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.

In Ahmedabad, women act to make slums climate-resilient, one house at a time

“We focus on the 4 prevalent stresses of the slums - heat stress, floods, vector-borne diseases, and water scarcity,”

Reviving the Thar Desert’s Camel Culture

Protecting the camel is synonymous to protecting its habitat—large, open, desert areas used by villages as commons

Navi Mumbai couple fights to save a bird haven from becoming a golf course

"This wetland should be declared amongst protected areas associated with Thane Creek Flamingo Sanctuary ....”

The Indian school where students pay for lessons with plastic waste

Students collect over 10,000 pieces of plastic each month and transform them into eco-bricks for construction.

A group of women protect Sindhudurg’s mangroves through ecotourism

Demonstrating a model of mangrove ecotourism, they have also encouraged other groups of women to adopt similar ventures.

Lakshadweep first UT to become 100% organic

"... 100 million coconuts produced from this territory and value added products made from them will get a premium status and price,”

Springs that sustain millions

Women of Himachal's villages - no longer trudging miles to fetch safe drinking water

From concrete to jungle: cartoonist puts Mumbai’s wildlife on the map

“... in the city’s parks, or by the ... government, or in schools and colleges, and generate awareness among Mumbaikars.”

After Sikkim, Lakshadweep set to turn 100% organic

According to the requirement of organic certification, no genetically modified organism is allowed to be used in the entire territory.