Announcements

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We are delighted to invite you all for a book event of our new book ‘Pedru and the Big Boom’ at The Dogyears Bookshop, Margao on 19th Dec, 2021 (11am-12pm)

About the book:

Pedru and the Big Boom (for children 8+)

Pedru is curious about life beyond his village in Goa. Even though he loves his father’s cashew trees and mother’s curries, his loyal friends and football fields, he desperately wants to be an ‘explorer’. But when his grand plan to escape turns topsy-turvy, he believes that he has set loose a chain of events, which will put his entire village in danger! Who are these mysterious new people? Why are they blasting a big hole in the hills near their village? What can he do to make things right?

This story is an emotional rollercoaster that takes you through the struggle of one boy and his village, against a powerful opponent, to save their beloved land…

About the Author

Nandita Da Cunha

Nandita da Cunha is an award-winning  children’s book author based in Mumbai. After her MBA at XLRI, (Jamshedpur), she worked as a strategy consultant with Arthur Andersen and KPMG, before moving on to what makes her happiest – writing. 

She has authored Picture Books, including ‘The Miracle on Sunderbaag Street’ (which won the Neev Book Award, 2021 – emerging readers category, and was a 2021 Parag Honour List book), ‘Just like Papa’ and ‘The Magic in my Fingers’.  Her other chapter books include ‘The Magic of Maya.’

She was among 14 playwrights selected to attend the fourth edition of the Writer’s Bloc playwriting program, conducted by the Royal Court theatre, London, in collaboration with Rage Theatre, Mumbai. She is also a pianist and is a Licentiate from the Trinity College of Music, London.

To register, the see poster attached.

We are delighted to announce new book ‘Conservation Kaleidoscope -People, Protected Areas and Wildlife in Contemporary India’

Conservation Kaleidoscope is a collection of over a 100 edits and accompanying news items that have
appeared over the last two decades in the Protected Area Update, a bimonthly newsletter on wildlife and conservation that has been published regularly by environmental action group, Kalpavriksh since 1994.

Written by the newsletter’s long time editor, Pankaj Sekhsaria, the individual edits offer an interesting and often counter-intuitive account of the state of wildlife conservation and protected area management in contemporary India. Organised over 14 broad themes in this collection, the book offers a ringside view of conservation that is as
challenging and informative as it is insightful and provocative.

Published by Kalpavriksh, Duleep Matthai Nature Conservation Trust and Authors Upfront

Print edition available on:
Amazon India | Flipkart | AuthorsUpFront

eBook available globally on Amazon
Kindle stores

Available for a special pre-publication discounted price of Rs. 450/- For details write to [email protected]

We are delighted to announce our new book for children!

Chitty and her forest farm by Serow, a moving account of a dog’s life on a forest farm in the Western Ghats, illustrated by Rajiv Eipe.

Chitty lives a free-spirited life on a forest farm in the Western Ghats. She has hair-raising encounters with wild animals, gobbles up termites, and plays tricks on the other dogs. You’ll love her antics! But she is also wise, a loyal friend, and has an extraordinary mind and soul.

To buy the book head on to Our Store

We are delighted to announce our new book for children!

Pedru and the Big Boom by Nandita da Cunha, award winning author of The Miracle on Sunderbaag Street, illustrated by Niharika Shenoy
A quiet Goan village is invaded by a mysterious gang of ear-shattering ‘diggers’. Meet young explorer Pedru, find out why he was all set to run away from his village, and what happens when he stays back and confronts this gang.

This book is being released during the Bookaroo event!

To buy the book head on to Our Store

Protected Area Update (October 2021) about Maharashtra in Marathi language is out, to read the entire Newsletter, please click here

You are invited to the International #RightsofNatureTribunal happening in Glasgow, Scotland, UK in parallel to COP26!

The #RightsofNatureTribunal seeks to demonstrate how the Rights of Nature can be applied, putting a series of urgent, real-world cases before a panel of distinguished judges, who examine and rule on the cases from a Rights of Nature perspective.Join us in defending the #RightsofNature!

Add your voice to the popular demand for governments and courts around the world to play their part in stopping the ecological crises of our day.

Nov 3rd & 4th

Sign up to attend:

Virtually: bit.ly/rightsofnaturetribunal

In-person in Glasgow: bit.ly/tribunalinperson

We are so pleased to share that one of our books, The Miracle on Sunderbaag Street, has just won the Neev Book Award for the Emerging Reader category!

This heartwarming and inspiring story was written by Nandita Da Cunha and beautifully illustrated by Priya Kuriyan .

#NeevBookAward2021

Buy the book here: kalpavriksh.org/our-store OR write to us at [email protected].

We are so pleased to share that one of our books, The Miracle on Sunderbaag Street, has just won the Neev Book Award for the Emerging Reader category!

This heartwarming and inspiring story was written by Nandita Da Cunha and beautifully illustrated by Priya Kuriyan .

#NeevBookAward2021

Buy the book here: kalpavriksh.org/our-store OR write to us at [email protected].

Our latest book for children: A New Home For Ajiri in the Hindu Young World

The book is about a moving story from Kachchh, written beautifully by Sandip Virmani and richly illustrated by Niloufer Wadia! The story of Ajiri, a chinkara fawn in Kachchh and her unusual friendships with a young boy, a young pastoralist girl and many camels!

To read the review: https://kalpavriksh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/September-17-Bookworm-1.pdf

To place an order, please visit: kalpavriksh.org/our-store

Alternatives in Pandemic Times: Resistance, Recovery and Re-Existence – a Webinar series

Palestine’s Beautiful Resistance: What it tells the world about building peace withinwith Abdelfattah Abusrour (Palestine)

Sunday 12th September – 13:30 (UTC/GMT): 7pm IST

Beautiful Resistance emerges from Palestine as a concept and philosophy that aims to inspire hope and promote life through performing and visual arts as non-armed ways for peaceful and creative self-expression. It helps to build peace within individuals, in turn to become peace-builders in their community and beyond.

More information and registration: https://globaltapestryofalternatives.org/webinars:2021:05

Direct access to the session: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2598651679?pwd=dFZTUktYUkFBbVdvRGEzRERWb254Zz09&fbclid=IwAR0ASEJmIsM6C08aWcJ-Y83eTQ4tQc8MJ5BJALPExtqfpSat9iyRhJKm7a0#success

About the presenters

Abdelfattah AbusrourAbdelfattah Abusrour is founder and director of Alrowwad Cultural and Arts Society, established in 1998 in Aida refugee camp-Bethlehem. His concept and philosophy “Beautiful Resistance”, using performing and visual arts, culture and education, is a creative and peaceful expression in situations of oppression and trauma to provide possibilities to save lives and inspire hope and build peace within individuals to be peace builders in their communities and beyond. Abusrour is an author, actor, and theatre director, with a PhD in Biological and Medical Engineering from France.

Abusrour is the first Ashoka fellow-Social Entrepreneur in Palestine, and he is a Synergos – social innovator fellow. He was elected president of Palestinian Theatre League and many other organizations. He has done conferences and practical workshops in different countries using Beautiful Resistance, to empower people through building peace within themselves, and be active change-makers, and instead of waiting for miracles to happen, be able to act and provoke miracles to happen..

Yousef Habache (Moderator)Directeur Général, Comités pour le Développement et le Patrimoine (CDP).

Western Himalaya Vikalp Sangam welcomes you to a talk and discussion on ‘Climate Crisis and Western Himalaya’, which probes into the current global climate crises caused by the paradigm of destructive development and starts a dialogue on what this means for the already bioregion of Western Himalaya.  

The speaker is Mr. Soumya Dutta, co-convener of South Asian People’s Action on Climate Crisis (SAPACC), the trustee of Movement for Advancing Understanding on Sustainability And Mutuality (MAUSAM), the executive member of Friends of the Earth-India, the trustee/board member of GreenPeace-India Environment Trust, the convener of Bharat Jan Vigyan Jatha (BJVJ) and the founding members of India-Climate-Justice (ICJ).

Date: 8th September 2021

Time: 5:00 pm
Zoom link:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88269893091

(No registration required)

Announcing our latest book for children: A New Home For Ajiri, a moving story from Kachchh, written beautifully by Sandip Virmani and richly illustrated by Niloufer Wadia! The story of Ajiri, a chinkara fawn in Kachchh and her unusual friendships with a young boy, a young pastoralist girl and many camels!

To place an order, please visit: kalpavriksh.org/our-store

Protected Area Update (July 2021) about Maharashtra in Marathi, to read the entire Newsletter, please click here.