Livelihoods
Environmental conservation and sustainability, respecting ecological integrity and limits
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The search for dignified, ecologically sustainable and meaningful livelihoods and jobs is featured in this section. This includes the continuation and enhancement of fulfilling traditional occupations that communities choose to continue, including in agriculture, pastoralism, forestry, fisheries, crafts, and others in the primary economy. It also includes sustainable, dignified jobs in manufacturing and service sectors where producers and service-providers are in control of their destinies and revenues are equitably distributed.
Sacred groves anchor traditional healing: study
A recent study documents medicinal plants used by Indigenous communities in West Sikkim in India, linking traditional healing to the conservation of sacred groves and monastery forests.
Khili Buransh: Crafting a democratic workspace, autonomy, agency, and identity
A group of women in Uttarakhand have crafted a space to build autonomy, agency and collective self-reliance. Khili Buransh challenges the capital-intensive, extractive, exploitative, patriarchal, casteist system prevailing in their part of society.
पौष्टिक अनाजों की वापसी की पहल (In Hindi)
पौष्टिक अनाजों की खेती के लिए महिला और बच्चों को जोड़ने की कोशिश की जा रही है। पारेंपरिक भोजन बनाने का प्रशिक्षण व बाल मेला आयोजित किए जा रहे हैं।
Five stories of inspiration in the first month of 2026
“To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, and kindness....."- Howard Zinn
रेगिस्तान की लोकआस्था, प्रकृति और सांस्कृतिक चेतना का मौन संविधान: ओरण (In Hindi)
राज्य सरकार राजधर्म का अनुसरण करते हुए मरुस्थल के राष्ट्रीय भावनाओं से ओतप्रोत, सरहद की प्रहरी, कर्मठ और ईमानदार जनमानस की भावनाओं और पर्यावरण के प्रति कर्तव्य की भावना से ओरण भूमि को संरक्षण प्रदान करें
एक सहकारी संस्था का पुनर्जन्म (In Hindi)
ज़ुनफ़ा का पुनरुद्धार एक छोटे से सहकारी संगठन की कहानी है, जो कभी समय के साथ गुम हो गया था, और अब उसे नया जीवन मिल रहा है। यह समुदाय, पुनरुद्धार और मिलकर काम करने की शक्ति की कहानी है।
A Gathering of Spinners Comes Full Circle
In Kachchh, Gujarat, a hundred elderly women and their granddaughters revive organic cotton spinning as they generate livelihoods.
A Cooperative Reborn
The Revival of Zunpha tells the story of how a small cooperative, once lost to time, is finding new life. A tale of community, revival, and the power of working together.
A Living Constitution Pachgaon
Pachgaon offers a unique example of community governance that began with the reclamation of forest rights. Through village meetings, shared responsibility and local knowledge, Pachgaon began to practice democracy in its most grounded form.