Livelihoods
Environmental conservation and sustainability, respecting ecological integrity and limits
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Environmental conservation and sustainability, respecting ecological integrity and limits
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The search for dignified, ecologically sustainable and meaningful livelihoods and jobs is featured in this section. This includes the continuation and enhancement of fulfilling traditional occupations that communities choose to continue, including in agriculture, pastoralism, forestry, fisheries, crafts, and others in the primary economy. It also includes sustainable, dignified jobs in manufacturing and service sectors where producers and service-providers are in control of their destinies and revenues are equitably distributed.
Kumaon Festival of Literature and Arts is doing something no one else is—refusing to grow
“We’re overwhelmed by the interest the festival receives, but we can’t accommodate everyone. The art and literature featured here must have some connection to the hills and the environment. That’s the only filter we use,” said Janhavi Prasada.
Legends of Sher Dariya (The Lion River)
The existential challenge for all of us now is: How can we listen to the rivers again? How can we become the voice for Indus and other rivers that are being polluted, dammed, divided and diverted?
From the Western Ghats to Jharkhand: A Journey of Adivasi Culture and Connection
On her first train journey ever, a young indigenous writer from the Pazhaiyar adivasi community is invited to join women’s self-help groups in eastern India on Women’s Day.
Engendering change
North East Network’s three decades in Nagaland show how transformation holds only when women’s voices and dignity are placed at the core.
The Women Who Brought Water Back To A Himalayan Village
A Himalayan village once crippled by water scarcity, women revived dying springs with spades and science. Yet, they remain excluded from land ownership and decision-making, revealing deep gender gaps in environmental governance.
Why is the Centre dragging its feet on autonomy for Ladakh?
The Ladakh administration's decision to revoke the land lease of the Himalayan Institute of Alternative Learning is the latest of a series of moves aimed at suppressing a people demanding constitutional autonomy and self-governance.
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.
आर्थिक संगम में महिलाओं ने दिखाई राह (In Hindi)
यह संगम बताता है कि एक और वैकल्पिक अर्थव्यवस्था न केवल संभव है, बल्कि पहले से ही मौजूद है।
How Arunachal’s Women Healers Are Conserving Rare, Endangered Plants
With climate change driving several medicinal herbs into extinction, women healers in the Adi tribe of Arunachal Pradesh are making a difference by conserving their traditional knowledge of botanical medicines.