Food and Water
How Maharashtra, Gujarat, Bengaluru, Chennai are tackling water crisis

“There should be recharge plans at both the micro level in houses and the macro level led by the government in parks, roads and public buildings,”

Environment and Ecology
Two conservation communities from northeast India win biodiversity awards

The realisation that the community-controlled forest was home to many endemic species helped ... provide protection to all species here.

Food and Water
A rice, lost and found

The rice, endemic to Kerala, adapted to the salinity of the coastal areas. To survive the tides the plant grew taller - to 1.5 meters.

Livelihoods
Tosa Maidan Liberation & Conservation Struggle: A successful struggle of Non-violent & Democratic means in Kashmir

Following year-long demonstrations by the local villagers, the Government of J&K made a decision. TosaMaidan was handed over to its people.

Food and Water
Farm to fork: A consumer-farmer compact shows the way

100 consumers has invested in small holdings of women farmers ahead of the crop season. They will get a share of the produce.

Economics and Technologies
Green Toilet in my backyard

Ecosan (short for ecological sanitation) toilets are improved versions of old dry toilets that do not demand water for flushing

Case studies
Case Studies of Alternatives (2014 – 16)

These case studies are in pdf file format.

Food and Water
Karnataka embarks on millet revolution, UAS shows the way

Processing at the University is comparatively cheap, and since there are no middlemen, farmers of Hyderabad-Karnataka save a lot.

Environment and Ecology
Mesar Van Kautik, a unique Himalayan forest festival

Traditional Festival to celebrate the nature-culture links and to bring attention to the need to reverse ecological degradation