Their own suppliers

Scarcity teaches a village in Orissa how to manage its water supply  

A collector's item

WEALTH, POVERTY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT· David Barkin·InterAmerican Council for Sustainable Agriculture·66pp

When people participate in a government initiative

Delhi's fight against air pollution is an example of how citizens' participation can be solicited

Doctor's call

As studies continue to mount on the dangers of air pollution, over one lakh doctors from all over India voice their concern

Community forest management is the future

It has been 10 years since the Joint Forest Management (jfm) was officially started in India. Ajit Banerjee, who first experimented with the …

Haunted by the past

Five years ago, Nigerian social activist Ken Saro-Wiwa was killed because he fought against multinational oil companies and dared to assert the …

Prosperity and Beyond

A quarter of a century ago, a jeep driver decided it was time to make a change. Ralegan Siddhi, made into a model village by Anna Hazare, faces …

Down with the dump

Residents of a Rajasthan village are up in arms over secret plans to store nuclear waste nearby

Chronicle of a journey foretold

Water trains aren't a strange sight anymore. Not the least in the parched areas of Gujarat. But while many villages await their erratic supply, …

Reaping the benefits

CFM brings social and economic prosperity to several village communities

Callous forest law

Water crisis: a case study of Jabalpur

Jabalpur's shrinking lakes needs sincere planning and community participation

Elephantine block

A wall to keep elephants at bay ends up alienating people in an Uttarakhand village

Good Lord! No trees

Wood used in Jagannath’s chariot vanishing fast from Odisha’s jungles

Wings to Saras Crane

A community project conserves the non-migratory birds in Rajasthan

Fiery protest

An immolation bid by a Bhopal resident leads to closure of polluting factories

A policy that kills!

The government's fuel pricing policy is the very essence of irrationality

Moratorium on GMOS

Rising like the Phoenix

After suffering a spate of floods villagers regain environmental and economic vitality

A fighting chance

One man's dedication transformed the degraded, deforested land of his village

The new rule

Of the people. By the people. But against the people?

Heading Downhill

Thailand policymakers' volte-face on community forestry bill jolts devolution process

The bare essentials

To make community forest management a success

Orissa villagers protect forest, reap benefits

A village that took on miners