Food and Water
Making water use and distribution ecologically sustainable, making food accessible, safe and sustainable
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Making water use and distribution ecologically sustainable, making food accessible, safe and sustainable
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This section features initiatives towards producing and making accessible safe and nutritious food, sustaining the diversity of Indian cuisine, and promoting slow food. Along with this, it carries stories on making water use and distribution ecologically sustainable and equitable, achieving decentralised conservation, retaining water as part of the commons, and democratic governance of water and wetlands.
We would like to avoid featuring purely elitist food fads even if they pertain to healthy or organic food, and expensive technological water solutions that have no relevance for the majority of people.
Bioregionalism Satsang
The biggest attraction of bioregionalism is its giving co-space to human practices that have co-evolved with the local environment and its constraints to find a more sane lifestyle.
नर्मदा घाटी में विनाशकारी जलमग्नता से बचने के लिए तत्काल कार्रवाई (In Hindi)
विकल्प संगम महासभा मांग करती है कि केंद्र और गुजरात राज्य सरकारें तुरंत और अधिक द्वार खोलें। सरदार सरोवर परियोजना (एसएसपी) बांध व्यवस्थित तरीके से।
पशुओं से मिली आजीविका की नई राह (In Hindi)
पशुओं की देखभाल करने से अच्छे पोषण के साथ आजीविका मिल रही है। जैविक खेती व किचिन गार्डन के लिए जैव खाद के साथ भी मिलती है।
Statement Condemning Detention of Ladakhi Padyatris (marchers) at Singhu Border
We demand immediate release of all marchers, withdrawal of prohibitory orders and opening up of a genuinely sensitive dialogue with the Ladakh climate marchers.
With natural farming base, FPO takes off
The transition to natural farming has helped the women farmers in MP save money, conserve soil health, and produce better and healthier crops.
India’s palm oil plans wreak havoc on the ground
Government policy would benefit from encouraging local and ecologically-appropriate oil-bearing crops rather than massively supporting oil palm.
The US took decades to act against these toxic chemicals. India should not wait
“From dump sites to groundwater, cookware to wastewater, these persistent chemicals have infiltrated every facet of the surroundings,” an IIT Madras study stated.
Baiga Woman Runs Largest Millet Seed Bank in Madhya Pradesh
Members of the bank borrow seeds from the bank and return twice the quantity of seeds they borrow after the harvest”, Phuljhariya.
Green movements as guardians of Pune’s nature
Individual and collective actions by Punekars to save the city’s ecological heritage demonstrate people’s power to make significant environmental and social interventions.