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Environmental Stewardship

Rooting Resilience – How Pungaon Village Took on Fodder Scarcity and Landslide Risk

Rooting Resilience – How Pungaon Village Took on Fodder Scarcity and Landslide Risk

In Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district, Pungaon villagers planted 500 native trees in a day to prevent landslides and address fodder scarcity. A grassroots initiative showing climate resilience in action.

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Seeding Change: How Women in Sullangudi Village Are Restoring Nature, One Seed Ball at a Time

Seeding Change: How Women in Sullangudi Village Are Restoring Nature, One Seed Ball at a Time

Discover how 75 women in Sullangudi village, Tamil Nadu, led a community-driven seed ball initiative and water channel restoration, nurturing local ecosystems and climate resilience.

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Planting Resilience: How the Community of Sawdesh Nagar Turned to Rubber Farming for Livelihood and Sustainability

Planting Resilience: How the Community of Sawdesh Nagar Turned to Rubber Farming for Livelihood and Sustainability

Discover how 50 residents of Sawdesh Nagar, Tripura, prepared 3,000 rubber saplings through a community-led initiative, ensuring future livelihoods and environmental sustainability.

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Growing Awareness, One Seed at a Time: How Students at Gubindapur MV School Are Restoring Nature

Growing Awareness, One Seed at a Time: How Students at Gubindapur MV School Are Restoring Nature

Discover how students at Gubindapur MV School, Assam, are restoring green spaces and supporting biodiversity through Goonj’s School-to-School initiative—making seed balls and crafting bird nests.

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Growing Resilience: How a Village in Assam Built Its Own Greenhouse

Growing Resilience: How a Village in Assam Built Its Own Greenhouse

In Pomaguri, Assam, villagers built a community greenhouse under Goonj’s Cloth for Work initiative, ensuring sapling growth, school involvement, and long-term climate resilience.

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Restoring Wells, Reviving Hope in Palghar, Maharashtra

Restoring Wells, Reviving Hope in Palghar, Maharashtra

For the people of Palghar district, Maharashtra, access to clean drinking water was a daily struggle. During peak summers, the region’s wells dried up

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Cultivating Food Security: How Karsud’s Kitchen Gardens Are Nourishing Communities

Cultivating Food Security: How Karsud’s Kitchen Gardens Are Nourishing Communities

For many Adivasi families in Karsud village, Vikramgad (Palghar district, Maharashtra), daily wage

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Restoring Water Balance in Osmanabad: Andur Village’s Community-Led Solution

Restoring Water Balance in Osmanabad: Andur Village’s Community-Led Solution

Maharashtra’s Osmanabad district, like many parts of rural India, faces a dual water crisis

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Restoring Water Dignity in Kalki Village

Restoring Water Dignity in Kalki Village

Kalki, a remote village in Maharashtra, is surrounded by lush greenery, yet its people have long struggled with water scarcity in rural India.

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Women in Karkatta Village Reclaim Their Water Dignity

Women in Karkatta Village Reclaim Their Water Dignity

Water has always been a challenge in Karkatta village, Latur (Maharashtra).

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Empowering Communities: Darma Valley’s Initiative to Preserve the Himalayas

Empowering Communities: Darma Valley’s Initiative to Preserve the Himalayas

Sometimes simple ideas work more effectively than complex solutions.. This story located approximately 6000ft above sea level is a perfect example.. Darma is the trans-Himalayan valley of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Tribal community of Darma ‘Rung’ also known as Darmiyani, the residents of this valley are facing the challenge of plastic and non- biodegradable waste destroying the sensitive ecology of the mountains.

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