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.

Meet Entomologist, Ecopreneur And Author Dr. V. Shubhalaxmi

Mobile-based applications iButterflies, iTrees, iNaturewatch Birds allowed us to work with schools to collect data on their city’s flora and fauna.

Auroville’s innovators

The mystery of Auroville - celebrating a few initiatives and individuals

Indian Students Mail 20,000 Plastic Food Wrappers Back to Manufacturers

Producers, importers and brand owners — not municipalities — are responsible for collecting plastic waste left by their products.

‘Study needed on millet inclusion under PDS’

Deccan Development Society is moving from food security to nutritional security, and millet farmers will play a key role in this process.

Clean up Drive Helps Bird species Return to Mumbai After 80 Years!

"We, as citizens, need to take up the mantle for ensuring cleaner air and healthy surroundings,”

School Fights Drought Through A Grassland Restoration Mission

Five acres have been earmarked as part of phase one of the restoration project.

Bhimashankar villagers multiply indigenous seeds

They pack one kg of a variety of indigenous seeds in cloth bags and sell them at exhibitions to encourage more farmers to cultivate them.

Will citizen technology rescue Bengaluru’s lakes in 2019?

The kit includes instructions to test water for nitrate, phosphate, chlorophyll, dissolved oxygen and fluoride content, using the reagents provided.

More Videos for Vikalp Sangam by Video Volunteers, 2018

These videos were made for Vikalp Sangam by Video Volunteers 1. A ‘Medicine-Free’ Way of Life, Maharashtra…