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