If Nature was our Teacher, would things be different?
Syamantak, a commune that consciously connects open learning and sustainable living in a rural space, and embodies the art of community participation.
Bringing Women to the Forefront of Sustainable Mountain Ecosystems
“Women play a key role in nature conservation, yet they often lack the inputs, technologies, training and extension services, and various enablers and linkages that can enhance the effectiveness of their efforts."
In Arunachal’s Sessa Orchid Sanctuary communities collaborate with forest officials to conserve orchids
Indigenous communities along with forest officials have given Sessa Orchid Sanctuary a makeover to bring opportunities of community focused eco-tourism.
Santosh Bai: Transitioning towards natural farming
She prefers her homemade fertilizers and pesticides like Amritpani, cow dung fertilizer and used Neem water and Akao leaves for pest control
South India’s famous Lantana elephants to raise their trunks for conservation funds
To raise awareness and funds for elephant conservation, 75 tribal artisans worked on creating elephant models from Lantana, a weed.
Plant Man Miguel Braganza on how Konkan Fruit Fest preserves food biodiversity
The motto: To preserve, celebrate and propagate the region’s rich variety of local fruits and vegetables and its corollary food heritage and culture
Folk singer & orphans rejuvenate barren land
Students walk up to a hilltop, daily, and water the sapling planted the previous day before putting a new one into the soil.
Bahuguna and the seeds of struggle in the Himalayas
Sunderlal Bahuguna may have departed, but there are many formidable repositories of diverse oral and embodied knowledge.
People power to clean up Pune river, bit by bit
The streams are providing cleaner water to the river and the perception of locals has also changed.