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From concrete to jungle: cartoonist puts Mumbai’s wildlife on the map
“... in the city’s parks, or by the ... government, or in schools and colleges, and generate awareness among Mumbaikars.”
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The Peoples’ Biodiversity Register, meant to empower local communities, is leaving them out
"The preparation of PBRs by consultants defeats the whole purpose of having this register. Local people are central...”
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Something Is Wrong With the Language of Climate Change
There is little room to understand what really is at stake: the fate of humanity and several other species.
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In the pursuit of ‘Khushaal Zindagi’- Journey of villagers from being Beneficiary to Researcher
The discussion on the imagination of ‘Khushaal zindagi’ (Good Life) brought different age and sex groups to talk to each other.
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She sells cow dung products but not milk to save India’s desi cows
Burning of cow dung logs is much less polluting than burning wood.
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Reimagining Wellbeing: Villages opening spaces for Self-Governance
resisting mining ... and moving towards social, political, economic and ecological transformation
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THE ‘ECOPOLITICAL’ IMPERATIVE AND THE JANTA PARLIAMENT
the imperative of bringing the ecological question on to the centre-stage of politics
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What’s wrong with the trees of Lutyens’ Delhi?
Can we afford to go on watering the evergreen trees the British chose for Lutyens’ Delhi?
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Jan Sarokar – People’s Policy for Post COVID-19 Times, August 2020
Opportunity to redesign our economy towards generating tens of millions of ecologically sustainable and dignified livelihoods.