The recent economic crises and the powercut affecting huge swathes of South India, both point to the need to localise the economy at least for basic needs. Here are some stories related to Mendha Lekha village in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra

Janapada Seva Encounter with octogenarian Surendra Kaulogi and his sons, Santosh and Sughosh and their commitment to the weaving community through the Janapada Seva Trust at Melkote in Karnataka, India

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