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This small-time juice vendor makes hay while the sun shines

Where power woes torment small businesses, investment in a solar-panel could pay dividends.

Livelihoods
Driving Change

Three Wheels United is helping auto drivers in Bengaluru by providing them access to finance and fuel-efficient vehicles

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.