Date: Saturday, September 12th 2009
Time: 5pm – 8pm

Cause: IYCN (Indian Youth Climate Network)
http://iycn.in/
http://twitter.com/iycn

Supporting “No Plastic”

Entry Fee: Rs 0.00

Location: Active Net, #203 Manjeera Plaza Ameerpet Hyderabad 500038
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Agenda:

4:30pm - Registration

5:00pm - Introduction to Twestival / Charity Water
by Sameer Panchangam - http://twitter.com/psam

5:30pm – “No Plastic” - What and How?

6:30pm – Insights from IYCN
by Chaitanya Kumar (chaitanyakumar@iycn.in) - http://twitter.com/chaitanyakumar

7:00pm – Networking

Probably the biggest crisis currently facing humanity right now is climate change. We are consuming the Earth’s resources at an ever growing pace and not yet taking enough measures to keep the environment clean and balanced and more importantly work towards better alternatives and practices. We need to make a strong stand both on the personal and political front to reverse the current trends and embrace sustainability.

As a network of young and capable individuals, IYCN is growing into a body which can mobilize effort from Indian youth and youth oriented organizations to step up to the grave matter at hand and work towards addressing it by not only spreading awareness but also by trying to enforce policy changes to work for a cleaner and greener future. It makes a lot of sense that people coming together through networking platform like twitter, which is predominantly inhabited by youth and those still young at heart and in mind, should work along with another platform which has similar demographics who are taking up their roles as agents of change.

September 12th has been recognized as No Plastic Day in some parts of the world and people at IYCN are trying to spread the word to different kinds of people from school children to shopkeepers.

The Hyderabad chapter of twestival will raise funds to propagate this cause and educate everyone about the horrors of plastic and suitable alternatives. Do join us and help us spread the good word.

Find more info about IYCN at

http://www.iycn.in/

http://twitter.com/iycn

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Vemana Madasu

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Date: Saturday, September 12th 2009
Time: 5pm – 8pm
Cause: IYCN (Indian Youth Climate Network) Supporting “No Plastic”
http://iycn.in/
http://twitter.com/iycn

Entry Fee: Rs 0.00

Agenda
4:30pm - Registration
5:00pm - Introduction to Twestival / Charity Water
5:30pm – Cause
6:00pm – Quiz (Popular Topics)
7:30pm – Networking

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Thanks!
Sameer Panchangam

Meetup today evening for a quick discussion on some details around the twestival.

The tentative dates are Sep 12th (Sat) or Sep 13th (Sun) - 4pm-7pm

Location: Cafe Coffee Day, SP Road, Begumpet

Time: 6:30pm

Free free to call/email/tweet me if you have questions!

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Thanks!
Sameer Panchangam
Mobile: +91.988.531.2104
Follow me: http://twitter.com/psam

Hello!

On 12 February 2009 100+ cities around the world will be hosting Twestivals which bring together Twitter communities for an evening of fun and to raise money and awareness for charity: water.

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The Twestival is organized 100% by volunteers in cities around the world and 100% of the money raised from these events will go directly to support charity: water projects.

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Unsafe water and lack of basic sanitation cause 80% of all sickness and disease, and kill more people every year than all forms of violence, including war.

Many communities in developing nations often have a plentiful supply of clean drinking water just below the ground, but no way to get to it.

This is where charity: water and their partner organizations come in. Drilling a well can cost from $4,000 - $12,000 USD and many living on less than $1 a day cannot afford one in their community, even if the money is combined.

Twestival cities might consider setting a goal to raise enough money from their event to fund a well in Ethiopia which costs $4,000 USD.
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- more on the main Twestival site

so all you tweeters sign up asap please!

And non tweeters who still want to participate,

mail me at sameer_panchangam at yahoo dot com or

leave a comment below.

ideally sign up for twitter and then message me

I got hold of the admin rights for the Hyderabad twestival.. folks wanting to volunteer please reach out to me at sameer_panchangam at yahoo dot com or call me at 988 531 2104

Look forward to a great event!

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