The power of pro-poor policies was demonstrated when 13-year-old Malavath Poorna, a tribal girl from Telengana, summitted Mount Everest last May.

Greenpeace's first solar-powered micro-grid in Dharnai village, Bihar, kicks off with village ceremony

"Each person has their own specific and unique definition of happiness and what it means to them, and that is how it should be," according to Khenpo Phuntshok Tashi, Director of the National Museum of Bhutan and enlightened monk.

It is very important to strengthen local economy and help people to resist the global process in order to protect their own social, cultural, economic and political freedom and space.

Perpetual growth is a piece of nonsense. The focus should be on protecting livelihoods through sustainable means.

Village economies are observed to grow, although 85% of the money entering them is leaving in great hurry. How?

"There are an estimated 80,000 edible plant species on earth", says the ‘Gaia Atlas of Planet Management’

Though seemingly far-reaching, the importance of considering an agroecological alternative is apparent if one considers current malnutrition and hunger statistics, as well as India’s ongoing agrarian crisis. Indeed, we often forget that food is not simply a commodity, but a throbbing and dynamic expression of history, culture and civilisation

This alternative approach may perhaps be best described as a biomass based strategy for sustainable prosperity