Livelihoods
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.
In a First, Community Women Monitor Air Quality in Rural Jharkhand; Identify Pollution Hotspots
In a unique community initiative, a group of women (known as Paryavaran Sakhis) identify and monitor 26 air pollution hot spots in the coal mining belt of Dhanbad and Bokaro districts, which include health centres, anganwadis, community halls, and pond sites.
Climate’s sizzling frontier: Northeast heats up, must plan with nature
As temperatures rise in Northeast India, heat preparedness in communities must support indigenous lifestyles and daily practices. Protecting forests and wetlands, expanding green public spaces, and rethinking road-widening or hill-cutting projects should be at the core of urban planning.
जनसाधारण के उभरते विकल्प और उसका सपना (In Hindi)
विकल्प संगम, एक राष्ट्रीय स्तर का मंच है, जिसमें पर्यावरण, सामाजिक, आर्थिक, सांस्कृतिक और स्वशासन संबंधी मुद्दों पर काम करने वाले स्थानीय समुदायों, सामाजिक आंदोलनों और कई गैर सरकारी संगठन जुड़े हैं।
Vikalp Sangam (विकल्प संगम): A Confluence of Alternatives: Film
It covers some of the events of the process – confluences, documentation, outreach, collaborations, artwork and more – and some key voices of people involved.
Weaving traditions: how the women weavers of Adichilthotti sustain their craft
The initiative exemplifies the values of meaningful work and livelihoods for the women, as well as sustaining their close relationship with the forests surrounding them.
Escalating heat, boiling questions
As extreme heat events become more frequent and intense, it is vital that climate change adaptation measures act at the structural and local level, supporting communities to develop innovative, localised coping mechanisms to climate impacts.
The Kutchi Weave: A district’s inter-woven response to complex crises
One can take inspiration from the interwoven model of responses across an entire district and that too done with so much love and compassion and an unending spirit of seva (service).
Orans in Peril
The Degrai Oran in western Rajasthan sustains an intricate network of social, economic, cultural, and ecological relations between humans and non-humans. This photo essay captures how local communities are defending their sacred landscapes so-called green development.
दस्तकारों की उम्मीद है खमीर (In Hindi)
खमीर ने पारंपरिक हस्तकलाओं के संरक्षण व संवर्धन के साथ आजीविका भी प्रदान की है, जिसमें निरंतर नवाचार भी किया जा रहा है