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.
Beyond the Elephant and the Blind Men: A Story of Collective Sense-Making
Vikalp Sangam answers the parable: we listen to each sector's truth to see the whole elephant of an equitable, just & sustainable future.
Remembering Dayamma: In Grief, Celebration And Protest
In Chennai, a theatre festival paid a moving tribute to a beloved trans elder and stage stalwart, pushing boundaries and transforming the stage into a space of resistance and queer joy.
SUPPORT THE OBJECTIVES OF HIMALAYAN INSTITUTE OF ALTERNATIVE LEARNING (HIAL), RATHER THAN HARASS IT!
We are shocked at the Ladakh UT Administration’s move to revoke the land lease of the Himalayan Institute of Alternative Learning (HIAL).
Revisiting First Fruit Ceremonies: the crisis in the cornerstone of indigenous knowledge and a possible way out
The article goes on to suggest that first fruit ceremonies are the mother bed of all indigenous knowledge and the use of the forest, whether for food or other species of utility, has been guided by them.
Women Like Bhanumati Are Powering Andhra’s Natural Farming Mode
Women farmers in Anantapur are using natural farming to reshape agriculture, economies, and gender roles. They are reviving traditional methods of preserving seeds of native millets while also resisting the commercial takeover of village commons.
महिलाओं को आत्मनिर्भर बनाने की पहल (In Hindi)
महिलाओं के साथ भेदभाव के खिलाफ और बराबरी के लिए पहल की जा रही है। उन्हें आत्मनिर्भर बनाने का प्रयास किया जा रहा है
विकेन्द्रीकृत पारंपरिक ज्ञान प्रणाली से टीबीएस ने किया चंबल का पुनरुद्धार (In Hindi)
हाल के वर्षों में, बढ़ते जलवायु संकट के मद्देनजर वैश्विक नीति ढांचे में स्वदेशी ज्ञान पर नए सिरे से ध्यान केंद्रित किया गया है
Rivers in Deep Time
To care for a river, we have to understand its memory. And to understand its memory, we have to zoom out far enough, until we realise we are just a moment on the map.
कृत्रिम रंगों के इस्तेमाल से कैसे बच सकते हैं? (In Hindi)
यह ऐसी जीवनशैली है जिसमें कचरा पैदा नहीं होता या कम से कम होता है, जिससे पर्यावरण साफ-सुथरा व सुरक्षित रहता है।यह पूरी पहल सराहनीय होने के साथ अनुकरणीय भी है।