A Green ban
Kanchanpur has some unusual people: drunk men and green women. Ignored and uncared for by the men, the region's lands were barren. Then, the …
Green is a common word
The commons have gone green in some villages in the Tehri Garhwal district, with the people coming together to afforest an invaluable legacy
Fenced out of a livelihood
The traditional craft of wooden toy making in Sawai Madhopur near the Ranthambore tiger reserve is dying out because of changed consumer …
Arresting 'axe'tion
Dwindling forests in a Rajasthan sanctuary get a fresh lease of life with villagers effectively banning the use of axe
Decentralising supply
Finding it difficult to cope with frequently interrupted and extremely poor quality of water supplied by the government, a Haryana village …
Dussehri's entrepreneurs
Village women emerge as successful entrepreneurs thanks to NEED an organisation with a difference
Outlining their rights
Cartography provides the indigenous peoples of the world another way of asserting their rights
Caught in a net
A recent coup on the Internet, which broke the monopoly held by the Netherland's state publishers over information, throws light on what is being …
Benchmark for success
The Songhai Centre in the Republic of Benin is a model for food self-sufficiency and sustainable development
The dam sham
Even as protests against the Bakun Dam Project grow more strident, the Malaysian government remains adamant on its decision to go ahead with it
Ropeways of solidarity
The women of Kangra in Himachal Pradesh have crossed the bridge to freedom that comes from collective action
Fanning the flame of science
At a recent convention held in the Capital, the Bhartiya Jan Gyan Vigyan Jatha took stock of the ways to popularise science among the common people
Unconventional approach to AIDS control
Voluntary groups in Madras are taking up the onus of increasing AIDS awareness among various groups including students, blue-collar workers and …
Ridding Delhi's brothels of HIV
An organisation of sex workers struggles to combat the spread of AIDS in Delhi's red-light areas.
Bringing up parents
Norway's young eco-cletectives are the youngest environmentalists anywhere, and have an octopus as their club mascot
All workers unite
...especially in the gigantic unorganised sector, and suddenly the labour fringe becomes the mainstream
Turning a new reef
Once liquour-sodden, the fisherfolk of a Kerala village are replacing destroyed natural reefs with artificial ones
Till joys
Women in 3 districts in Tamil Nadu discover how to make money and ban booze -- for the first time
Living on a minefield
Plans to set up lignite and China clay mines in the biologically diverse and rich Madayipara plateau of Kerala's Kannur district has its …
Together we stand
Will the National Alliance of People's Movements be a whiff of Fresh air blowing in winds of change, reforming the way the country views development?
An urban dream
Goans come together to protect the irreplaceable rain trees of Panaji against a callous government
A tale of two villages beguiled by JRY
The panchayats of Sonrai in Uttar Pradesh and Palana in Rajasthan share a Jawahar Rozgar Yojana experience. Both ignored the water needs of the …
Money for nothing?
A revolutionary system of trade, the LETSystem, helps communities meet their requirements without depending on hard cash
Joy of learning can be a pain
Children fell victim to organisational inefficiency and indifference at the National Joy of Learning Festival held recently in the Capital
The roots of prosperity
The woods march back to barren forest department land as villagers in Gujarat's Panchmahals district grab the spade