Keeping crawlies for green company
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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Suburban Tales! How Love For A Bandra Garden Inspired A Book
D’Monte Park Street’s resident-run Dream Grove project has inspired a children’s book. And we love it
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Press Release: Urgent Need to Support Goba System of Ladakh
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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Video: Gandhi Lives! Perspectives on Satyagraha, Swaraj and Self-reliance
Mahatma Gandhi’s ideas, ideals, and life are as relevant today as ever, to deal with the horrific inequalities, ecological devastation, and injustice across the world. Satyagraha can help us speak truth to power, swaraj to reclaim power inherent in each of us, and self-reliance to rid ourselves of debilitating dependence on govts and corporations. A presentation to Dept of Social Work, Delhi University, 30.9.2020
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Mahatma Gandhi calls PM Modi: “Did you really mean Self-reliance?”
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No Atma, Lots of Nirbharta: The Socio-Ecological Bankruptcy of Modi’s Self-Reliance Stimulus
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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Video: Eco India: How Gandhi’s idea of Swaraj is inspiring communities to take charge of their environment?
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.
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COMMUNITY FOREST RIGHTS & THE PANDEMIC: GRAM SABHAS LEAD THE WAY!
Part 2 of Extraordinary Work Of ‘Ordinary’ People is out: COMMUNITY FOREST RIGHTS & THE PANDEMIC: GRAM SABHAS LEAD THE WAY!
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Community Forest Rights at a Glance 2017-2020
Community Forest Rights at a Glance Report for 2017-2020 has been produced by Kalpavriksh as part of Community Forest Rights-Learning and Advocacy Process (CFR-LA) with the support of Oxfam, India. The report evaluates the progress of CFR implementation and to discuss, consolidate and analyze policy changes directly affecting the implementation of the Act for helping on ground research, advocacy and effective implementation of the Act. This report is the fifth in the series produced by CFR-LA.
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CRITICAL WILDLIFE HABITAT: What is it, how should it be implemented, and how is it being pushed through?
A policy brief on the Critical Wildlife Habitat provision to be implemented in Protected Areas in India under the Forest Rights Act. It seeks to describe the provisions and their legal interpretation and how the process of declaration is being violated in Maharashtra.It includes suggested steps to be followed for a meaningful implementation of the provisions
The brief has been produced by ATREE and Kalpavriksh.
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