Latin to you, here is your
chance to set
the record straight!
As a part of the ‘Pune First’ six-part series, Town Planner Aneeta
Gokhale-Benninger,
will introduce
young Puneites to issues connected with the bio-diversity of Pune city.
Through the workshop series, Open Space has been exposing Pune’s youngsters to areas like history, heritage, air pollution,
biodiversity, town planning and sociology over six separate, ‘Pune First’ monthly workshops.
Aneeta Benninger, Director, Centre for Development Studies and Activities (CDSA, Pune) will explain to participants how to
measure a carbon footprint, whereby they could actually figure out each other’s carbon footprints sitting at a CCD or Barista café!
Aneeta will also explain the following topics:
- How to mitigate damage caused by green house gas (GHG)
- How much forest cover is needed in a city like Pune to make the effects of GHG, zero?
(one hectare of forest can mitigate 9 tonnes of green house gas)
The workshop will be followed by a project which will involve the student volunteers in preparing a project report that will
document the following:
- How much carbon is generated in various areas of Pune city?
(FC Road, inside Vaishali restaurant, on Laxmi Road etc.)
- How to measure the ecological footprint of common Puneites through a simple questionnaire?
Besides writing a project report, the volunteers will also be encouraged to write a newspaper report for a leading city based
national daily.
Other experts like town planner, Sadhana Naik, will speak on town planning, Dr Sundeep Salvi, pollution expert will speak on
air pollution and sociologist,
Prof Shruti Tambe, will speak on the changing face of the Pune’s population in subsequent ‘Pune First’
lectures.
City based freelance journalist and Lead Fellow, Rahul Chandawarkar anchors the ‘Pune First’ workshops.
Youngsters keen on registering for the workshop should contact Renu Iyer at Open Space at renu@openspaceindia.org
Or visit our website: http://www.openspaceindia.org
All ‘Pune First’ workshops will be held at Open Space. There is no registration fee and entry is free on a first-come-first-
served basis only!
Day & Date: Monday, August 4, 2008,
Time: 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Venue: Open Space, B-301, 2nd Floor, Kanchanjunga Bldg, Kanchangalli, Off Law College Road (Near Krishna Dining Hall),
Pune 411 004, Tel: 020 25457371
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Monday – Tuesday, August 25-26, 2008, 5pm to 7pm, at Open Space
FEMININE
ANXIETY
PUBLIC
MASCULINE
FEAR
DISCRIMINATION
SEXUALITY
TABOO
RIGHTS
TRANS-GENDER
RELATIONSHIPS
GENDER!
LET’S TALK!
Gender roles and relationships are changing, evolving and expanding every day. Just last week, the world media documented the case of a man who was once a woman, giving birth to a baby. Open Space announces a monthly forum where you can discuss, debate and share your experiences, understanding and anxieties about identity, gender, sexuality, relationships, rights etc.
Open Space, the youth outreach programme of CCDS, will conduct a 2-day workshop every month –- for the next six months -- titled ‘Let’s Talk’.
‘Let’s Talk’ will engage participants through talks, lectures, discussions, interactive games, film screenings, theatre, campaigns and field visits, to arrive at a personal as well as political understanding of gender, sexuality, masculinities, rights and associated issues.
‘Let’s Talk’ will act as a workshop platform as well as an informal meeting forum for college students and working professionals to exchange ideas and share experiences. The objective is to equip participants to find pathways for the creation of more gender-just personal and public spaces, and to help develop positive acceptance of diverse sexualities and rights.
The monthly workshop series will be anchored by Anand Pawar, director SAMYAK. A trained social worker, Anand is a young man with extensive experience of working with various age-groups as a trainer on issues related to gender, sexuality and masculinities. He has also been actively advocating these issues through research and activism.
Every workshop will comprise 2 sessions over 2 consecutive days; an input session followed by an activity session.
The first session will be held on Monday, July 14, 2008, 5.00pm to 7.00pm
There is no registration fee for these workshops and entry is free on a first-come-first-served-basis only!
Day & Date: Monday – Tuesday, August 25-26, 2008
Time: 5.00pm to 7.00pm
Venue: Open Space, B-301, 2nd Floor, Kanchanjunga Bldg, Kanchan Lane, Off Law College Road (near Krishna Dining Hall), Pune 411 004. Tel No: 020 25457371) |
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