Food and Water
Back to the earth, the hard way

The Internal Control System used by the Organic Mission for certification brings farmers’ holdings on a village or block level into collectives so they can avoid seepages between farms.

Economics and Technologies
Paper environments: Using waste to create sensitive furniture

Bhave’s products build in a level of sensitivity and softness - in the materials he uses, as also in their approach to production.

Environment and Ecology
The nature of belief

As hunger for growth and energy threatens a community of nature worshippers, they point to a different path towards development

Environment and Ecology
स्थानीय समुदायों की मदद से पहाड़ी तेंदुओं को बचाना (in Hindi)

अब उनके लिए पहाड़ी तेंदुआ कोई घृणित परजीवी नहीं बल्कि बहुमूल्य सम्पदा बन गया है।

Food and Water
Villagers and a modern Bhagirath bring life back to dry Marathwada

An NGO and people from 25 villages joined hands to revive the Chitte river near Aurangabad

Environment and Ecology
The Retyrement Plan : Using waste materials for crafting furniture

Furniture ranges from sofa sets to swings to independent stools and living room sets. The products are vibrantly colourful and sturdy to use.

Environment and Ecology
Indian conservationist wins Whitley award for saving elephants via SMS

Dr Ananda Kumar wins one of seven ‘Green Oscars’ for his system of reducing human-elephant conflict by tracking and texting elephants’ locations to people

Food and Water
Palakkadan matta scripts a success story

The traditional red rice, which retains its outer bran layers, has far more nutrients than polished Basmati, and has a Geographical Indication (GI) tag .

Environment and Ecology
Protecting snow leopards with local communities

The snow leopard was considered to be a despised pest; now it is seen as a valuable tourism asset - by Norbu, as also by scores of other villagers from places where SLC-IT has worked.