Environment and Ecology
Environmental conservation and sustainability, respecting ecological integrity and limits
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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.
Recreating the joy of learning
How to create a pretty coloured leaf - how to drain out the “green” element from the leaf, and how to dry it, undamaged?
An initiative to make native rice, vegetable varieties available to urban consumers
Helping farmers cultivating native varieties to get better prices for their produce by making it available to the greater public
A festival to teach children croc love
The crocodile fest involved children, for the organisers believe in educating them to live harmoniously with wildlife including crocodiles.
Forest Rights Act and Conservation in Korchi
The Forest Rights Act has changed the lives of hundreds of people, helping them to protect their forests and increase their incomes
How a Remote Bihar Village Ushered in an Organic Farming Revolution in Just 4 Yrs
"They also went through communication training, so that they can negotiate with the authorities without fear"
Millet farmers devise mechanism to counter Climate Change
Millets - our heritage crops - are highly nutritious and climate resilient. They ensure food, nutrition, fodder, ecological and livelihoods security.
Students are her army
A few hundred students of one or two schools would walk to the lake and water the plants, when money for having them watered ran out.
Women conquer climate emergency in Marathwada
Sustainable and diversified agriculture is the only solution to stop deepening India’s agrarian crisis.
Farm body on mission to boost organic cotton cultivation
Cotton cultivation here is rain-fed. As an established principle, they don’t export any produce.