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Economics and Technologies
A Decade of Pour Tous Distribution Centre (PTDC) : the evolution of an Auroville institution
PTDC was the first major breakthrough towards an economy with no exchange of money, in contrast with previous experiments.
Environment and Ecology
A waste management model for small towns
Vengurla towns in coastal Maharashtra generates revenue out of waste - Rs 1.5 lakh /month from processing 7 tonnes waste generated per day.
Knowledge and Media
Tune in: What did Buddhist monks hear when they meditated in Goan caves in the 6th century?
“It is important to preserve this experience. Sound is just an alternate exploration of information and an experience...”
Society, Culture and Peace
What We Can Learn From the Young Woman Who Has Rocked the Madhya Pradesh Police
Taking on the system at every level – administrative, social and cultural – this young survivor of sexual assault is a brilliant survivor.
Society, Culture and Peace
A Village in Bengal Where Every Inmate is an Artist
The Patua painters also sing Pater Gaans which may relate to mythology and tribal rituals or to issues like preventing spread of HIV/AIDS.
Environment and Ecology
This Hyderabad-based organisation has helped over 2.5 lakh farmers through permaculture
Aranya Agricultural Alternatives is striving to achieve ecological and sustainable agricultural livelihoods through permaculture farming.
Environment and Ecology
How a Few Women Saved a Forest From Timber Mafia
Accompanied by just a dog for their safety, these determined women have been able to successfully conserve 50 hectares of forest land.
Environment and Ecology
Unique study trains eyes on ‘Devrai’s
NGO, forest dept assessing sacred groves across Pune divn, encouraging residents to sustain beneficial traditions.
Food and Water
Millets farming, the Kondh Way
“Whatever I obtain from my field feeds my family, our community; the birds, the insects and the animals who visit my field. Everyone is full!”