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.

Assam activist receives Green Oscar for conservation of endangered stork species

The bird has now been embedded into the local culture have also succeeded, with the hargila motif finding its way into local handloom products

Udaipur’s Gati Gaum Becomes Rajasthan’s First Internationally Certified Organic Village

Most credit must go to Gati’s residents who have always protected their fields from agro-chem pollution as part of their native traditions.

Tamil Nadu farmers fight drought with organic farming

Traditional crops have medicinal value, are well-suited to the local soil conditions and can survive drought

Do you really know your fish?

The team behind a new seafood calendar explains when and why it's sustainable to eat a certain species of fish. And when it's not

MP govt to provide subsidised solar water pumps to farmers

The use of solar pumps will increase the cultivable land area, enable multi-cropping, reduce dependence on diesel pumps, reduce distribution loss

Bend it like bamboo: Meet the Hyderabad couple building eco-friendly houses with the plant

The bamboo houses that Bamboo House India makes cost around Rs 2.5 lakh and come with all amenities. The house will last for at least 30 years

मुक्काम पोस्ट लामकानी (in Marathi)

उत्तम नेतृत्व, तरुणांची साथ आणि वडिलधा-यांचा पाठिंबा याचं फलित लामकानीच्या पर्यावरणीय पुनरुज्जीवनात दिसतं आहे

A for alternative, E for environment

EVS or environmental studies class found the older students inspecting a bund in the elevated parts of the campus. The rains were around the corner.

One person’s pest is other’s pet

Meeting a city-based bee conservationist was a real eye-opener