Communities can conserve forests and make a living out of it. Then why is the government playing spoilsport?

Mangarbani is a large sacred grove where some of the original vegetation of the Aravalli is still intact, protected by villagers, but now increasingly threatened.

The Baiga adivasis of central India have mobilised to reclaim their rights over forests they have traditionally used.

A historical description of the Navdanya Seed Conservation Farm and University in Dehradun

A unique cell phone-based networking system in Chhattisgarh helps Adivasi Gonds share local news and air grievances.

Nearly 100,000 villagers in the remotest hamlets of Jharkhand connect every day to Jharkhand Mobile Vaani, a unique voice-based social platform where they can discuss issues regarding health, unemployment and education without fear and be reasonably confident of receiving a reply from the concerned authorities

A forerunner of local community radio, it is the sole people’s broadcast initiative in Manipur. It offers news that the local community needs, and connects it to the rest of the country and state. They now hear the news from all sides

Syamantak’s "School without walls" is a center for experiential learning at Dhamapur village in Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra, India. Inspired by Dr.Srinath Kalbag, a scientist turned educationist, we formulated a residential commune of students. A process of organic learning run by the students for the students.

A low-tech online network connects traditional healers and patients in Bhopal