Into the Wild
Forest-grown vegetables like kurdu, chichardi, halunda, chaya, kombhal, kavdar, teryachi bhaji, kate math etc. will be displayed, cooked, and sold
Wild foods festival, yum!
Two more festivals near Bhimashankar: on 17th Sept. '17 and 24th Sept.); contact Pradeep at 9881240472 or Subhash Dolas at 9552809784.
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
This Himachal teenager is bringing the forests back, his dream is 1 billion trees
“Because of him, the number of students doing voluntary tree plantation has almost doubled,”
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
Forest Conservation and Management in Pachgaon
A small village called Pachgaon, in the Chandrapur district of Maharashtra has done commendable work on forest management and livelihood generation.
Holy hill gets its groves back
An afforestation initiative led by naturalists and locals has resulted in the Arunachala hill in Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, shedding its barren, brown visage.
Sleeping with danger
The residents were calm. Instead of clobbering the king cobra to death, the family left the bathroom door ajar so it could find its way out on its own.
A crowd funded `Janarajyotsava’ award
Hundreds of people from across Karnataka gathered to celebrate the life and struggle of Somanna, and the `Janarajyotsava award’ was conferred on him.