Economics and Technologies

Community-based alternatives for production, consumption, and exchange

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This section features stories of initiatives that help to create an alternative to the dominant neo-liberal or state-dominated economy. These include: localisation of economic activity with democratic control, producer and consumer collectives, local currencies and trade, non-monetised exchage and the gift economy, ecologically sensitive products and processes, macro-economic concepts that respect ecological limits, and approaches to human well-being that go beyond growth, GDP and other narrow measures and indicators.

What we do not feature are superficial and false solutions, such as market and technological fixes for problems that are deeply social and political, or more generally, ‘green growth’ kind of approaches that only tinker around with the existing system.

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Tula: A Return to India’s Regenerative Cotton Roots

Tula has a policy of not exporting their fabric or clothing, despite many requests.

Landless tribes fulfill nutritient needs by growing vegetables in bags

Bori bagicha, which means garden-in-a-bag, was initiated as the villagers do not own land where they can grow vegetables

सौर ऊर्जा से रोशन होते आदिवासी गांव (in Hindi)

जो महिलाएं कभी घर से बाहर निकली थीं, वे गांव गांव जाकर सोलर बल्ब की मरम्मत कर रही हैं।

Dewlieh Community: Revival of Millet Cultivation

It made them go back to their roots, to consuming indigenous foods which are healthy; and now they depend less on the market

Coronavirus | Ex-panchayat chief from Tiruvallur designs low-cost method to produce disinfectant

The conventional source of electricity is replaced with a 1 kilowatt capacity solar panel - completely safe process.

Madhya Pradesh’s ‘fluoride warriors’ unleash citizen science to empower community

Getting citizens to be vigilant, contribute data and having students as data producers and messengers are excellent learnings

Andhra Pradesh Approves DISCOM-Driven Rooftop Solar Program

DISCOM to play the role of a facilitator - the program will benefit both consumers and the DISCOM.

Kattas and Madakas: Decline of traditional water conservation methods

For traditional Kattas and Madakas, unit cost of conserving a kilolitre of water would be less than that for plastic-lined tanks.