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Maharashtra Vikalp Sangam Concludes with Resolve to Promote Development Alternatives
... to promote practices and concepts that help achieve human well-being based on ecological sustainability and socio-economic equity and justice.
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सध्याच्या विकासाच्या पर्यायांचा पाठपुरावा करण्याचा निर्धार करून ‘महाराष्ट्र विकल्प संगम’ची सांगता (in Marathi)
कोणीही आपल्या मूलभूत गरजांपासून वंचित होणार नाही, व आपण सगळ्यांसाठी समता व न्याय मिळविण्याच्या दृष्टीने प्रयत्नशील असू.
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The adventures of the perspectives
The bats of oppression were initially winning, but slowly the bystanders got involved. They scooped up the literature and hurled it at the trio.
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How One School became an Electricity Supplier
"School buildings can adopt rooftop solar systems to meet their own electricity needs and to augment the grid supply"
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A flawed agenda for development
A narrow focus on growth-led development is the cause of the world’s sustainability crisis, not its solution
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My new attitude to travel is to skip the iconic – and I thank my father for that
My father, the reluctant traveller, has shown me that what matters is only doing the things you are genuinely interested in.
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Despair and hope on the Roof of the World
Ladakhis are working quietly towards sustaining, reviving and reconstructing society in ways that could bring back some harmony between humans and nature.
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Invisible water, visible crisis
To become water-wise, people need granular data. Aquifers can be mapped within five years with smart, crowd-sourced, ground-up information, obtained with satellite data.
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A Subaltern View of Climate Change
For those earning more than Rs 30,000 pm to become sustainable their total emissions would have to be halved ...