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Adharshila Learning Center, Madhya Pradesh, India
Adharshila Learning Centre is situated in a tribal village in Madhya Pradesh, India. It is a place for learning, a children's space, an experiment in education, a stepping stone, an anti school? We are trying to figure out and still discovering after over a decade.....Adharshila is a place to experiment with your ideas in education.
Learning and Education
Aarohi – Organic Learning
Aarohi School is based in Bangalore. Aarohi Life Education team is a mix of parents and facilitators who want to dream and drive the concept of open, organic and child driven learning for Life. As Aarohi evolves, we are constantly learning, trying, erring, fighting, caring, enjoying, and growing.
Learning and Education
How do I explain Un-Schooling to skeptics?
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.
Food and Water
Torch bearers for millet seed security
While agriculture in other parts of the country was in doldrums, the sangham farmers were completely self-reliant re. food, seeds and farming.
Environment and Ecology
Community-based Homestays: Innovation in Tourism
Rural homestays are becoming a valuable source of livelihoods and sustainable tourism in parts of the Himalayas. Here are some stories of such facilities.
Environment and Ecology
Lure of the homestay
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.
Environment and Ecology
Conservation through democratic governance
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.
Environment and Ecology
Natwar Sarangi of Odisha, the individual revolutionary
Natwar Sarangi of Odisha is an extraordinary farmer, collecting and trying several hundred traditional varieties of paddy and redistributing them to willing farmers.
Environment and Ecology
Built to last
A Rajasthan village has cylindrical houses that help people cope with extreme weather events