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.

Honey Bee Festival by Adivasis in Bhimashankar Sanctuary area

Display and sale of wild bee honey and other local produce, reading of children's book on honeybees, presentations by local people, painting ...

Holy hill gets its groves back

An afforestation initiative led by naturalists and locals has resulted in the Arunachala hill in Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, shedding its barren, brown visage.

How I became a bankrupt monk

‘The biggest realisation was that there was no isolated solution for any of the problems we face, because everything is connected’

Life on the water’s edge

Apparently satisfied with the state of affairs, the villagers and the crocs went back to life as usual.

Regenerating sholas and grasslands

These students know that in the valleys of the high Nilgiris, the sholas hold on to rainwater like a sponge and release it through the year.

Making Ameenpur garbage free Panchayat

The Ameenpur Lake, a serene water body in Patancheru mandal has been declared Telangana’s first biodiversity heritage site

Sleeping with danger

The residents were calm. Instead of clobbering the king cobra to death, the family left the bathroom door ajar so it could find its way out on its own.

शाल के तले – असम का अद्वितीय वन-संरक्षक नाट्योत्सव (in Hindi)

शाल कुंजो का संरक्षण समुदाय की रीतियों से सम्बद्ध है। शाल के यह जंगल हमें पूज्य हैं। मरणोपरान्त, लोगों को इन्हीं वृक्षों के नीचे दफन किया जाता है।

Maharashtra goes Doha for water

How the inexpensive Doha model of groundwater recharge is saving the livelihoods of farmers in Maharashtra. Doha is a low-cost, eco-friendly water impounding structure built in a stream with no casting material used.