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.

Nature’s Apprentice: A Gudalur Story

Adivasis of Gudalur create sustainable, dignified livelihoods and gain collective control over their commons, in the face of the modern economy.

Homes and Hearth: Sustaining Ladakh

Community participation has been key in their attempts to conserve their traditional cultural, food, and hospitality practices, in the face of mass tourism and 'development'.

Banana wise: This fashion designer in Shravasti uses banana crop waste to make women financially independent

Baudhanchal self-help group helps women in the east Uttar Pradesh district to make handicrafts from banana waste and sell them for a living

IPCC author Aditi Mukherji on energy transition in agriculture and water security

Mukherji discusses the low emission pathways in the water-energy-food nexus, the importance of matching the right crops to the right regions and the need for context-specific understanding of groundwater use.

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