Sustainability

06th May 2017

DINAMINA: FEATURES: කුණු කන්ද සහ ටොපි කොළය

කුඩු කන්ද පාදක කරගෙන තිරසාර ලෝකය සහ දැනට පවත්නා කාරිමික මානසිකත්වය සහ එහි දරුණු පල / අතුරුපල ගැන හොඳින් ලියවුනු විශේෂාංගයක්.

05th May 2017

DAILY MIRROR: NEWS: ADB says Lanka can still deliver on targets

FYI. The same old industrial age manthra but some of it is important in the transition phase I guess. Has some nice statistics.

DAILY NEWS: NEWS: Her tiny kitchen on the world map

Nice piece on home cooking from a lady in India who is 105 years old.
Youtube viral link: My 105 years Grandma's Yummy bread omelette | World Best Egg omelette | Country Foods

DINAMINA: NEWS: නව ව්‍යවසායකත්ව යෝජනා 1,500ක්

මේ වගේ ව්‍යාපෘති වලට අපේ තිරසාර ව්‍යවසයකන් කින් කි දෙනෙක් ඉන්නවද දන්නවනම් ඒ ගැන ලිපියක් ලියවුනොතින් හොඳයි නේද? .

04th May 2017

DAILY MIRROR: OPINION: Keeping siblings together’ Advocacy effort by SOS Sri Lanka

Strong article: So far, children seem to have gone a bit under our radar but this is a crucial segment of our society as the inheritors of whatever legacy good or bad that we give them. A very large component of my personal energy is spent for kids and I know that institutions such as SOS have done yeoman service for orphans and semi-orphans (i.e. those whose parents are alive, identified but incapable of looking after their kids and reluctant to put them in foster care)
DAILY MIRROR: NEWS: Non-state actors in higher education in Sri Lanka: Issues and challenges -

Strong article: Education regulation as well as education reform are going to become crucial in sustainable development. Although we have not gotten into this aspect, it is part of the Sustain Lanka program. This article gives some good pointers to general trends as well as some key statistics.

03rd May 2017

ISLAND: BUSINESS: ‘Golden Rays on the Dark Moon’

This is a book review. I don't know how it landed in the business section. However, it reminds people of the sustainability we enjoyed in the past and how we have lost that societal durability due to forgetting our sustainable, cultural/heritage roots and routes.

DAILY NEWS: FEATURES: How to Change Your Eating Patterns

This identifies some areas where there can be "habits that are difficult to break" and how to overcome them. Key is that it speaks of the fact that "health" is a confusing term when related to food with many claims.

ARTICLE ALERT: I think we should write an article to the news papers on what actually constitutes health foods for Sri Lankans and tie it into the ayurvedic system (madhura, amla, lavana, thithta, kaktuka, kasaya).

DAILY NEWS: FEATURES: President, PM vow unabated development drive

This is a good overall coverage of the development side issues addressed by the various parties although it has quite a lot of political stuff inside as well.

28th April 2017

ISLAND: FEATURES: Dealing with difficult people

I thought this is relevant because we deal with so many types of people.

ISLAND: OPINION: Are development priorities the Best for our People?

Dr. Pethiyagoda makes a good case for striking a balance between import substitution and export, " a sensible mix of self-sufficiency and export enterprise".

MIRROR: NEWS: India pledges help to construct expressways

I think we are not all that happy about these expressways but this is FYI.

අපට අවශ්‍ය ඖෂධ රට තුළම නිෂ්පාදනය කිරීමෙන් ඩොලර් බිලියන 2.5ක් රට තුළ ඉතිරි කර ගත හැකිබව ශ්‍රී ලංකා ඖෂධ නිෂ්පාදකයින්ගේ සංගමයේ සභාපති ට්‍රිහාන් පෙරේරා මහතා පෙන්වා දෙයි.

DINAMINA: FEATURE: හුදකලා අර්බුද සහ සංස්කෘතික විපර්යාස

තිරසාර දිවියකට අවශ්‍ය යහ වින්දනය ගෙන ලියවුනු වාර්තාවක්.

DIVAINA: NEWS: කොළඹ නගරයේ අනවසර ඉදිකිරීම් 3000 ක්‌

කොළඹ නගරයේ අනවසර ඉදිකිරීම් 3000 ක්‌ පමණ තිබෙන බව ශ්‍රී ලංකා ඉඩම් ගොඩකිරීමේ හා සංවර්ධනය කිරීමේ සංස්‌ථාව මගින් නොබෝදා සිදුකරන ලද සමීක්‍ෂණයකින් හෙළි වී තිබේ.

DIVAINA: NEWS: රාගම රෝහල උණ රෝගීන්ගෙන් පිරිලා

රාගම උතුරු කොළඹ (ශික්‍ෂණ) රෝහල මේ දිනවල ඩෙංගු, ඩෙංගු රක්‌තපාත හා විවිධ වෛරස්‌ උණ රෝගීන්ගෙන් පිරී යන තත්ත්වයක්‌ උදාවී ඇතැයි වාර්තා වෙයි.

26th April 2017

DAILY NEWS: HDFC Bank partners Central Bank to support one million jobs project

Specifically, they want to support income generation activities in Agriculture, livestock, industrial and service sector with a focus on youth, women etc. so why not partner with such initiatives for our programs?

SEMA - Media Links

Wednesday, May 3, 2017