Livelihoods

Environmental conservation and sustainability, respecting ecological integrity and limits

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.

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.

ओडिशा हैंडलूम और बुनकरों की आजीविका (in Hindi)

हथकरघे से बनी संबलपुरी साड़ियों की बाजार में काफी मांग है, इससे बुनकरों की आजीविका की सुरक्षा हो रही है

Can Wullar Lake Be Saved from Ecological Collapse Before It Is Too Late?

Wullar Lake faces severe ecological collapse driven by electric fishing, pollution, and microbial outbreaks. Fisherfolk demand urgent enforcement, scientific investigation, and community-led restoration to protect livelihoods and restore the wetland.

ആനയുടെയും അന്ധരുടെയും കഥയ്ക്കപ്പുറം: കൂട്ടായ അർത്ഥരൂപീകരണത്തിലേക്ക് (In Malayalam)

ആനയുടെയും അന്ധരുടെയും കഥയുമായി വികൽപ് സംഗം പ്രക്രിയ എങ്ങനെ ബന്ധപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കുന്നുവെന്ന് വായിക്കാം.

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.