Community participation has been key in their attempts to conserve their traditional cultural, food, and hospitality practices, in the face of mass tourism and 'development'.

Baudhanchal self-help group helps women in the east Uttar Pradesh district to make handicrafts from banana waste and sell them for a living

One of the icons of civil society activism in India, he championed issues of agri-biodiversity, food sovereignty, women's empowerment, social justice, local knowledge systems, participatory development, and community media.

A group of young naturalists work towards empowering the public in Chennai, especially children and youth from marginalized communities, through nature based learning/education

The core of this women-led enterprise was designed around village forest commons (known as Van Panchayats).

Apart from sharing traditional knowledge, the women at these meetings also spread awareness on ownership rights

All economic activity must be regenerative, in that it sustains the ecological and socio-cultural conditions it depends on for a thriving society

Healthy portions of both critique of the mainstream system and a plethora of alternatives were dished up at the sammelan, alongside literal platefuls of delectable traditional organic foods

We strongly support the demand by the people of Ladakh, that the Government of India include Ladakh in the Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution and accord it statehood