Money for nothing?
A revolutionary system of trade, the LETSystem, helps communities meet their requirements without depending on hard cash
Washed, clean and green
The Vankars of Gujarat have reclaimed saline wastelands in Gujarat after 9 years of bloody struggle
Leading the battle against the bottle
Several regional organisations are helping women fight against the sale and consumption of liquor.
Extinguished!
Conventional politics breaks up the fiery spirit of an ideal self-sustaining forest community
Dang and blast
The anachronistic, and explosive, colonial formula of exploiting forests by denying the forest people their rights is still being followed to the …
Community welfare works as a contraceptive
In Pakistan, they are controlling population growth by raising the living standards of local communities through Pasbaan, the social …
Communities to the rescue
Malaria is no longer an unmanageable disease in the Zambezi Valley of Zimbabwe, thanks to a community-based project
Building a green roof
10,000 trees in 66 years, an octogenarian revives greenery in a village in Bihar
The fruits of water
Orchards in Vansda transform distant dream into reality as people unite to store and use the water that would usually run off
Life strife
A recent encyclical from the Pope bolsters resurgent anti-abortionist "pro-life" groups in the US
The paradox of nature and balanced accounts
Western institutions and the United Nations are keen protagonists of natural resource accounting but it may still not be a useful policy tool for …
Together they conquered
A village committee in Orissa improves the fate of its poverty-stricken people with dedication and determination
Deaths foretold
The loss of life in the super cyclone that hit the Orissa coast last year was not an 'act of God'. Had the emergency plans been in place, the …
Protectors of the forest
Saara adivasis in Orissa have undertaken measures to conserve forest wealth
Panchayats, European style
Return of the woods
Two decades of toil have given back to Seed village in Udaipur a forest that villagers felt had been destroyed forever
Power of the people
As megacities across the world boom, simple pleasures of life like fresh air and clean water have been lost. Initially, governments tried to …
Moses of Longleng
How the efforts of an individual brought prosperity to a remote town in the Northeast
The road ahead
India with its deplorable rural roads can learn a lesson from Madagascar, which has successfully implemented a decentralised system of …
Creating a wonderland
In the barren wildness of the savannahs in Colombia, a visionary establishes an extraordinary community
TEARS FOR CROCODILES
Dussehri's entrepreneurs
Village women emerge as successful entrepreneurs thanks to NEED an organisation with a difference
Betrayed
Nepal's forest bureaucracy prepares for the funeral of the much-hailed community forest management programme
In hope of benefit-sharing
In India, there has been a cautious move towards handing over control of natural resources to local communities
