Sadhana forest  (auroville),Tamil nadu 

 

The main aim of this ecological project is to support the local rural villages: By retaining water and filling the aquifer, Sadhana Forest allows the villagers to cultivate their food and prevents exodus towards nearby city slums.

Sadhana Forest started its ecological revival and sustainable living work on December 19th 2003.The vision of its founders, Yorit and Aviram Rozin, is to transform 70 acres of severely eroded, arid land on the outskirts of Auroville.  In a spirit of human unity, their aim is to introduce a growing number of people to sustainable living and veganism. Our energy and resources are focused on the creation of a vibrant, indigenous Tropical Dry Evergreen Forest (TDEF).

Sadhana Forest won the third place in the Humanitarian Water and Food Award (WAF) 2010. This award is an international recognition of the quality of the ecological and humanitarian work done by Sadhana Forest in India and Haiti.

more info. At - http://sadhanaforest.org

 

 

 

Sambhaavnaa institute, palampur (Himachal Pradesh)

(governing body includes famous social activists like Arvind Kejriwal, Prashant Bhushan, Aruna Roy and many famous personalities) 

 

Sambhaavnaa is dedicated to learning and educating about the process and politics of policy making in the government, and to enable people to participate in this process so the policies and laws being formulated are in public interest.

It is a place to learn about contemporary public policies, their multifarious impacts on society, and to learn about possible alternatives to them which would be more equitable, just and sustainable.

Sambhaavnaa aims to serve as a catalyst for grassroots organizing and movement building. We hope to create spaces – where people gain knowledge, hope, courage, expanding their ideas of what is possible. We wish to help develop leadership and organizations that work for justice, equality and sustainability.

 

more info. At - http://www.sambhaavnaa.org/ 

 

 

Abhikram, Ahemdabad (gujrat)

 

A consultance firm in the field of responsible architecture established by famous duo Nimish patel and Parul zhaveri, they have been building luxery heritage resorts by using old traditional techniques of construction as well as been involved in various restoration works of forts around Rajasthan. 

 

Shikshantar, Udaipur (Rajasthan)

 

It is a applied research institute dedicated to catalyzing radical systemic transformation of education in order to facilitate swaraj development thorugh out India.
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