Environment and Ecology

Environmental conservation and sustainability, respecting ecological integrity and limits

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This section relates to initiatives that promote the principles of ecological integrity and limits. These are initiatives which envision models of decentralized conservation of land, water and biodiversity, based on a respect for both local and modern knowledge, and considering environment as an integral part of life and work. It also highlight attempts at linking livelihoods to ecological regeneration and restoration at local and landscape level. It will feature innovative attempts to deal with problems of pollution and waste. Overall, this section will try to work towards an understanding of the ecosystem which includes sociological, historical and geographical considerations while deciding on the path that local urban/ rural communities and the larger society take towards well-being.

P.V. Satheesh: A revolutionary passes on

One of the icons of civil society activism in India, he championed issues of agri-biodiversity, food sovereignty, women's empowerment, social justice, local knowledge systems, participatory development, and community media.

কৃষি ও খাদ্য উদ্যোক্তা: আসামের ভঙ্গুর অর্থনীতি এবং পরিবেশের পুনর্গঠন (In Bengali)

শিক্ষা ব্যবস্থায় শিশুদের প্রয়োজনীয় দক্ষতা প্রদান করা দরকার, যেমন বৈজ্ঞানিক পদ্ধতি ব্যবহার করে খাদ্য উৎপাদন করা

Empowering Chennai’s climate-vulnerable communities

A group of young naturalists work towards empowering the public in Chennai, especially children and youth from marginalized communities, through nature based learning/education

How Sarmoli became a poster child of ecotourism in Uttarakhand

The core of this women-led enterprise was designed around village forest commons (known as Van Panchayats).

NGO Uses Bamboo Products To End Village’s Agrarian Crisis, Uplift 200 Artisans

Bamboo is good for the environment, as it helps preserve soil, grows fast, and is termite-resistant. It is the green gold material of the 21st century,” says Sivaranjan

Hill tribes that once hunted elusive snow leopards now turn protectors

The training includes sensitising the Himalayan tribes about the value of co-existence and leading a mindful lifestyle for a sustainable livelihood.

Huts of knowledge: These tribal women in Odisha teach their next generation about forests through ‘kutir’ meetings

Apart from sharing traditional knowledge, the women at these meetings also spread awareness on ownership rights

When the Forest is our Garden, the garden also becomes a place for Conflict (of Interests)

Community mobilisation under the Tribal Yuva Sangathan: Fight for rights under FRA and CFRR, Conservation & revival of traditional practices, Creation of educational spaces

India Budget 2023: Green only in name?

All economic activity must be regenerative, in that it sustains the ecological and socio-cultural conditions it depends on for a thriving society