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Farmers Are Building Food Forests to Fight Climate Change, Agrarian Crisis
Mimicking forests, farmers across India have started transforming farms into a layered cropping system - climate resilient and more productive.
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Heritage in every grain
"We give each farmer (signing a pledge to use organic methods) two kilos of seed; they bring double the quantity back the next year, ”
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Organic Food Is a Topic of Much Debate, but What Does “Eating Organic” Really Mean?
A bottom-up movement is essential therefore to apply pressure on the powers-that-be at least over a period of a few decades.
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Why the Fight for Environmental Justice Is Also a Fight for Social Justice
Until you dedicate your life to making socially just decisions, don’t fool yourself that planting one tree a year or riding a bicycle will save the environment.
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This Couple’s Quest for Natural Living Has Resulted in a Mini Forest and an Energy Efficient Home
The house had to be energy efficient, deeply connected to nature and sustainable.
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निसर्गव्रती हेमाताई (in Marathi)
हेमाताई साने यांच्या पर्यावरणपूरक जीवनशैलीचे समाजातील विविध स्तरांतून कौतुक होत असते ...
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सम और विषम से आगे (in Hindi)
'टिकाऊ शहरी परिवहन' को लागू करने से देश को एक रास्ता और हमारे बच्चों को स्वच्छ और सुरक्षित शहर मिल सकता है.
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Reduce vehicles, introduce Efficient Public Transport
City needs to put in place strong disincentives (like creating car-free areas) discouraging the use of personal conveyance.
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How do you feed thousands of people in Rajasthan without irrigation?
It only needs to rain once, sometime during the southwest monsoon – about 80-100 mm is what the desert farms need to thrive!