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Livelihoods
“I want to Change Things!”
"... But when we asked them to repay the loans they had taken from us, the whole village refused."
Environment and Ecology
Sustainability Museum in Chennai
The country’s first sustainability museum in Chennai has been launched to create awareness among people about eco-friendly products and practices.
Learning and Education
Learning for Everyone
Breaking down educational barriers one student at a time with sustainable living and community interaction.
Environment and Ecology
It’s the heart of Indian agriculture that matters, not GM evangelism
“We assert our sovereign rights to freely plant, use, reproduce, select, improve, adapt, save, share…as we have done for past millennia.”
Environment and Ecology
Rice from Dry River
“The channel provides water throughout the year, even when the drought is severe,” says Chinna Erappa, a farmer.
Environment and Ecology
Debal Deb: The barefoot conservator
"The places Indian elites like to call ‘backward’, such as tribal areas, were those with the greatest chances of having retained these varieties over time."
Knowledge and Media
Shubhranshu Choudhary: Giving a Voice to a Ravaged, Neglected Region
When the India-born BBC reporter went to cover conflict on his home turf, he realized that journalists were getting it wrong. The locals needed to tell the stories themselves.
Environment and Ecology
Raju: 1 Billion(!) Trees planted in a Day!
S. M. Raju ingeniously integrated the Indian government’s rural employment guaranty scheme (NREGA) with tree plantation drives.