The melodrama of the American elections has illustrated what should have become abundantly clear across the world: there is something badly
broken about democracy

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Generations of humans rise and fall within the lifetime of one tree, and yet we have managed to shake its very foundation with our irresponsible and careless lifestyle.

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D’Monte Park Street’s resident-run Dream Grove project has inspired a children’s book. And we love it

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Five civil society organisations are encouraging the UT Administration and the Hill
Council, along with Ladakhi society, to recognise and strengthen the goba (or
nambardar) system.

In a detailed study led by Kalpavriksh (a Pune-based organisation active in Ladakh), in
coordination with Ladakhi organisations Snow Leopard Conservancy – India Trust (SLC-IT),
Nature Conservation Foundation (NCF), Ladakh Media and Arts Organisation (LAMO), and
Local Futures, it was found that the goba system is still highly relevant for Ladakhi society.
Across the Leh district, people continue to have faith in this system, and insist that it should
continue along with the Panchayat system.

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The most blatant example of ecological illiteracy in the name of ‘self-reliance’ is that of coal mining – a sector which is being opened up in parts of central India which were hitherto off-limits.

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For long, India has mirrored the top-down development approach of the West. In this special interview, environmentalist and thinker Ashish Kothari talks about why that needs to radically change through imbibing the ideas of ‘Eco Swaraj’ – a common theme among many grassroots environmental movements in the country that are re-defining their relationship with the environment. “You build in the notion of Swaraj, which is a deeply political and economic concept of independence and autonomy, but also a responsibility to the rest of nature,” says Kothari.

Part 2 of Extraordinary Work Of ‘Ordinary’ People is out: COMMUNITY FOREST RIGHTS & THE PANDEMIC: GRAM SABHAS LEAD THE WAY!

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