Archive for September, 2009

Climate change is putting life on earth in peril. There is still time to build a greener, safer world. But the clock is ticking. In December world leaders will meet in Copenhagen to decide our destiny.We want our political leaders to be in Copenhagen and to show historic leadership in achieving a treaty which is fabulous.The world needs a wake-up call on climate change. In September a perfect storm will gather with the the UN General Assembly on Sept 22 and the G20 leaders meet on 24-25.
A flash mob is a large group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform an unusual action for a brief time, then quickly disperse.
In Kerala, the flash mob will be held in Trivandrum, the capital at 3.50 pm..Calling all youth out for a once-again Youth Climate Action to show that a demand is needed from the public side for a binding treaty by all the world leaders and we want our leaders to know and understand that the time to act and take up actions is NOW

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On August 29th, the Flash Mob conducted at Oberon Mall, in Cochin,was successful in sending a strong voice to the public regarding the importance of the UN summit on Climate Change to be held from Dec7 in Copenhagen..Also the day saw hundreds of youth from different parts of the state,supporting organizations

ExNoRa, a non-government Chennai-based voluntary environmental service organisation, has launched a a massive Cool the Globe campaign by name, “99999 lights out” to create awareness on global warming, its causes, consequences and solutions. The campaign carries the message - switch off lights for 9 minutes at 9 p.m. on the 9th day of the 9th month on the 9th year of the millennium. The aim of the 99999 Lights Out Campaign is to combat Global warming, to make people more conscious about the environment, to motivate people to reduce their respective carbon footprint, to mitigate climate change and to teach people Adaptation and Disaster Preparedness techniques.

How can you contribute?

Grow more trees. Use Energy efficient equipments. Practice transport simplicity, Switch on lights only when it is necessary, Turn off your lights when not in use. Adapt an eco-friendly lifestyle. Reduce waste & Conserve water. Trap methane and convert it as fuel.

Its that time of the year again when brains from all over theAsiameet each other face2face, compete with all their programming and problem solving skills in C, C++ and Java.. Yes..!! You guessed it right.. its ICPCtime again atAmrita University..!!

Welcome to ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest2009 Asia Regionals, the multitier, team-based,programming competition operating under the auspices of ACM and headquartered at Baylor University.
ACM ICPC 2009 Asia Regionals - Online Contest over internet will be held at Amrita University,Kerala.
Each team will consist of 3 members, all undergraduate, and they will be asked to solve a set of 8-10 programming challenge problems - mostly based on algorithms, within a period of 4 hours.!! The choice of programming language between Java, C++ and C is upto the team.
How to register????
A team can only compete in ACM ICPC 2009 Asia Regionals, if-n-only-if they’ve registered for the same. So, register here Registration is for one team, consisting of 3 contestants and one coach. The “coach”
refers to any full time faculty member of the university or institution, where the
contestants pursue their studies.
Hurry up!!! Last date for registration is: 9 September 2009.

For more info, visit http://icpc.amrita.ac.in/site/