Barefoot Ecology Training as a two-way learning experience
Bhavya George The socio-ecological changes observed and experienced due to Climate Change for sure have an impact on the natural resources, food security, health and livelihoods. The threat is especially severe for the indigenous and local communities dependent on natural resources for their everyday life. It becomes important in that context for the communities to […]
Exploring Public Histories through Community Narratives: A researcher workshop and partners’ visit – June 2022
An ongoing project with the British Academy, titled ‘The Ownership of Public Histories’ or TOPHI for short, has supported indigenous groups who have been engaged in conversations and community research on community histories, traditional knowledge, documentation of traditional cultural expressions and building resources for aiding intergenerational knowledge transfer. A key component of the project has […]
Ecofriends – Nattarivu Padana Kendram, Ellumannam, Wayanad
Wayanad is known for its rich diversity of nature, agriculture and people. This district is an abode of several indigenous people like Kattunaicken, Paniyan, Adiyan, Kurichyan and Mullukuruman etc. All these communities are known for their unique traditions and knowledge systems. The early nontribal communities are belonging to different indigenous communities like Wayanadan and Moundadan […]
Voices of the Adivasi women
National Consultation on Adivasi Women, Forests and Livelihoods was held from May 16th to 18th in Keystone Foundation Campus. Dhaatri and Keystone Foundation took the lead of the event along with other partners. This consultation, aimed at bringing together several Adivasi women’s rights groups to reflect, envision and explore the multiple forms of strategic advocacy […]
Sixth Week – Water and Waste
Week 6 of the NFLC program was a mix of Zoom classes taught by Neema Kudva from Cornell University, and field work. The topics discussed were water and waste, and the structure of this week was such that the theory learned was applied almost immediately to practice creating an all-round learning experience. The first day […]
Third Week – NFLC program on gender
While week 3 of the NFLC program focused mainly on gender, the week kicked off with a the NBR bus ride, a field trip to Satyamangalam Tiger Reserve. On this field trip, students visited a museum, an Elephant training center, and a Kota village. The first day of studying and discussing gender commenced with a […]
A field course for students from the Indian Institute of Forest Management
For many years now, our BiodiversIty Conservation programme has been offering field courses in collaboration with institutions across the country. One of these longstanding courses has been in alliance with the Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM). Students of IIFM pursuing M.Phil. and PG Diploma in Forest Management largely enroll in this course that focuses on Ecology and Society holistically. Due to […]
Celebrating the Importance of Wild plants, fruits and vegetables
Our network partner organisations across Central India kicked things off by organising events to celebrate wild foods in their region. This mainly involved the Sabar community – one among the eight Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups in Jharkhand. Traditionally, they have been foraging the land to collect and eat the naturally available food. Wild foods which include plants, fruits and vegetables play an important role in their […]
First Week – Indigenous Worldviews
The official first week of NFLC classes began with the theme of Indigenous Worldviews. Thefirst class and Cross Boundary Exercise (CBE) set the scene for a way of thinking that aided inunderstanding the multidimensionality of the upcoming classes. The students and resource leadsbegan with an exercise where each had to draw their own world view. […]
Field Course for IIFM students 2022 – Blog 3
Learnings from Nursery for native plants From the moment we reached Kotagiri, we were eagerly looking forward for our upcoming adventures and new experiences. It was amazing to witness keystone’s accommodation and how peacefully humans and animals coexisted with each other. There were frequent visits from gaurs, boars and monkeys on the site although there […]
