Cloth as currency – How Goonj is creating a parallel cashless economy
Using clothing, furniture, food-grains, and such, Goonj is helping rural communities develop their own infrastructure through cashless transactions.
‘Whatever they do, project dead, we keep our land’
“You can say the project is as good as dead. Ten years is too long for any business,”
Making a push for fresh economics syllabi
Campaign for a more relevant economics syllabus initiated in many leading campuses worldwide, including India
A one-stop Store for Millets
An assortment of great millet, finger millet, sorghum, ragi, korra, and a host of other coarse grains are now available for the health conscious. Ground millets are also available.
The Ecological Footprint of India
Compared with other countries, the average Indian has a lighter ecological footprint - nine times lighter than that of an average U.S. citizen.
Homestay with a difference!
A unique tourism-conservation-livelihood initiative in Sarmoli, Uttarakhand, offers a learning experience for both visitors and villagers, say Ashish Kothari and Neema Pathak.
Chilika traditional fishers’ struggle
Traditional fisherwomen of Chilika lagoon struggle to safeguard and enhance their livelihoods, in the face of numerous threats