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.

Call to promote desi seed

Only millet varieties and desi seed could adapt to climate change and enable farmers address climate change.

B’luru Residents Turn Kitchen Waste Into 100 Kg of Biogas, Help Eatery Cook 3,000 Meals/Day!

Four tonnes of processed domestic waste generate 100 kg of bio-gas which is used by a restaurant to cook 3,000 meals a day.

‘Phasepardhi’s and the Lesser Florican

A hunting tribe is now protecting birds, regenerating grasslands and ensuring dignified livelihoods for themselves

Reforesting the hillsides of the Himalayas

Alaap has taken on a mountain of a challenge - restoring Himalayan native forests, involving community and engaging with government

Kerala man distributes 10,000 mud pots worth Rs 6 lakh for free to give birds water

On a mission to distribute 10,000 earthen pots for free to people willing to provide water for hapless birds reeling under the scorching heat.

पातालकोट में बीजों की रिश्तेदारी (in Hindi)

दहिया खेती पोष्टिक अनाज के साथ खाद्य सुरक्षा भी करेगी, जैव विविधता भी बचाएगी।

Millets, The ‘Nutri-Cereals’ That Could Give Fillip to Mission Nutrition

Millets are being made part of the midday meal and Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) in several districts of Odisha

From Lodhi Garden to your dining table: Foraging for food in New Delhi

“Most of the plants dismissed as weeds are edible and we don’t even know it. We walk past them every day ..."

Chennai’s complicated relationship with its dying rivers, as chronicled by artists

“This kind of art can make people come to the river, not take it to be just a dirty river but something that you would want to come and see. "