Naulas are fine examples of dry-masonry, stone architecture as well as the art and science of water purification

Citizens’ campaigns in large cities are pushing their governments to bring together the questions of urban infrastructure, ecology and governance.

They flutter like eyelashes, dip like fish, or float languidly in an undulating rhythm that is mesmerising to watch, like ripples on a lake.

As Karnataka reels under drought, an academic is helping restore indigenous systems that were Bidar’s water lifeline 600 years ago.

At a school in Kanchipuram, teachers and students harvest manure from dry composting toilets, thus paying possibly the best tribute to Gandhi

This cooperative has pioneered democratic workplace organization and egalitarian redistribution, even in the context of a highly competitive sector.

Ecologically safe engineering marvels of water conservation have existed in India for nearly 1,500 years, including bawaris

Constructing naulas, small structures that house springs in Uttarakhand, requires an intimate knowledge of many sciences.

I was pleasantly surprised when after just one day I’d learned how to mix mud for cob construction, make adobe sun-dried bricks, and create plaster from cow-dung.