Over the last few years, the Snow Leopard Conservancy India Trust and Kalpavriksh have been organising Indus River walks with students and others to understand its ecological significance, beauty and various contemporary challenges.

In a unique community initiative, a group of women (known as Paryavaran Sakhis) identify and monitor 26 air pollution hot spots in the coal mining belt of Dhanbad and Bokaro districts, which include health centres, anganwadis, community halls, and pond sites.

यह ऐसी जीवनशैली है जिसमें कचरा पैदा नहीं होता या कम से कम होता है, जिससे पर्यावरण साफ-सुथरा व सुरक्षित रहता है।यह पूरी पहल सराहनीय होने के साथ अनुकरणीय भी है।

विकल्प संगम, एक राष्ट्रीय स्तर का मंच है, जिसमें पर्यावरण, सामाजिक, आर्थिक, सांस्कृतिक और स्वशासन संबंधी मुद्दों पर काम करने वाले स्थानीय समुदायों, सामाजिक आंदोलनों और कई गैर सरकारी संगठन जुड़े हैं।

Local community conservation efforts have played a vital role in documenting, identifying, and preserving the 102 local mango varieties in Chunda Kuruvakkavu, a hamlet in Kannapuram of Kannur district.

More than 100,000 women in the villages of Assam have become a driving force behind a grassroots effort to conserve an endangered species of stork, which was once viewed as a bad omen.

The National Alliance of People's Movements (NAPM), a coalition of organisations across India, has been actively resisting injustices, defending rights, and building alliances over the last 30 years.

Numerous local communities across the country have not just collectively “self-determined” their own solutions to local issues but also implemented them in a participatory manner.

The initiative exemplifies the values of meaningful work and livelihoods for the women, as well as sustaining their close relationship with the forests surrounding them.