Restoring an arid land in Andhra Pradesh to its original bounty

ஆரோவில் சாதனா வனம்: வரண்ட நிலத்தில் வளர்க்கப்பட்ட காடுகளும், மக்கள் மேம்படுவதற்கு ஏற்ற சமூகச்சூழலும், ஈகைப் பொருளாதாரமும் அமையப்பெற்ற இடம்

Using clothing, furniture, food-grains, and such, Goonj is helping rural communities develop their own infrastructure through cashless transactions.

While Rs.3,000 is an insignificant amount for cattle, it often prevents villagers from resorting to retaliatory killing (of the carnivore) ...

“When we cut out the bottle, we could cut costs, and offer what consumers wanted, clean water, at half the price per liter of bottled water ...”

Projects that demonstrate ecological sustainability or social well being and justice are of course welcomed. But some initiatives have also demonstrated the democratic process in operation at the grassroots.

A website dedicated to the creative work that people across India are doing as alternatives to the current models of destructive development and self-promoting governance

"If it took all my life now, I would carve us a road through the mountain.”

“You can say the project is as good as dead. Ten years is too long for any business,”