Publishing firm to hold walk on World Environment Day
By ians • Jun 5th, 2009 • Category: Nation IndiaNew Delhi, June 4,Employees of the publishing firm Penguin will hold special walks in various cities around the world Friday on the occasion of World Environment Day to support the ‘plant a billion trees’ campaign of the UN Environment Programme, a spokesperson of the firm said here Thursday.
In the capital, employees of Penguin and sister firm Pearson Education will hold their walk in the historic Siri Fort area. The walk will be led by journalist and writer Sam Miller, whose book “Delhi: Adventures in a Megacity” has been on the bestseller list here for long.
Penguin India is also holding a special sale of its books at discounted prices June 5-7 at Midlands Bookshop in Aurobindo Place. Part of the proceeds from the sale will be donated to green NGO Kalpavriksh to plant trees in Delhi.
Related posts:
- Wendy Doniger, Hilary Mantel week’s top authors
- New Delhi, Oct 15, Wendy Doniger's "The Hindus: An Alternative History" topped the non-fiction section of the bestseller list this...
- Pakistan eyes new tree planting record
- Islamabad, July 11, Pakistan's environment ministry will attempt to set a new Guinness World Record by planting maximum number of...
- Vikram Seth strikes 1.7 mn pound publishing deal
- New Delhi, July 2, Indian writer Vikram Seth, who is working on a sequel to his blockbuster novel "A Suitable...
- Return your junk phone, get a tree planted
- New Delhi, June 5, Every time you return a junk mobile phone to a Nokia dealer, the firm will thank...
- Delhi readers fall in love with their city again
- New Delhi, April 2, Two books that have stayed in the bestseller lists for weeks fought their way back to...