In Ahmedabad, women act to make slums climate-resilient, one house at a time
“We focus on the 4 prevalent stresses of the slums - heat stress, floods, vector-borne diseases, and water scarcity,”
Reviving the Thar Desert’s Camel Culture
Protecting the camel is synonymous to protecting its habitat—large, open, desert areas used by villages as commons
Tosamaidan- A zone of peace and resilience in Kashmir (India)
This case study describes and analyses a non-violent movement to save a Himalayan landscape of enormous ecological and livelihood importance,…
How to create an Oasis
They are replacing the invasive species - gando babool - with mixed varieties of native seeds that can withstand heavy /normal /low rainfall
Gandhi, Tagore, Modernity
Both were the earliest harbingers of the planetary ecological crisis, the latter warning of its imminence in multiple literary genres
Minor change in your diet can reduce water use for agriculture
A switch from white meat (poultry) to mutton and other red meat and to consume melon, orange and papaya instead of grapes, mango, guava.
India’s deepening water crisis: How villages had water before govt took over
When every village captures all the run-off resulting from the rain falling over its entire land can every village have enough water.
Tharangini – The Oldest Surviving Hand-Block Printing Studio in Bangalore
Tharangini works towards sustainability of the environment. This is commendable and desirable in other garment and dyeing factories.
Nature better off with indigenous people, indicates global report
“Recognizing the knowledge, institutions and values of indigenous peoples and local communities ... enhances... nature conservation”