PUBLICATIONS OF THE EVD PROJECTS

• Low-carbon climate resilient eco-village development in South Asia, May 2023.
• Eco-Village Development Feasibility Studies in new climate zones in India (Summary, INSEDA), Nepal (Summary, CRT/N), Sri Lanka (Summary, IDEA) and Bangladesh (Full report, Grameen Shakti). July 2020
• Social Enterprise Model of the Eco-Village Development Concept, by Grameen Shakti, June 2020
• Socio-Technical Manual for Training of Trainers. Manual on Participatory Planning, Technology, and Knowledge Transfer on Eco-Village Development in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, December 2018.
  The ToT Manual can also be found in Hindi, Nepali, Bangla and Sinhala.
• WHITE PAPER: Climate Mitigation & Adaption with Eco-Village Development (EVD)Solutions in South Asia, 2nd Edition (Full report) – or read the Summary for policy makers, October 2018
• Eco-Village Development as Climate Solution: Proposals from South Asia, July 2017 (3rd edition, 2nd print)

EVD DATABASE

• Local Solutions. Database for Eco-village development in South Asia, August 2022
• Database launch webinar materials:
  1. Welcome and opening remarks: Santosh Patnaik from CAN South Asia and Judit Szoleczky from INFORSE
  2. Keynote: Why did we establish the database? What are the main gaps and challenges? What does the database include: Local solutions, Publications, Organisations, Media: Gunnar Boye Olesen from INFORSE and Sanjiv Nathan from INFORSE-South Asia
  3. Experiences from INSEDA in India – Challenges and Successes: Sanjiv Nathan from INSEDA, India
  4. Solutions in Sri Lanka: Dumindu Herath from Integrated Development Association, Sri Lanka
  5. Solutions in Bangladesh: Abdul Arif from Grameen Shakti, Bangladesh
  6. Solutions in Nepal: Poonam Bhatt and Anzoo Sharma from Centre for Rural Technology, Nepal
  7. Four projects of All India Women’s Conference Branches in Kerala, India: Usha Nair from All India Women’s Conference, India

EVD WEBINARS

• Local solutions for climate adaptation – evidences for policy making, October 4, 2023.
• Social enterprise model of local solutions – road to sustainability, March 28, 2023
  • Introduction, Ahmed Sohel, Grameen Shakti, Bangladesh
  • Social Enterprise Model: Experience from Bangladesh, Abdul Arif, Grameen Shakti, Bangladesh
  • Finance, Scale and Market related challenges in organic agriculture, Jyoti Awasthi, Satat Sampada, India
  • Approaches to overcome barriers in energy-based livelihoods of women entrepreneurs in Nepal, Manjari Shrestha, ENERGIA/Hivos, Nepal
  • Dennis Mombauer, SILYCAN Trust, Sri Lanka
• Dialogue on Eco-Village Development achievements in South Asia, October 17, 2022
  1. The bigger picture, Anzoo Sharma from CRT/N
  2. Achievements in Bangladesh, Abdul Arif from Grameen Shakti
  3. Achievements in Sri Lanka, Dumindu Herath from IDEA
  4. Database and Training of Trainers Manual, Sanjiv Nathan from INSEDA
  5. Participants’ dialogue on how to use EVD
     • Sasika Konara from South Asia Partnership Sri Lanka (SAPSRI) (PPT)
     • Leel Randeni, Assistant Director, Environment planning, Ministry of Environment, Sri Lanka (PPT)
     • Lakshmaiah Vempati Das, EFICOR, India (PPT)
     • Mahesh Kumara, Regional manager, Central Bank of Sri Lanka
     • Nagdev Yadav, President of Community Development and Advocacy Forum Nepal (CDAFN)
• Reflections after COP27: Eco-Village Development, climate mitigation and development, December 22, 2022
  1. Introduction, Judit Szoleczky from INFORSE
  2. Reflections on UN Climate COP27, how were Eco-Village Development local solutions received by officials and civil society? Anzoo Sharma from CRT/N, Abdul Arif from Grameen Shakti
  3. Eco-Village Development (EVD) and climate mitigation, EVD solutions’ contributions to reduce emissions. What are opportunities for earning climate credits with EVD solutions? Sanjiv Nathan from INSEDA, India / INFORSE-South Asia
  4. EVD and COP27 results. How do international climate agreements help EVD and other local solutions? How can international cooperation help to unleash the climate and development potentials of local solutions? Gunnar Boye Olesen from INFORSE
  5. Views from Development Alternatives, Bharti Jasrotia
  6. Views from the UNFCCC Women and Gender Constituency, Kalyani Rai from All India Women’s Conference

NEWSLETTERS

• Sustainable Energy News, no. 86, November 2022
• Sustainable Energy News, no. 85, November 2021
• Sustainable Energy News, no. 84, December 2020
• Sustainable Energy News, no. 83, December 2019
• INFORSE South Asia Newsletter: 2nd Issue October 2018
• CANSA Newsletter: Eco-Village Development Practices in South Asia – Stories and Case Studies, September 2018
• INFORSE South Asia Newsletter: Inaugural Issue on Eco Village Development, January 2018
• Sustainable Energy News, no. 82, April 2018
• Sustainable Energy News, no. 81, November 2017
• Sustainable Energy News, no. 80, Juli 2017
• Sustainable Energy News, no. 79, November 2016
• Sustainable Energy News, no. 78, May 2016
• Sustainable Energy News, no. 77, December 2015

OTHER PUBLICATIONS AND PRESS 

• EVD story ´Solar street lamps light up rural Bangladesh village´ wins Voices of a Brighter Future prize, April 2018
• Clean cookstoves key to Sri Lanka’s green village drive, The Third Pole, December 4, 2017
• Frugal technology helps in climate cause, The Third Pole, November 3, 2017
• Small Sustainability initiative changes women’s lives in a big way, The Third Pole, November 2, 2017
• Running on biogas in Bangladesh, The Third Pole, October 19, 2017
• Solar Street lamps light up rural Bangladesh village, The Third Pole, October 18, 2017
• Renewable energy brings hope to Nepal’s earthquake devastated villages, The Third Pole, October 2, 2017
• Bamboo Based Appropriate Technologies for Low Carbon Development in India, Raymond Myles, INSEDA, 2016

UNFCCC POLICY BRIEFS

• UNFCCC COP27 Policy Brief, November 12, 2022
• UNFCCC SB56 Policy Brief, June 11, 2022
• UNFCCC COP23 Policy Brief, November 11, 2017
• UNFCCC SB46 Policy Brief, May 15, 2017
• UNFCCC SB44 Policy Brief, May 20, 2016
• UNFCCC COP21 Policy Brief, December 3, 2015
• UNFCCC SB42 Policy Brief, June 10, 2015

SHORT FILMS AND DOCUMENTARIES

• Eco-Village Development in India, November 2017 (12:00 minutes)
• Organic Mushroom cultivation as a Rural Livelihood: Eco-Village Development in Sri Lanka, September 2017 (04:17 minutes)
• Rural Kitchen Improvements – Eco-Village Development in Sri Lanka, August 2017 (02:44 minutes)
• Eco-Village Development in Nepal – also available in Nepalese, April 2017 (12:02 minutes)
• Eco-Village Development in Sri Lanka – Sri Lankan Rural Livelihoods and Improved biomass stoves, December 2016 (08:13 minutes)