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.
Press Release: 25 Organisations Meet to Discuss Development Alternatives in India
About 40 members of 25 organisations from 12 states of India met at Farmer’s Share, Shoranur, as the General Assembly of the Vikalp Sangam.
What can Traditional Fishing Communities Teach us about Sustainability?
Several experiences can be lost with the loss of just one fish. This saddens me because the present generation has not been able to witness what I experienced as a child.”- Mahendra
A case for conscience and humanity
Wars highlight nationality and ethnicity at the cost of humanity. This piece looks at Ela Bhatt’s household model to move towards a society that cares.
Dalit women reclaiming their narratives through Community Media
The Community Media Trust here demonstrates that not only in the content, the media has to be democratic in its representation and decision-making processes as well.
The art of foraging: How indigenous people can be the influencers we need
Foraging, which is a part of the received wisdom of many indigenous communities, can offer a sustainable solution to the inevitable food crisis.
From abundance to endangerment to revival, Kachchh’s guggal comes a full circle
Local farmers began to grow the guggal—both for economic benefit, as well as for community awareness and involvement in its conservation.
Dongria Kondh Tribals Take on Corporate Goliaths to Save Forests
The Niyamgiri Suraksha Samiti and the MSS are demanding the immediate recognition of Community Forest Rights and Individual Forest Rights of tribals to their forests, as mandated under the FRA 2006.
जंगल को कैसे बचा रहे हैं छत्तीसगढ़ के कमार ? (In Hindi)
कमार आदिवासियों ने जंगल बचाने के साथ आजीविका भी बचाई है|
Crisis in India’s bread basket
How agriculture, capital and corporate investment have reshaped Indian Punjab, and brought about its current precarity