Stories By Category
Institutional Memory of Vikalp Sangam: A Review of the Process in its First Decade
We documented Vikalp Sangam’s Institutional Memory, to capture the Vikalp Sangam process, the unique insights and learnings of the members along their journey.
The Gatpo of Spiti: Current Relevance of a Traditional Governance System
This study is on the present status and relevance of the traditional governance system of Spiti valley of Himachal Pradesh, with a focus on the gatpo (or lambardar/nambardar).
Traditional Wisdom and Climate Change: Exploring Lived Experience of the Koli Community
The paper raises questions of community and property rights and explores how climate change as a phenomenon has affected the daily lives of the fishing community over the years.
Economics and Technologies
ആനയുടെയും അന്ധരുടെയും കഥയ്ക്കപ്പുറം: കൂട്ടായ അർത്ഥരൂപീകരണത്തിലേക്ക് (In Malayalam)
ആനയുടെയും അന്ധരുടെയും കഥയുമായി വികൽപ് സംഗം പ്രക്രിയ എങ്ങനെ ബന്ധപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കുന്നുവെന്ന് വായിക്കാം.
Legends of Sher Dariya (The Lion River)
The existential challenge for all of us now is: How can we listen to the rivers again? How can we become the voice for Indus and other rivers that are being polluted, dammed, divided and diverted?
Ladakh violence: How government inaction on its promises on autonomy has fuelled frustration
The government needs to make clear what its intentions are – to grant Ladakh’s legitimate demands, or keep dragging its feet, risking further antagonising an already infuriated population?
Energy
Grassroots women map air pollution hotspots, spur a coal company to curb dust
Trained in air quality mapping, women leaders monitored air quality across 69 sites in Jharkhand, identifying 26 pollution hotspots. The local women that co-led the study took ownership of the data to drive action, prompting decision-makers to install water sprinklers, cover coal loads during transport, and set up air quality monitors in public places.
ആനയുടെയും അന്ധരുടെയും കഥയ്ക്കപ്പുറം: കൂട്ടായ അർത്ഥരൂപീകരണത്തിലേക്ക് (In Malayalam)
ആനയുടെയും അന്ധരുടെയും കഥയുമായി വികൽപ് സംഗം പ്രക്രിയ എങ്ങനെ ബന്ധപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കുന്നുവെന്ന് വായിക്കാം.
Legends of Sher Dariya (The Lion River)
The existential challenge for all of us now is: How can we listen to the rivers again? How can we become the voice for Indus and other rivers that are being polluted, dammed, divided and diverted?
Environment and Ecology
Condemn the violation of the rights of project-affected people of Ken-Betwa Interlinking
Cancel the project which will only benefit the political-contractor lobby, compensate the people, and implement decentralized alternatives to make Bundelkhand water-secure.
Where rivers are denied space, floods cease to be natural events and become governance failures
The question is no longer whether India can afford to regulate its rivers, but whether it can afford not to do so.
क्यों कमजोर हो रहा है खेत और बैल का रिश्ता? (In Hindi)
रासायनिक खेती से सबसे बड़ा नुकसान पारंपरिक पशुपालन का हुआ है।
Food and Water
क्यों कमजोर हो रहा है खेत और बैल का रिश्ता? (In Hindi)
रासायनिक खेती से सबसे बड़ा नुकसान पारंपरिक पशुपालन का हुआ है।
The many costs of heat and water
This Fact Sheet brings together key data on the human and economic costs of heat, with a particular focus on its links to water stress and access.
A generation strives to revive traditional healing
Homegardens play a crucial role in carbon sequestration and livelihood support, with studies showing that higher plant diversity increases both carbon storage and household economic returns.
Health and Hygiene
The many costs of heat and water
This Fact Sheet brings together key data on the human and economic costs of heat, with a particular focus on its links to water stress and access.
Barefoot counsellors – filling the void in rural mental healthcare
Meet the "barefoot counsellors,” trained by the Karnataka Health Promotion Trust, born during COVID, and quietly redefining community mental health support at the grassroots.
A generation strives to revive traditional healing
Homegardens play a crucial role in carbon sequestration and livelihood support, with studies showing that higher plant diversity increases both carbon storage and household economic returns.
Knowledge and Media
लदाख के तार ग्राम के पुनर्जीवन पे काव्या त्रिवेदी/Kavya Trivedi, on Tar, Ladakh as a thriving village (In Hindi)
Homestay based ecotourism, renewal of locally appropriate architecture, documentation and revalidation of traditional knowledge and skills, to reconnect with its culture and nature.
क्यों कमजोर हो रहा है खेत और बैल का रिश्ता? (In Hindi)
रासायनिक खेती से सबसे बड़ा नुकसान पारंपरिक पशुपालन का हुआ है।
From Nagaland to the World: How indigenous knowledge is shaping climate action, ecological justice
“We need to mandate spaces for women in governance and decision-making, starting at the grassroots village level and moving upward,” says Seno Tsuhah.
Learning and Education
Statement of Concern and Support for Students Agitating for Accountability in the Education System
The government must initiate a consultative and transparent process for designing comprehensive reforms in our education system, including in the manner in which competitive exams are conducted.
Reopening Children’s Imagination
The Nature Explorer is an experiential learning program designed for children between the ages of three and ten — an age when curiosity is at its most open and the living world is still, for many children, genuinely wondrous.
Education in an era of climate crisis
Our hope is that this approach will engender intellectual curiosity in students, inculcate a questioning mindset that can critique the status quo, and inoculate them against misinformation and disinformation (such as “greenwashing”).
Livelihoods
लदाख के तार ग्राम के पुनर्जीवन पे काव्या त्रिवेदी/Kavya Trivedi, on Tar, Ladakh as a thriving village (In Hindi)
Homestay based ecotourism, renewal of locally appropriate architecture, documentation and revalidation of traditional knowledge and skills, to reconnect with its culture and nature.
क्यों कमजोर हो रहा है खेत और बैल का रिश्ता? (In Hindi)
रासायनिक खेती से सबसे बड़ा नुकसान पारंपरिक पशुपालन का हुआ है।
From Nagaland to the World: How indigenous knowledge is shaping climate action, ecological justice
“We need to mandate spaces for women in governance and decision-making, starting at the grassroots village level and moving upward,” says Seno Tsuhah.
Politics
वैश्वीकरण का संकट और विकल्प की खोज- In Hindi
मानव इतिहास में आमूल-चूल व्यवस्थागत परिवर्तन हुए हैं—उदाहरण के लिए, सैकड़ों वर्षों के राजाओं के शासन का अंत, औपनिवेशिक साम्राज्यों का पतन, नारीवादी विचारों और प्रथाओं का उदय, या प्रकृति की आवाज़ों को समाहित करने वाले स्वदेशी और सामुदायिक विचारों का पुनरुद्धार
Condemn the violation of the rights of project-affected people of Ken-Betwa Interlinking
Cancel the project which will only benefit the political-contractor lobby, compensate the people, and implement decentralized alternatives to make Bundelkhand water-secure.
Statement of Concern and Support for Students Agitating for Accountability in the Education System
The government must initiate a consultative and transparent process for designing comprehensive reforms in our education system, including in the manner in which competitive exams are conducted.
Settlements and Transport
क्यों कमजोर हो रहा है खेत और बैल का रिश्ता? (In Hindi)
रासायनिक खेती से सबसे बड़ा नुकसान पारंपरिक पशुपालन का हुआ है।
The Gatpo of Spiti: Current Relevance of a Traditional Governance System
This study is on the present status and relevance of the traditional governance system of Spiti valley of Himachal Pradesh, with a focus on the gatpo (or lambardar/nambardar).
ആനയുടെയും അന്ധരുടെയും കഥയ്ക്കപ്പുറം: കൂട്ടായ അർത്ഥരൂപീകരണത്തിലേക്ക് (In Malayalam)
ആനയുടെയും അന്ധരുടെയും കഥയുമായി വികൽപ് സംഗം പ്രക്രിയ എങ്ങനെ ബന്ധപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കുന്നുവെന്ന് വായിക്കാം.
Society, Culture and Peace
From Nagaland to the World: How indigenous knowledge is shaping climate action, ecological justice
“We need to mandate spaces for women in governance and decision-making, starting at the grassroots village level and moving upward,” says Seno Tsuhah.
Barefoot counsellors – filling the void in rural mental healthcare
Meet the "barefoot counsellors,” trained by the Karnataka Health Promotion Trust, born during COVID, and quietly redefining community mental health support at the grassroots.
Institutional Memory of Vikalp Sangam: A Review of the Process in its First Decade
We documented Vikalp Sangam’s Institutional Memory, to capture the Vikalp Sangam process, the unique insights and learnings of the members along their journey.
Videos on Alternatives
लदाख के तार ग्राम के पुनर्जीवन पे काव्या त्रिवेदी/Kavya Trivedi, on Tar, Ladakh as a thriving village (In Hindi)
Homestay based ecotourism, renewal of locally appropriate architecture, documentation and revalidation of traditional knowledge and skills, to reconnect with its culture and nature.
A retired couple educating rural kids in the mountains | Library Seems Happy (Documentary Film)
The library is a lifestyle they have developed which exhibits their mindful and responsible way of living. It is not just limited to the rural areas or villages but something every child has a right to receive.
Kochi experiments with micro algae for carbon capture and cleaning its air
Microalgae function like miniature plants absorbing carbon dioxide and releasing oxygen, making them apt for cleaning air naturally.