Environment and Ecology

Environmental conservation and sustainability, respecting ecological integrity and limits

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.

In the Western Ghats, 20 Kerala Women Are Protecting a Forest Home to 2000 Native Plants

Women at the Gurukula Botanical Sanctuary in Kerala's Wayanad district have turned a patch of forest into a living refuge for endangered species, orchids, ferns, succulents and carnivorous plants.

How people power reclaimed the Vishwamitri for Vadodara

From building a coalition against the Vishwamitri Riverfront Development Project to getting it scrapped, people’s movements have interwoven passionate activism with law, science, and data. Their collective engagement and dogged sense of purpose made all the difference. Not only have activists been appointed to a committee overseeing a flood mitigation project, they also do on-ground monitoring, record official work, track plans and progress, and document irregularities.

जहरमुक्त खेती की ओर बढ़ते किसान (In Hindi)

देश बीजों का संरक्षण व संवर्धन हो रहा है। पर्यावरण की सुरक्षा के साथ किसानों की आजीविका की सुरक्षा भी हो रही है।

Chhurpi Connectivity: Himalayan Cheese as Bioregional Frame

Production of the cheese is an ecologically adaptive response among highland pastoral and nomadic communities who graze yaks, cattle, sheep and goats across highland pastures and passes.

Seeding an Ecologically Healthy and Inclusive Future

The world needs decentralized initiatives of in situ conservation and participatory breeding by farmers and local communities in their fields and forests.

Teaching to do the Right Thing: Climate Education in the 21st Century

Young people need to be given the emotional and ethical wherewithal to face a society which prizes consumerism over sustainability, the short-term satisfaction of personal desires over the long-term health of eco-systems and of themselves.

Can Wullar Lake Be Saved from Ecological Collapse Before It Is Too Late?

Wullar Lake faces severe ecological collapse driven by electric fishing, pollution, and microbial outbreaks. Fisherfolk demand urgent enforcement, scientific investigation, and community-led restoration to protect livelihoods and restore the wetland.

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?