environmental stress
Go local, be water secure

With committed citizen groups working with the local government it is possible to preserve heritage and be water sufficient.

पत्थरों में नक्काशी (In Hindi)

रेगिस्तान के पत्थरों में प्राण फूँकता एक उद्यान

A Common Right: Defending Communal Forests in India

One of the village leaders shares the story of how they were able to protect their lands and secure the future of their community.

People of Poi Tanda vs the Grim Reaper

In drought-hit Marathwada, where death looms large, Poi Tanda, a nondescript hamlet in Beed, is winning the fight.

Can recurring droughts in Maharashtra be offset by participatory groundwater management (PGWM)?

PGWM leads to better water management; hydrogeology can become a catalyst for villages to come together to achieve water security.

Carved out of rock

Bringing life back into bare rock, a park challenges the idea of a desert as wasteland.

How central Indian tribes are coping with climate change impacts

Faced with crop losses because of erratic rainfall and extreme weather, tribal farmers of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh turn to bewar and penda forms of cultivation on land considered inferior, that keeps them nourished all times of the year, but government agencies are bent on rooting out these farm practices