Learning and Education
Learning processes focusing on ethics, sustainability, equity, and well-being
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Learning processes focusing on ethics, sustainability, equity, and well-being
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This section features stories of initiatives to create spaces and opportunities for learning and education that enable continued or renewed connection with the environment and nature, with one’s community, and with humanity as a whole. These are stories of efforts to nurture a fuller range of collective and individual potentials and relationships, stories of unlearning the alienating, individualizing ‘education’ that mainstream institutions have been giving, stories where the formal and the informal, the traditional and modern, the local and global, are synergized. Initiatives ensuring accountability of the state’s responsibility towards citizens in education would also be covered.
एक सहकारी संस्था का पुनर्जन्म (In Hindi)
ज़ुनफ़ा का पुनरुद्धार एक छोटे से सहकारी संगठन की कहानी है, जो कभी समय के साथ गुम हो गया था, और अब उसे नया जीवन मिल रहा है। यह समुदाय, पुनरुद्धार और मिलकर काम करने की शक्ति की कहानी है।
Art as a tool to enable resilience against tidal flooding
An art exhibition at the Kerala Museum has turned lived realities of tidal flooding into artistic evidence for action. The workshops held at the exhibition help build disaster preparedness among affected communities.
Pluriverse of Alternatives Online Course
Rooted in the rich ecosystems of Vikalp Sangam and informed by decades of grassroots wisdom, the course brought together participants to explore transformative visions of ecological, social, cultural and economic change.
A Cooperative Reborn
The Revival of Zunpha tells the story of how a small cooperative, once lost to time, is finding new life. A tale of community, revival, and the power of working together.
The Jungle Kutir: A Community Initiative in Dengajhari, Odisha
The Jungle Kutir, established by the women of Dengajhari village in 2017, is a compelling example of how community institutions can preserve traditional ecological knowledge and conservation practices across generations.
Madhav Gadgil: Nature’s spokesperson, a scientist of the people
A tribute to ecologist Madhav Gadgil, who combined rigour in his research with a deep sensitivity to issues of people’s concerns and livelihoods.
Digital Detox After Dusk: How A Karnataka Village Is Fighting Mobile Addiction & Boost Mindful Learning
Halaga village, home to over 9,000 people, has launched a digital detox initiative in a community-driven attempt to step away from screens and focus on learning, mindfulness, and human connection.
Grassroots women map air pollution hotspots, spur a coal company to curb dust
Trained in air quality mapping, women leaders monitored air quality across 69 sites in Jharkhand, identifying 26 pollution hotspots. The local women that co-led the study took ownership of the data to drive action, prompting decision-makers to install water sprinklers, cover coal loads during transport, and set up air quality monitors in public places.
In the Western Ghats, 20 Kerala Women Are Protecting a Forest Home to 2000 Native Plants
Women at the Gurukula Botanical Sanctuary in Kerala's Wayanad district have turned a patch of forest into a living refuge for endangered species, orchids, ferns, succulents and carnivorous plants.