Zonal Cultural Centres – Government of India

Each zone has a zonal headquarters where a zonal cultural center has been established. Several states have membership in multiple zones, but no state subdivisions are utilized in the zonal divisions. In addition to promoting the culture of the zones they are responsible for, each zonal center also works to cross-promote and create exposure to … Read more

”No one wants the forest to disappear”: Dr. Felix Padel on peace, justice, the Forest Rights Act and music

How could peace be brought, with justice? Is there even a movement for peace? How does this war compare with other wars in India, and worldwide? Few have targeted civilian villagers as remorselessly, though Ashoka’s Kalinga war, over 2,000 years ago, that killed 100000 people directly, and many indirectly according to Ashoka’s own inscriptions, presents … Read more

“We can bring the change”: Celebrating the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People at Jauramunda village – Odisha

Date: 9th August 2013Text and photos courtesy 12-8-13 © Remish Ekka Secretary cum Executive Director ANGNA Address Remish EkkaSecretary cum Executive Director ANGNAAt/P.O. Kutra-770018Dt. SundargarhOrissa, Indiaekka remish@rediffmail.comweb site- wwww.angnango.orgMb-9937875466

Save Western Ghats Group (AERF) – Maharashtra

Applied Environmental Research Foundation (AERF)C-10, Natya Chitra Co-op Hsg. Soc. (Kalagram)Bhusari Colony, Kothrud,Pune – 411052 Maharashtra, INDIAwww.savethewesternghats.org Applied Environmental Research Foundation (AERF) Since 2009 a group of experienced activists and practitioners came together to revive the Save Western Ghats Movement that was initiated in 1987-88 with Save the Western Ghats March. This group worked hard … Read more

Alternative ways of living: “Buen vivir”, the lived knowledge of ancestral indigenous nations – Andes and the Amazon basin

Mateo Martínez Abarca (Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal) | Read the full paper here >> We are currently facing a crisis that threatens not only the survival of our civilisation and humans as a species, but that of life on our planet as a whole. At the same time, the exploitation-based approach to development is facing … Read more