Community action/India
The aim of this page is to recognise, celebrate and encourage the self-empowerment of community agency networks (CANs) and community groups' activism for climate, environment and many other sustainability topics across India. It focuses on Networks, sustainability initiatives and community involvement.
- Community resources India, Climate action India and Ecological restoration India are separate pages.
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| Location | India |
| Coordinates | 22° 21' 4.01" N, 78° 40' 3.87" E |
News
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Assam India: Where exchange has a home, grassecon.substack.com (Feb 16, 2026) - India shows how urban forests can help cool cities – as long as planners understand what nature and people need, theconversation.com (Jan 14, 2026)
- How traditional Himalayan burning could help prevent mega wildfires, theconversation.com (Dec 12, 2025)
- Half the world’s 100 largest cities are in high water stress areas, analysis finds, theguardian.com (Jan 22, 2026) — Beijing, New York, Los Angeles, Rio de Janeiro and Delhi among those facing extreme stress, while London, Bangkok and Jakarta classed as being highly stressed
- A class act: the therapy school for children raised in Delhi’s red light district, positive.news (Apr 15, 2024)
- At ‘Garbage Cafes,’ You Can Trade Plastic Bottles for Free Food, reasonstobecheerful.world (Apr 05, 2024)
- ‘In Delhi I can see the climate catastrophe unfolding before my eyes’, The Guardian (Nov 15, 2022)
- Delhi suffers at 49C as heatwave sweeps India, BBC News (May 16, 2022)
- Making light work: solar’s potential to lift rural Indians out of poverty, positive.news (Apr 30, 2025)
- She moved me’: the UK dancers inspired by India’s 112-year-old environmentalist, theguardian.com (Mar 03, 2024)
- Pakistan seeks justice for environmental harm through climate litigation, globalvoices.org (Jan 11, 2026)
- Which countries people are fleeing from – and why, theconversation.com (Dec 17, 2025)
- Climate justice case study through Pakistan’s energy predicament: What China’s energy sector can and cannot do for the Global South, Qian Sun and Sonia Awale, globalvoices.org (Dec 10, 2025)
- Amsterdam, along with other major European cities, bans public adverts for meat and fossil fuels [BBC], Daily Alternative (May 22, 2026)
- Solidarity fields in Syria: Reviving local seed production, globalvoices.org (May 21, 2026) — A community garden on Damascus's edge is quietly rebuilding Syria's agricultural memory
- How reindeer herds, nature and Sámi culture can thrive when forests are restored across northern Europe, theconversation.com (May 15, 2026)
Networks and sustainability initiatives
[edit | edit source]- Vikalp Sangam, ‘Vikalp Sangam’ (VS), Hindi for ‘Alternatives Confluence’, is an evolving process that involves in its core functioning, over 80 movements and organisations in India. added 17:29, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
- Deccan Development Society
- Kalpavriksh, non-profit organisation working on environmental and social issues at local, national and global levels, primarily based in Pune with members in Delhi, Bangalore, Dehradun and elsewhere. added 15:05, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
- Govardhan Ecovillage (Maharastra, India), a place of natural harmony to release, refocus and recalibrate the self.
International events
[edit | edit source]Global or International events
Jun 03, 2026 (Wed) — World Bicycle Day, The bicycle is a "symbol of sustainable transport and conveys a positive message to foster sustainable consumption and production, and has a positive impact on climate." (United Nations), June 3 each year, un.org- Jun 05, 2026 (Fri) — World Environment Day, June 5, annually, worldenvironmentday.global
- Jun 08, 2026 (Mon) — World Oceans Day, June 8 each year, worldoceanday.org
- Jun 12, 2026 (Fri) — World Day Against Child Labour, every year on June 12, ilo.org
- Jun 17, 2026 (Wed) — World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, each June 17, un.org
- Jun 21 and all of June — World Localization Day, worldlocalizationday.org
- Jun 22, 2026 (Mon) — World Rainforest Day, June 22 is World Rainforest Day, worldrainforestday.org
2021-2030, UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, International community action events
CDC video
[edit | edit source]Each week 3 different short videos from across the world.
Community networks, Community action/Philippines, Arts, sport and culture / ...This week's featured UK videos / ... read more about Cosmolocalism
India video
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Community involvement
[edit | edit source]- IndiaUnheard, Community News Service, alternate newswire at grassroot level
see also Kerala
Communities online
[edit | edit source]Decentralising Digital, Working with rural communities in Karnataka, India, Decentralising Digital is an ongoing research project seeking to co-create new narratives for decentralised digital futures. added 12:20, 15 September 2021 (UTC)
Sustainable livelihood
[edit | edit source]Development Alternatives Group - Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group
Campaigns
[edit | edit source]The Goenchi Mati Campaign, Fairness in Mining
About India
[edit | edit source]Past events
- April 22 - 27, 2014, Neighbourhood Trees Campaign, India Biodiversity Portal
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area; the most populous country in the world and, since its independence in 1947, the world's most populous democracy. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal and Bhutan to the north; Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is near Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Myanmar, Thailand and Indonesia.
Near you
[edit | edit source]Mumbai - Chennai / Andhra Pradesh - Kerala - Tamil Nadu
See also
[edit | edit source]- Rural Youth Volunteers in India
- India news
- Community resources India
- Climate action India
- Ecological restoration India
- List of Ashden Award winners, includes winners in India 2002 - 2008
External links
- Wikipedia: Sulabh International - Bindeshwar Pathak - List of Ashden Award winners, includes winners in India 2009 and 2011
- Greenpeace India
- Rainwater Club, rainwater harvesting
| Authors | Phil Green |
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| License | CC-BY-SA-3.0 |
| Cite as | Philralph (2007–2026). "Community action/India". Appropedia. Retrieved June 4, 2026. |