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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. Separate pages cover Community resources India, Climate action India and Ecological restoration India

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  • News ‘We can’t believe you would just trust us’: why social assistance shouldn’t come with strings attached, theconversation.com (Jan 02, 2025)
  • News People already live alongside predators in India and Kenya – here’s how it could work in Scotland, theconversation.com (Dec 19, 2024)
  • News Bamboo bonanza: how a village in India used its forest to go from poverty to prosperity, theguardian.com (Dec 17, 2024)

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Networks and sustainability initiatives[edit | edit source]

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Vikalp Sangam: A Movement for Alternatives
Authors: Vikalp Sangam, Apr 12, 2021
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Govardhan Ecovillage - Rural Transformation through Self Transformation
Authors: Gaurangadas Official, Sep 6, 2019
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Govardhan Eco Village
Authors: Radhanath Swami, May 3, 2014
  • 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.

Video gallery[edit | edit source]

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India's Water Revolution #2: The Biggest Permaculture Project on Earth! with the Paani Foundation
Authors: Andrew Millison, Apr 27, 2020
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Rooftop Gardening in Ludhiana
Authors: Wave India
Date: 2010-07-13

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)

Food activism[edit | edit source]

  • Centre for Sustainable Agriculture, professional resource organization engaged in establishing models of sustainable agriculture working in partnership with NGOs and Community Based Organizations by scaling up the successes and engaging with the establishment for a policy change - Open Source Seeds
  • csa-india.org

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]

India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the most populous country in the world and the seventh-largest by area. 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; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia.

Near you[edit | edit source]

Mumbai / Andhra Pradesh - Kerala - Tamil Nadu

See also[edit | edit source]

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Authors Phil Green
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Created February 11, 2007 by Chris Watkins
Last modified August 26, 2024 by Phil Green
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