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.

Green Toilet in my backyard

Ecosan (short for ecological sanitation) toilets are improved versions of old dry toilets that do not demand water for flushing

Mesar Van Kautik, a unique Himalayan forest festival

Traditional Festival to celebrate the nature-culture links and to bring attention to the need to reverse ecological degradation

Peeling away traditional Rajasthani cooking

On using peels, seeds, pits and even watermelon rinds to make dishes ranging from subzi (cooked vegetable) to fried snacks.

एचएमटी धान की कहानी (in Hindi)

दादाजी महाराष्ट्र के एक छोटे किसान थे पर उन्होंने एच.एम.टी धान को विकसित किया. यह किस्म महीन, ज्यादा उपज और संभावना वाली साबित हुई।

Residents ‘Adopt’ Vitthalwadi River Stretch, Hyacinth Cleared

Alternate layers of dry leaves (from the city) and aquatic plants from a one-km stretch of the Mutha river are layered on the banks and composted.

Organic farming gathers steam in the Sundarbans

The training at the Knowledge Centre is now modified to weave in local knowledge to make it rooted in ground realities.

The Ficus in the Tea: The fight for the lonely atti maram (fig tree)

Other than a tiger, almost all the other large mammals in the region were seen under the lone fig tree!

Naraikadu: Where citizens conserved a forest for 100 years

The conservation practises in Naraikadu have been effective - the plethora of endemic flora and fauna identified here are testimony to this.

Treating sewage with plants

biological sewage treatment method based on hydroponics supports saplings of different varieties with their roots reaching into the water