The main premise of political ecology is that environmental change is not a neutral process amenable to technical management. Rather, it has political sources, conditions and ramifications that impinge on socio-economic inequalities and political process.
Millions of trees in ecologically crucial areas like the Himalayas and Western Ghats have been saved by Chipko and Appiko Movement. These movements also worked for the regeneration of greenery over thousands of acres. The results can be seen in the forests of Jardhar and Piplet in Uttarakhand or the forests near Mendemane and Gubbigadde villages in Karnataka.
Apouch of organic brown rice or arhar dal, or anything organically grown is enough to remind us of Vandana Shiva-scholar and relentless campaigner of eco rights, who has made the term 'organic' part of uppity fashion. Her 'Navdanya' label of organic grains, grown in her Dehradun farm of the same name, has become a brand.
In a throwback to the Chipko movement to save trees in the seventies, the Rakhi festival has turned into a rallying point for hundreds of village women near here as they pledge to protect their 'brother' trees that will be drowned by the Renuka hydroelectric project.
Mumbai: A...organise a campaign againt felling of 100 trees for a road
The residents of Napean Sea Road on Tuesday carried out a campaign, inspired by the Chipko Movement, to save more than 100 trees in their locality from getting axed because of a road widening project.
Mumbai: A...organise a campaign againt felling of 100 trees for a road
The residents of Napean Sea Road on Tuesday carried out a campaign, inspired by the Chipko Movement, to save more than 100 trees in their locality from getting axed because of a road widening project.
MUMBAI: To protest against the BMC's plan to chop and relocate trees for the Nepean Sea Road widening project, school students on Tuesday will hug trees in the area reenacting the erstwhile chipko movement. The widening of this road will require relocation of 54 trees while 99 others will have to be chopped.
