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The Diverging Paths of Two Young Women Foretell the Fate of a Tribe in India
The tribe’s resilience is based on an intellectual heritage—one taught not in writing but in oral lore, manual skills, and naturalist knowledge.
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Why parents are choosing to unschool their children
"School was not a healthy place to spend one’s childhood in ... sitting quietly, being obedient are not things that children should be doing."
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School Fights Drought Through A Grassland Restoration Mission
Five acres have been earmarked as part of phase one of the restoration project.
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Bhimashankar villagers multiply indigenous seeds
They pack one kg of a variety of indigenous seeds in cloth bags and sell them at exhibitions to encourage more farmers to cultivate them.
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Kalkeri Sangeeth Vidyalaya: A School for Music and More
KSV believes that it is the fundamental right of all children to have access to education, adequate food, healthcare facilities
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Smartphones to map invasive plants in Tamil Nadu
Maps of vegetation are scientifically compiled from contributions by students who get to understand adverse impacts of invasive plants.
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Can environment education save our planet?
A blend of knowledge, analytical skills and social and interpersonal skills together can help create future environment leaders.
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Reap What You Sow! Mangaluru Students Grow 1.4 Tonnes of Rice on Fallow Land
Students levelled the field, planted seedlings, removed weeds, and finally, last month, harvested their produce.
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Bridging urban-rural divide
Cooperative initiatives that involve urban and rural people to solve problems of villages as well as cities, help to bridge the rural-urban divide