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4.1
The method
Local conferences
195 local conferences on environmental issues relevant to the locality will be undertaken. Each local
conference will be a one day dialogue with local people from schools, universities, other institutes,
villages nearby, suburban areas of the township of a particular area. The expected gathering for
each local conference will be around 200-1,000 people.
The tour team will spend a few days in an area, covering many villages and townships, before the
local conference. We will meet local youth, local public representatives, farmers, students, voluntary
organisations, school teachers and government officials. This will be supported by the network of
Ground Report India and partner organisations already have on the ground. From this activity, we
aim to find interested and influential people who want to work for, or are already working for,
environmental issues. We will explore with them how many conferences could happen or are
needed in the locality. The local people will decide the day and venue and then we will all sit
together. The venue will be decided by the local communities after the local tour.
We will talk with them about their local environmental issues (smaller scale) and try to explore ways
that they could further resolve environmental issues locally (large scale issues). The local
conferences will cover the issues related to water, agriculture, energy, consumerism, community
health and education. The local conferences will be up to 10 to 50 villages. It will be important to
talk with people about issues relevant to them, and also to balance with their economic
development and livelihoods.
Through the local conferences, we will document what are their environmental issues. Considering
the scale and number of local conferences, we anticipate a large number of environmental issues
being highlighted. These important issues will be distilled and become the starting discussion point
at the regional conferences and ultimately the international conference, where experts will also
attend to meet and discuss with local leaders.
4.2
Regional conferences
The ten two-day regional conferences will start in 2013 after organizing the local conferences. Each
regional conference will be a two day dialogue with an expected gathering of around 1000-5000
people.
The tour team will spend around 40-130 days in a region of various states covering hundreds of
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