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.

• 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.

Global or International events

2021-2030, UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, International community action events

Cosmolocal discovery club

Each week 3 different short videos from across the world.

I am Tribulete 7 (Trailer)

Authors: Soy Tribulete 7, 3.04 mins

Date: 2026-05-25

Our Voice at COP 26

Authors: AYOWECCA UGANDA, 7.30 mins

Date: 2021-10-29

The Global Assembly on Food and Climate

Authors: Global Assembly, 3.08 mins.

Date: 2026-06-29

Community action/Madrid, Community action/Uganda, Citizens' assembly / ...This week's featured UK videos / ... read more about Cosmolocalism

5 Lessons for Effective Participatory Climate Action from the Indian Himalayas

Authors: People Powered, 5.55 mins.

Date: 2025-01-20

Vikalp Sangam: A Movement for Alternatives

Authors: Vikalp Sangam

Date: 2021-04-12

India's Water Revolution #2: The Biggest Permaculture Project on Earth! with the Paani Foundation

Authors: Andrew Millison

Date: 2020-04-27

Govardhan Ecovillage - Rural Transformation through Self Transformation

Authors: Gaurangadas Official

Date: 2019-09-06

Govardhan Eco Village

Authors: Radhanath Swami

Date: 2014-05-03

Rooftop Gardening in Ludhiana

Authors: Wave India

Date: 2010-07-13

• IndiaUnheard, Community News Service, alternate newswire at grassroot level

see also Kerala

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)

Development Alternatives Group - Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group

The Goenchi Mati Campaign, Fairness in Mining

Past events

• April 22 - 27, 2014, Neighbourhood Trees Campaign, India Biodiversity Portal

From Wikipedia:India

India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the world's seventh-largest country by area and the largest by population. 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 near Sri Lanka and the Maldives.

Mumbai - Chennai / Andhra Pradesh - Kerala - Tamil Nadu

• 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