Root cures
A dedicated group of botanists, ayurvedic practitioners and pharmacologists are showing rural Keralites that all the medicines they need, grow in …
Going the bio way
The Biovillage project provides rural folk the finance and technical knowhow to cultivate for the market while conserving water and soil
Fostering change
The socioeconomic scenario of Panch Mahals in Gujarat has improved due to the active participation of tribal women in a forestry programme
Victims of ignorance
Tall promises
The benefits of a watershed develqpment programme in Anantapur fail to trickle down to poor farmers
Friends of the river
Clearing the Ganga, is their mission even if it means fishing out scores of bodies from the river
Forests, fuel and fodder
From deficit to surplus: a success story of joint forest management from Sakwa, a tiny village in south Gujarat
Educating the underprivileged
A review of our educational and training policy is desperately needed to educate tribals, the backward classes and the poor
Drifting with nature
Natural farming is the only hope in sight, says a farmer from Hoshangabad
Return to haven
A couple decided to give up the city life and experiment with a sustainable, agrarian lifestyle. Their efforts are bearing fruit after 15 years …
Learning made easy
The Education Guarantee Scheme of the Madhya Pradesh government is a new approach to encouraging rural children to attend school. And the scheme …
Five-star exploitation
River of joy
Rejuvenation of the Ruparel river in Rajasthan has brought about a wave of prosperity in the region. The gains are manifold
The seeds of traditional wisdom
A farmer in northern India has adopted agricultural practices that are attuned -- and not disruptive -- to the rural environment. Moreover, he …
Communities to the rescue
Malaria is no longer an unmanageable disease in the Zambezi Valley of Zimbabwe, thanks to a community-based project
Water for slums
Forsaken forests
Economic growth and development are destroying Rajasthan's unique forest-based religious system
Tying a green knot
In a small town in Chamoli district of Uttar Pradesh, a marriage is also a tree-planting occasion
More than a cuppa
Joint forest management makes Darjeeling's Makaibari estate an environmental treasure
Building a green roof
10,000 trees in 66 years, an octogenarian revives greenery in a village in Bihar
Bailing out turtles
A Kerala village strives to save Olive Ridley turtles threatened by indiscriminate sand mining
Reviving Kottayam
The healthy city project is, if nothing else, a pointer to the direction that Indian cities need to move in
Coming to grips with survival
Moulded plastic handles enable the farmers of the Tahirpur leprosy colony in Delhi to harvest high yields
The range of rage
How the villagers of Pujara Ki Chowki foiled hamhanded attempts of the state forest department to force-start a plantation on a forest already …
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