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WHAT IS LIVING AND WHAT IS DYING IN THE LIVING ROOT BRIDGES?
Can the Living Architecture (bio-engineering achievements) of the Khasis and Jaintias be transplanted to other areas...?
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Rooftop rainwater harvesting at Chhattisgarh school reduces absenteeism
The villagers now have access to clean and safe drinking water, and are also not dealing as much with scarcity.
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The nature of belief (in Lepcha language)
As hunger for growth and energy threatens a community of nature worshippers, they point to a different path towards development
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A flawed agenda for development
A narrow focus on growth-led development is the cause of the world’s sustainability crisis, not its solution
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The nature of belief
As hunger for growth and energy threatens a community of nature worshippers, they point to a different path towards development
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Despair and hope on the Roof of the World
Ladakhis are working quietly towards sustaining, reviving and reconstructing society in ways that could bring back some harmony between humans and nature.
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Freedom for sale
Are we then slowly becoming a nation full of thieves?
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Ancient Indian Tradition of Agriculture and Food Sharing
We need to return to an agriculture that is completely devoid of the use of poisons and poisonous and poisoned plants, which is something we did for thousands of years.
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More crop per drop through injection well
This technique utilises rain water for recharging natural aquifers in the rural sector where ponds exist.