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The Vikalp Sangam

Participants of the Vikalp Sangam at Vardha, Maharashtra, resolved to further promote practices and concepts that help achieve human well-being based on ecological sustainability and socio-economic equity and justice

Marudam Farm School: becoming while it is being

Children are exposed to a conscious way of living that respects the environment and its diversity within an organic farm that is also mostly powered by renewable energy ...

Talks from Vikalp Sangams

An illustrated webpage.  Thematic Vikalp Sangam on Energy (electricity) at Bodh Gaya, Bihar. (checked on 19 Sep.

VS Case Studies

Case Studies of Alternatives These studies have been conducted and documented as part of the Vikalp Sangam process: Collective…

Vikalp Sangam Posters: Ideas and Initiatives

A set of posters photographically narrating the idea of Vikalp Sangam through examples in various catagories is exhibited at every Vikalp Sangam gathering.

Carved out of rock

Bringing life back into bare rock, a park challenges the idea of a desert as wasteland.

Ten Treasures of India for a Light Ecological Footprint

India has non-material treasures, related to security, health, education and lifestyles, which can help the world lighten its ecological footprint!

This small-time juice vendor makes hay while the sun shines

Where power woes torment small businesses, investment in a solar-panel could pay dividends.

The Joy of Community Gardening and Building

I was pleasantly surprised when after just one day I’d learned how to mix mud for cob construction, make adobe sun-dried bricks, and create plaster from cow-dung.