Dola Dasgupta is an unschooling mother of two children and a co-founder of Swashikshan–Indian Association of Homeschoolers. Swashikshan is a non-profit initiative of homeschooling children, parents, guardians and friends. The members of this association include homeschoolers residing in India, irrespective of nationality & homeschoolers of Indian origin, irrespective of location.

While agriculture in other parts of the country was in doldrums, the sangham farmers were completely self-reliant re. food, seeds and farming.

Rural homestays are becoming a valuable source of livelihoods and sustainable tourism in parts of the Himalayas. Here are some stories of such facilities.

In the Himalayas and various other parts of India, a new model for low-impact tourism is needed to protect the fragile ecosystems that provide youthful adventurers the wild and exotic experiences they seek, and homestays are a sustainable tourism option in such surroundings.

Can an adivasi community save the forests and wildlife they live amidst? According to the sentiments echoed by about 160 Soliga adivasis, the answer is a resounding yes. Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary is part of an ecologically critical landscape in the meeting point of the Western and Eastern Ghats, known for its plant and animal diversity, including elephant, tiger, and gaur. Soligas have resided in the area for several centuries.

Natwar Sarangi of Odisha is an extraordinary farmer, collecting and trying several hundred traditional varieties of paddy and redistributing them to willing farmers.

A Rajasthan village has cylindrical houses that help people cope with extreme weather events

The state government is promoting a significant conversion to organic farming, and opening "livelihood schools” (first such schools in India) for this purpose. A total of 50,000 hectares of land belonging to around 62,000 families will be covered under organic farming by 2015.

A Londoner describes her experience of the worldview of a community that lives in a remote part of Rajasthan without modern comforts, and what she learned from them. Such as that to bring about change all stakeholders have to see each other as equals, and that Trust between all stake-holders is essential, especially between those who have very opposing views.