First food: business of taste
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
Traditional Knowledge
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Working women
In Guraiya village , it's women empowerment all the way
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Hamlets reborn
Although Bhaonta Kolyala village walked away with the Down To Earth Joseph C John Award, the judges came across several such communities worthy of praise. The Guraiya Watershed Community in Madhya Pradesh, Krushak Charcha Mandal in Maharashtra and AJCB Br
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Above All Differences
A caste ridden society transforms the depleted forests into a green haven
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Solo Performances
Besides the communities who have done exemplary work in the field of environment, several individuals are making a difference in the lives of many people in various parts of India. Some of them, who were brought to Down To Earth's notice during the proces
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Born Again
A rural organisation breathes life into the listless people of Melaghar village
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MUTUALLY ASSURED DESTRUCTION
Knowledge without power, and power bereft of knowledge. This, in sum, is the story of mismanagement of wildlife and protected forests in India. Wildlife researchers say the forest bureaucracy is untouched by scientific understanding. Wildlife officials ar
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Words of wisdom
The traditional knowledge of indigenous communities was for a long time viewed with scepticism. Now, the world acknowledges its significance
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River Parliament
For British historians and administrators, Indian villages were self-sustaining units and they termed these units as village republics. Later, this terminology was done away with by historians and
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Reviving nature
A professor heralds hope and greenery into a remote Orissa village to set it free from a web of untouchability, superstition, illiteracy and poverty
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Trouble in Mexico
Mayans may lose traditional knowledge to a Us funded project