Monday, September 14, 2009

Random Photo of the Week


Hubli's waste management department at work! - A

Can you find the monkey?

This weekend, we went to Sirsi to meet with researchers from the India Institute of Science (IISc) to hear about their ongoing research on the impacts of climate change on India's forest and about the low-cost technology they are developing at their Centre for Sustainable Technologies. Sirsi is considered a 'base camp' for the Western Ghats, one of the top 20 biodiversity hotspots in the world. The hotel that we stayed at was surrounded by dense forest, and you can see and hear wildlife at all times of the day - including monkeys! Here are a couple of the photos that were taken from our hotel room. Can you find the monkey in the pictures? - A