Save shola forests to combat climate change
If the natural forests of the Western Ghats are conserved, then despite increasing rains there would be less less danger of flooding downstream
Practising Ecological Sustainability at School
With a staggering 225 KW rooftop solar plant, the school is completely self-reliant when it comes to electricity. Even their lifts operate on Solar Power.
Why Storytelling Traditions Remain Relevant Today
Stories have always been important in human history, but we are losing systems that wove and passed on these stories, and even tongues that held them
The last straw that triggered the battle against plastic
Restaurants and bars in Mumbai decided to stop giving their customers straws with their drinks or to offer them paper straws.
From Close Quarters: Protecting an Adivasi Culture the State Wants to Destroy
The unrest in and around Bastar is fundamentally about respect, dignity and trust in our behaviour towards other people
Arunachal monastery declares forest near Bhutan as protected zone for red pandas
The monastery officially declared about 85 sq.km of its forest land as the Mon-Lhagyala Community Conservation Area (MLCCA).
Saving the sholas: To overcome drought, Nilgiris’ forest communities return to traditional wisdom
The drought has provided the trigger for people to think and act to conserve the shola-grassland ecosystem, and some of the water sources.
Regenerating sholas and grasslands
These students know that in the valleys of the high Nilgiris, the sholas hold on to rainwater like a sponge and release it through the year.
Maharashtra goes Doha for water
How the inexpensive Doha model of groundwater recharge is saving the livelihoods of farmers in Maharashtra. Doha is a low-cost, eco-friendly water impounding structure built in a stream with no casting material used.