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  1. Rich Land, Rich Crops, Rich Hands

      Click to enlarge infographic Farmers in India, who feed the whole country, don't have much for themselves. India is losing more than 2,000 farmers every single day, as villagers migrate to cities in search of better jobs. Nearly a quarter of a mill ...
  2. Jal Jagruti Abhiyan breathes life into 22 rivers of Maharashtra

    Villagers in parts of the Indian state of Maharashtra, who have been under severe water crisis for years, heaved a sigh of relief at the sight of water in river basins. From struggling to find enough water for consumption and agriculture to seeing overflo ...
  3. Women of Naganadhi unite for river’s life

    Sometimes pain can be turned into a powerful symbol of strength and revival. It can change the lives of everyone around. Ask the women of Kammavanpettai village in Tamil Nadu. Women were in despair at seeing the depleting levels of river Naganadhi, family ...
  4. The True Pilgrims

    More than 1200 people from Kerala have joined the Art of Living Pampa River Cleaning Project. In February 2014, an elephant was found dead in the Periyar Tiger Reserve. The post-mortem revealed huge piles of waste — including polythene bags, aluminum foil ...
  5. Community Intervention for Environment Sustainability

    Chemical-free Farming What did we do? The Art of Living, through the Sri Sri Institute of Agricultural Sciences & Technology trust (SSIAST), has taken up the program of agricultural development that will be economic, sustainable, and eco-friendly The ...
  6. Earth Life

    Life can only come out of life and only life can sustain life. Our environment is our first sheath, followed by physical body, mind, intuitive sheath or subtle environment and the Self.. We have to cater to all the five sheaths. The Earth changes constant ...
  7. Environmental Care

    The Art of Living Foundation, with its roots in spirituality, has nurtured a deep respect for our planet in thousands of people around the world. The earth may be made up of rocks, sand and water, but spirituality can help us to perceive our planet as a l ...
  8. The Art of Living Goshala- Preserving Indigenous Cows

    More about Goshala Activities in the Goshala 5 memorable months in the Goshala Goshala: A Valuable Shelter ‘Go’ (pronounced ‘gau’) means cow, and ‘shala’ means shelter. Until recent times every village in India had a goshala. Even today every villager who ...
  9. Permaculture farming transforms degraded 7-acre land in Bangalore

    Anything in excess is not good, not even farming. It has been observed that prolonged farming does more bad to the soil than good. Here’s how. Of the five factors needed for farming – air, water, soil, sunlight and nutrients in the soil – a farmer is heav ...
  10. A life-changing decision for this farmer

    A much-hyped issue in India is revolving around food – the modifications in it, the injecting of plants, the organic and the chemically-grown. The perplexing debate around food requires a better understanding of the food we consume and feed our families. ...