Ecotourism leads the way for conservation and better livelihood opportunities for local youth

While acknowledging that recognising the rights of rivers is necessary, would it also be sufficient to bring about the ethics of caring for them?

The campaign has come as a lesson on the strength of combined effort: several NGO partners, grassroots groups, and the Forest Department.

“This kind of art can make people come to the river, not take it to be just a dirty river but something that you would want to come and see. "

They encompass Marx’s vision of a society that bridges humanity’s ‘metabolic rift’ with nature, and Gandhi’s emphasis on living lightly on earth.

A revival of traditional arts and crafts along the River Bharathapuzha in Kerala

Conservation understanding will naturally come with the understanding about birds.

The rice, endemic to Kerala, adapted to the salinity of the coastal areas. To survive the tides the plant grew taller - to 1.5 meters.

With only half our population having toilets, our rivers have turned into large sewers