Better agricultural productivity and livelihoods meant that farmers would not feel pressured to sell their land to developers.

By volunteering with the Harela Society, Pithoragarh youth have found different ways to make the conservation of nature a part of their daily lives.

"One of the reasons for opting for this approach is the relatively low cost of these community ponds - it cost a 10th of one under NREGA."

Farmers in Chellapur of Kurnool district have shared their groundwater with their fellow villagers through a groundwater grid

They built check-dams in the watershed, dug percolation-pits and mulched heavily to prevent soil erosion and to conserve water.

Desi cotton could replace a majority of the area that is currently under American cotton, in light of climate change-related weather vagaries...

When every village captures all the run-off resulting from the rain falling over its entire land can every village have enough water.

"We pushed large dams, not irrigation. But this has to change.”

On a mission to distribute 10,000 earthen pots for free to people willing to provide water for hapless birds reeling under the scorching heat.