Food and Water

Making water use and distribution ecologically sustainable, making food accessible, safe and sustainable

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.

Community Forest Rights & The Pandemic: Gram Sabhas Lead the Way (in Malayalam)

Empowerment of villagers to govern and manage local natural resources can sustain economies!

महामारी में फुलवारी के पलते बच्चे (in Hindi)

महामारी के दौरान फुलवारी से बच्चों को पोषण मिला। यहां की रसोई से गर्भवती महिलाओं व जरूरतमंद मजदूरों को भी भोजन मिला।

The Right of Passage

A Graphic Novel - The river nurtures us, nourishes us; we must fight for her right to flow!

When springs dry up in the hills, PSI brings them back

" ... a rejuvenation of springs programme, not just to conserve the water culture of Uttarakhand but also to ensure that villagers received an augmented water supply,”

From December, a weekly market in Mumbai exclusively for organic produce

Many farmers have veered away from organic farming, and to bring them back, one needs an assured market.

हिमालय में प्रेरणा का संगम (in Hindi)

संगम ने विकल्पों की पहल को सामने लाने और एक दूसरे से सीखने का मौका दिया. प्राकृतिक आपदाओं की बढ़ती घटनाओं के बीच उम्मीद जगाई.

DLRC, The Learning Farm!

Come together, rethink and take charge of our education, and become kind and active members of the world.

सहोदय डायरीज़: सहोदय में रहने का अनुभव (in Hindi)

'हम जैविक कम्पोस्ट बनाना जानते हैं, स्थानीय चिड़िया के नाम जानते हैं, कुछ चित्र बनाते हैं, योग करते हैं, खाना बनाना जानते हैं और अपनी भाषा मे कहानी लिखते हैं।'

Women sustain traditional wisdom of conserving indigenous seeds

Women farmers in Mandla reduce market dependency with the conservation practice of climate-resilient traditional seeds exchange.