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Uttarakhand farmer’s seed saving movement holds promise
Vijay Jardhari of the Beej Bachao Andolan has been conserving and growing a huge variety of traditional crops, crucial for the future of agriculture and food security.
Natural & safe colours for Holi!
The festival of colours – Holi – is round the corner, and we need safe, plant-based colours. Such colours are being offered by Maitri, Sirsi, and by Ecoexist, Pune
Health and Hygiene
There is a Cure
Chittorgarh shows the way to affordable healthcare - generic drugs at cost price.
Food and Water
Bhaskar Save, the Gandhi of Natural Farming
Veteran farmer Bhaskar Save's organic farm yields more than any farm using chemicals, going by any criteria including total quantity, nutritional quality, taste, biological diversity, ecological sustainability, water conservation, energy efficiency, and economic profitability.
Economics and Technologies
Troubled waters get hold of a saviour
A river is not a mere water source, but an entire ecosystem, with rich flora and fauna along its course and on the riverbed. So, a project undertaken by the Atholi panchayat, as part of its efforts to protect the Korapuzha, aims at protecting the river in its entirety
Learning and Education
Communitisation of Education in Nagaland
Nagaland state's legal move to decentralise a part of the governance of education, health and power has had interesting results
Energy
Decentralised Water and Energy Conservation in Urban Setting
"We decided to live in a house that would have a minimal ecological footprint so as to limit the damage to the environment. So we designed a house that had waste treatment and recycling and recharge and energy saving properties...", says Rahul Banerjee
Food and Water
Kerala Organic Farming Policy announced
Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan, on Monday, officially announced the Kerala State Organic Farming policy aimed at making farming sustainable and ensuring toxin-free food to public within 10 years.
Food and Water
Decentralising ration procurement in Odisha’s anganwadis
“Earlier there was delay in delivery of ration and rice near us. We could hardly give some lentils and rice to the children. However with money coming directly to our hands, we are trying to give best to the children,” says an anganwadi worker in Nuapada district.