nip_biome, water solutions for every neighbouhood
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BIOME ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS : CATALYSING PARTICIPATION, BRINGING SCIENCE TO THE PEOPLE
Who we are• Biome Environmental Solutions Pvt ltd and Biome
Environmental Trust
• Architects, Urban Planners, Engineers, Artists and communicators
• Commitment to ecological sustainability and equity
• Total team of 20-25 people (Interns from everywhere !)
• A Subteam focussed on water & sanitation – the rest of this ppt focussed on this group’s work
Value we bring: within the Property boundary
We have worked with• Gated and ungated layouts• Apartment complexes• Commercial complexes• Schools and Educational Institutions• Farms, parks and gardens• Business campuses and manufacturing
set ups • Households• Architecture and construction firms
Solutions and ServicesKnowledge & implementation facilitation
services to manage water:• Rainwater harvesting• Managing demand• Managing water quality• Managing groundwater• Waste water management• Water metering and Tariffs• Enabling internal social & communication
processes• Interpretation of and compliance to
regulation• Frameworks for sustainability for companies
Value we bring: @ the Neighbourhood
Solutions and Services• Training and capacity building of citizen
leaders in water related issues
• Facilitation and exposure visits for citizen groups to various sites & solutions for lake management, aquifer management etc.
• Shaping and implementing Philanthopic initiatives for landuse, water & sanitation
• Facilitating groups of citizens to interact with institutions of governance.
• Working with Municipalities for solutions in solid-waste, public health, water and sanitationKasavanahalli Lake-
supporting rejuvenation
Value we bring: for the City, the State and the
NationSolutions and Services
• Capacity building for – Plumbers , masons and well diggers– Personnel of institutions of governance
(ULBs, panchayat leaders, KUWSDB and BWSSB)
– School teachers and faculty of Education institutions
– Professionals managing infastructure in Business
• Participatory Action Research
– Aquifer mapping in Sarjapur Watershed– Sanitation Safety planning with
Devanahalli Municipal council and the WHO, St Johns and KUWSDB
• Advocacy on sustainability and equity issues
KSPCB Chairman visits Rainbow Drive
