From Classrooms to Communities: A Summer Learning Journey
Vidya S, Climate Change The summer holidays provided an opportunity to be with students beyond school classrooms to engage with children in villages across Kotagiri and Mananthavady, through three-week summer library-based learning and a two-day summer camp at Keystone. These initiatives were designed to make climate change more relatable by connecting concepts with students’ local […]
Little Earth Defenders – Every Life Matters: A 2-day Summer Camp
Monisha Ravi, Community Wellbeing Welcoming Young Earth Defenders The Biodiversity Conservation team successfully conducted its annual summer camp, “Little Earth Defenders – Every Life Matters,” at the Keystone campus, bringing together 23 enthusiastic students from diverse backgrounds for two days of immersive learning and exploration. The camp was jointly facilitated by the Community Wellbeing, Climate […]
Bridging Perspectives: Stakeholder Meeting on Climate Education – Himachal
Vidya S, Climate Change When the opportunity came, we accepted it to test and try the replicability of Climate Smart School’s implementation in another mountain ecosystem. Thus started the journey of Climate education in Himachal. We work in 4 Government Schools following the greening education framework. Two local educators Ashish and Shrey facilitated the session […]
Enabling Just Transitions in Communities
Gunashekar M, Climate Change On March 19, 2026, the Keystone Foundation held a dissemination meeting in Coimbatore presenting results from the UK PACT funded project.The project titled Embedding Strategies and Action Plans for Climate Just Transitions in Communities was presented to stakeholders and participants during session.The session opened with a welcome address by Ms. Tabinda […]
Learning Across Landscapes: A 4-Day Cb-MRV Exposure Visit
By Vinitha Murukesan, Climate Change From forests and hills to wetlands and mangroves, a four-day exposure visit (05–08 January 2026) brought together Key Community Stakeholders (KCS) and partner organisations for immersive, cross-site learning on Community-based Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (Cb-MRV), climate action, and ecosystem stewardship. Kotagiri and Aracode: The journey began in Kotagiri and Aracode, […]
APEX Sri Lanka: Women’s Leadership in Transforming Food Systems
By Bhavya George, Climate Change From 5–7 December 2025, I participated in the Asia Pacific Exchange for Agroecology (APEX) Women’s Strategising Workshop on “Women’s Leadership in Transforming Food Systems through Food Security and Agroecology,” held at Tamarind Tree Resort, Katunayaka, Sri Lanka. This visit took place at a difficult time, as the country was experiencing […]
Reflections from the Journeying Across the Himalayas Festival, Delhi
By Vidya S., Climate Change December was especially exciting for me because of the Journeying Across the Himalayas Festival in Delhi, hosted by the Royal Enfield Social Mission. This experience felt even more special since it was my first solo trip to the city and my second time attending the festival, “Journeying Across the Himalayas.” […]
A Day with Women Farmers Discussing Analog Forestry
By Bhavya George and Reshma R, Climate Change In Sigur, on October 16th, 25 analog forestry practitioners (21 women and 4 men) came together to discuss and deepen their understanding on agroecology through the Analog Forestry (AF) approach. With both old and newcomers, the workshop prioritized peer learning, hands-on activities, and connecting ecological concepts to […]
7th International Conference on Sustainability Education
Bhavya George, Climate Change On September 17th and 18th, I participated in the 7th International Conference on Sustainability Education (ICSE) held at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. The conference was organized by Mobius Foundation. The conference built upon the momentum of previous ICSE conferences, recognizing the urgent need for transformative action to address the […]
A Month of Learning Exchanges for the Climate Change Team
By Reshma-Climate Change August turned out to be a month rich in cross-learning and exchange of ideas. This was between educators of two mountain ecosystems, as well as between educators and women farmers who practice Analog forestry. Ashish and Shrey are our two educators from Himachal leading work on climate-smart schools. They visited the Keystone […]