A bottom-up movement is essential therefore to apply pressure on the powers-that-be at least over a period of a few decades.

We need to institutionalise the technology and the knowledge to deal with pests and crop diseases without chemicals.

“There should be recharge plans at both the micro level in houses and the macro level led by the government in parks, roads and public buildings,”

Knowledge and a respect for ecology still enables the local traditional healers to ensure immense faith and following by Chhattisgarh folk.

The training at the Knowledge Centre is now modified to weave in local knowledge to make it rooted in ground realities.

All 52 PHCs in the district are now solar-powered. This will bring down the electricity bill by 40 percent, also helping fight global warming.

More than 500 head of cattle, all native breeds, competed in various categories.

What can be better than organic cotton, hand-spun, hand-woven and hand-dyed in organic colours?

The weekly Bissamcuttack market, nurturing the area’s ecologically-attuned agricultural traditions, forges a connection between consumers and farmers