HISTORY HOUR
XAVIER CENTRE OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH
Cordially invites you to a talk / presentation / discussion
Waste Wise : Converting Problems to Solutions with Waste Management in Goa
by
Mr Clinton Vaz
at
Xavier Centre of Historical Research
Alto Porvorim
Friday, November 16, 2007 - 5.30 pm
Contacts:
Tel: 2417772 ; 2414971
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Waste Management is an issue that plagues the whole world, not just Goa &
India. If we are willing to take up the responsibility of this issue and
have a change in mindset (with regards to consumption patterns, and how we
work with our own waste), problems in waste management can be turned into
solutions, argues Mr Vaz. Since practice is better than preaching, the
speaker will approach his ideas with a visual presentation in the background
and a live demonstration of separation at source. He will speak about low
cost, low tech and easy to implement solutions that exist and are already
working in Goa. He will also talk of the zero waste concept and compare
systems in Goa & Europe, and suggest that perhaps it is finally time that
the West could learn a little from us. When the presentation and discussion
end you might wonder why you did not get started so long ago!
Mr Clinton Vaz, aged 26 is a self employed environmental consultant based in
Benaulim, Goa. Quitting his job as a mechanical engineer in 2004, he pursued
his interest in the environment and has been working with wildlife &
environmental protection for the past 8 years. Starting out with assisting
Swedish students on an awareness campaign and the formation of the Benaulim
Environment Trust (BET), in 1999, he has since worked on various issues such
as environmental education, river pollution and hospital waste and has been
invited to conduct talks in Delhi, Sweden, Switzerland, Portugal & Nepal.
After a three year project with the Corporation of the City of Panaji, Vaz
works now to build awareness with interactive presentations in Goan villages
and also by means of an ecotourism booklet directed towards tourists that
will be out by the end of November.
