Tecnia Institute of Advanced Studies, Madhuban Chock, Rohini (Delhi) and Satija Research Foundation for Library and Information Science (SRFLISindia) are jointly holding an International Conference on the topic “Grey to Green-Creating Sustainable Information Environment through Librarianship, Green Management, Green ICT, Green Innovative Entrepreneurship, Knowledge Management, Open Education Resources and Corporate Social Environmental Responsibility.

The conference is being organized to bring together and provide a platform to Management, Information Technology, Library Information Sciences and Media Professionals, academicians, students and research scholars to present, discuss and exchange their experiences and expertise on the current issues pertaining to the theme of the conference.

Over the past century, the world has fallen into a pattern of unsustainable economic growth. Accelerated consumption of hydrocarbons and deforestation resulting into ecological imbalance are only the most visible indices as to how we are exhausting the planet's natural resources and accelerating climate change. This in turn threatens life-sustaining ecosystems and putting extensive burden on global economy. Nations and organizations around the world are making a considerable effort to save the world health and environment. It is common notion that developed economies lack to combat mounting carbon emissions, and major emerging markets like China and India are hesitant to implement policies aimed at reducing their respective carbon foot prints.

UNO data shows that China topped in the year 2014, with emission of 9 billion tons of CO2 followed by the US and European Unions. India is the world’s fourth largest carbon dioxide polluter (2.2b tones). India’s carbon emission have shot up by 7.5% to 2.2 b tones over the past year, while those recorded in developed markets like US and European has declined by 1.8% to 5.2 billion tones and 2.8% to 4.3b tones emission of CO2 respectively. “India’s Carbon emission level will be at par with China by 2020,” says Corrine Le Quere, a Professor specialized in climate change (University of East Anglia Research Study). There is a wide spread consensus that environmental sustainability pays dividend for the sustainable development and therefore our present situation increasingly demands a transition from Grey to a Green economy concept that does not worsen climate or destroy the planet and also to achieve target of maintaining 2°C increase in environmental temperature by 2020.

Universities and Governments, all over the world are moving into the management model for research with a focus on Grey to Green Concept in diversified areas of knowledge, Technology, Services, Infrastructure and Resource management. We need to rediscover methods and approaches towards sustainable usage of natural resources with honesty, transparency and integrity. Researchers also need to establish a balance between all the consumption pillars, with special focus on non-regenerative resources.