An updated version of presentation on radical alternatives to mainstream development and governance, along political, economic, social, ecological and cultural fronts, with a focus on examples from India.
Food sovereignty: Initiatives and lessons from IndiaAshish Kothari
In the wake of the chemicalisation and commercialisation of agriculture in India, there is a severe farmer and food crisis. Several farmer and civil society organisations, and some government initiatives, are trying new paradigms of sustainable, small-farmer agriculture that provide glimpses of food sovereignty and community self-sufficiency.
An updated presentation on the incompatibility between current 'development' model and ecological sustainability and social justice; and alternative practices and approaches for well-being (with examples from Bihar added).
Ecoswaraj: Radical Ecological Democracy, Alternatives to Unsustainability and...Ashish Kothari
Presented at the 5th International Degrowth Conference, Budapest, 2 Sept 2016; journey through alternative initiatives in political, economic, social, cultural fields, towards ecoswaraj or a radical ecological democracy. Several new slides compared to earlier related publications.
Sustainable Development Goals vs. radical alternativesAshish Kothari
Brief critical analysis of the Sustainable Development Goals agenda just signed by all countries, the reasons it will fail, and the need for radical alternatives building on what people are already doing. Presentation made at Indigenous Terra Madre 2015, at Shillong, Meghalaya, India.
As livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people get destroyed by modern 'development', and mainly deadening jobs replace them (if at all), what alternatives exist that can provide decent livelihoods, which are ecologically sensitive and socially equitable?
Eco-swaraj: Radical Ecological Democracy towards Equity & Sustainability Ashish Kothari
Latest version of presentation on what's wrong with 'development', what the radical alternatives are on the ground and conceptually, and what processes can take these further. Delivered at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, early March 2020.
Thinking out of Conservation & Development Boxes in India Ashish Kothari
Conventional conservation of biodiversity/wildlife, and models of development, have been inequitous, unjust, and unsustainable. But there are viable alternatives that put communities at the centre, that promote justice and equality between humans and nature and amongst humans, and that present radical alternatives to capitalism, statism, patriarchy, and casteism. Conservationists need to heed and support these.
Critiquing 'development' in India, its violence on nature, communities and culture, especially in post-1990s globalisation era; with a bit of environmental history. Presentation for Schumacher College, January 2018.
Food sovereignty: Initiatives and lessons from IndiaAshish Kothari
In the wake of the chemicalisation and commercialisation of agriculture in India, there is a severe farmer and food crisis. Several farmer and civil society organisations, and some government initiatives, are trying new paradigms of sustainable, small-farmer agriculture that provide glimpses of food sovereignty and community self-sufficiency.
An updated presentation on the incompatibility between current 'development' model and ecological sustainability and social justice; and alternative practices and approaches for well-being (with examples from Bihar added).
Ecoswaraj: Radical Ecological Democracy, Alternatives to Unsustainability and...Ashish Kothari
Presented at the 5th International Degrowth Conference, Budapest, 2 Sept 2016; journey through alternative initiatives in political, economic, social, cultural fields, towards ecoswaraj or a radical ecological democracy. Several new slides compared to earlier related publications.
Sustainable Development Goals vs. radical alternativesAshish Kothari
Brief critical analysis of the Sustainable Development Goals agenda just signed by all countries, the reasons it will fail, and the need for radical alternatives building on what people are already doing. Presentation made at Indigenous Terra Madre 2015, at Shillong, Meghalaya, India.
As livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people get destroyed by modern 'development', and mainly deadening jobs replace them (if at all), what alternatives exist that can provide decent livelihoods, which are ecologically sensitive and socially equitable?
Eco-swaraj: Radical Ecological Democracy towards Equity & Sustainability Ashish Kothari
Latest version of presentation on what's wrong with 'development', what the radical alternatives are on the ground and conceptually, and what processes can take these further. Delivered at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, early March 2020.
Thinking out of Conservation & Development Boxes in India Ashish Kothari
Conventional conservation of biodiversity/wildlife, and models of development, have been inequitous, unjust, and unsustainable. But there are viable alternatives that put communities at the centre, that promote justice and equality between humans and nature and amongst humans, and that present radical alternatives to capitalism, statism, patriarchy, and casteism. Conservationists need to heed and support these.
Critiquing 'development' in India, its violence on nature, communities and culture, especially in post-1990s globalisation era; with a bit of environmental history. Presentation for Schumacher College, January 2018.
Based on work with alternative initiatives in India and elsewhere, presents a framework developed for self-assessment by those involved in such initiatives, which can help them assess how holistic and comprehensive the transformation is. For anyone interested in receiving the format, pl. write to me at chikikothari@gmail.com
Radical Ecological Democracy (presentation for ICTA/AUB Barcelona, May 2015)Ashish Kothari
Updated version of a presentation outlining the problems of economic globalisation and the fundamental political, economic, ecological, social and cultural alternatives to it, mostly arising from experiences in India but relevant elsewhere also.
Ecoswaraj: Radical Ecological Democracy towards Justice and Sustainability Ashish Kothari
Confronting global crises of inequality, unsustainability, confilct, and alienation, in the midst of COVID19, requires listening to voices of movements across world ... including those led by women and with a feminist orientation. Both resistance and construction of alternatives are being demonstrated, and lessons from them point to the need for ecoswaraj, a radical ecological democracy based on radical politics, economic democracy, social justice, cultural diversity, and ecological resilience.
Sustainable Consumption and Radical Ecological DemocracyAshish Kothari
One of the drivers of ecological unsustainability and socio-economic inequity in the world is consumerism, particularly the consumption patterns of the rich everywhere. How can this phenomenon, sometimes deep-rooted and constantly reinforced by corporations, be tackled? What would be the overall transformations needed in society to make this happen?
Food, Ecology, and Justice in Times of COVID-19Ashish Kothari
Initiatives for food sovereignty combined with social justice and ecological sustainability provide pathways out of the COVID-19 and other global crises, including climate, biodiversity, and inequality. Focused on India, but with global lessons.
Biodiversity conservation has conventionally dealt with management aspects, but over the last decade the issue of governance, i.e. who decides and how, has gained prominence, resulting in crucial paradigm shifts in protected area and other conservation policies and practice.
Environment, Human Rights and Alternatives to Development Ashish Kothari
Presentation to faculty of Ladakh University, Leh campus, 29.3.2022. The clash between mainstream 'development' and environment/livelihoods/culture, and radical alternative practices and worldview that promote equality, justice, and sustainability. Special focus on Ladakh's situation.
Development and Environment: Towards a Sustainable and Equitable World Ashish Kothari
As multiple crises hit the world and India, we have to interrogate 'development' fundamentally, pointing to its inherent violence. And in the search for alternatives that are more equitable and sustainable, we have to learn from 'ordinary' people working wonders on the ground, and showing possibilities of macro-change towards a Radical Ecological Democracy or Prakritik Swaraj. Presentation on Youth for Swaraj movement in India, on World Environment Day, 5.6.2020
On holistic, systemic transformation towards justice and sustainability, a vision arising from India's Vikalp Sangam (Alternatives Confluence) process; presentation for 3-day youth worker's workshop on Pluriverse: An Immersion into Plural Worlds, 19-21 March 2021
Indigenous knowledge systems: Relevance for Just, Sustainable, Equitable World Ashish Kothari
How are indigenous knowledge systems (worldviews, concepts, practices) relevant to today's global crises? what traditions continue, or are being revived, that provide answers to issues of ecological destruction, inequity and inequality, injustice, hunger, poverty? What challenges do they face? How can they be disembodied from traditional oppressions of gender, caste, etc? Online presentation to Centre for Heritage Management, Ahmedabad University, India, 12.7.2020.
Gandhi Lives (presentation for Intach, Chennai, India, 22.10.2019Ashish Kothari
Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi was killed in 1948, and continues to be murdered in many ways by today's powerful. But he also lives, in ideas, inspiration, and practice in the struggles and innovative alternatives created by thousands of movements and individuals across the world. Satyagraha, Swaraj, Sarvodaya, and Swadeshi, all based on ahimsa (non-violence) are as relevant today as ever ... if not more! Presentation organised by INTACH, Chennai, at MEASI Academy of Architecture, 22.10.2019.
Well being, biodiversity, post-2015 agenda, by Ashish KothariAshish Kothari
Well-being practices and world views from around the world are showing transformational alternatives to conventional 'development' and political governance models, as they are based on ecological sustainability, equity, and cultural diversity; these need to influence the post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda which otherwise remains within today's unsustainable 'growth' paradigm.
In the midst of deep ecological and human crises, endangering life on earth, there are multiple responses trying to re-establish peace and harmony with the rest of nature. But this also requires fundamental transformations in economic, political, and socio-cultural paradigms, away from statist, capitalist, patriarchal, racist and anthropocentric approaches to more earth-centred, equitable, just ones. The 'rights of nature' movement is one element of this, but also needs to go beyond a narrow legalistic approach to the wider worldviews of being part of and mutually interdependent with nature. Presentation by Shrishtee Bajpai and I to Tata Institute of Social Sciences, 2 April 2022.
Ecoswaraj: Radical Ecological Democracy towards Asia-Pacific TransformationsAshish Kothari
Recorded (with audio) presentation on radical transformations towards justice, equity, sustainability, livelihood security, and direct democracy. Specifically relevant to Asia-Pacific region but also globally. Keynote presentation at workshop on 'Commons, Post-Development and Degrowth in Asia', organised by Research Institute of Humanity and Nature and International Association for the Study of the Commons, 20.7.2020.
Sandhani: Transformation Amongst Weavers in Kachchh, India and Lessons for Cr...Ashish Kothari
Handloom revival in Kachchh, western India, has enhanced economic livelihoods, and transformation in gender, generational and caste relations, encouraging youth to return to it. But it has also increased internal inequality in the weaver community, and created mixed ecological impacts. Using the Alternatives Transformation Format, these multi-dimensional impacts were studies in 2017-19. A presentation for workshop on Craft Sustainability, by All India Artisans and Craftworkers Welfare Association (AIACA), 18.9.2020.
Ecological Swaraj: Escaping the Globalised 'Development' Trap Ashish Kothari
Grassroots initiatives at resistance and reconstruction, coupled with ancient and new world views of living in harmony with nature and each other, are providing frameworks for an alternative future that is sustainable and equitable, in contrast to the currently dominant model of globalised 'development' which is neither.
Ecoswaraj: Towards a Green, Blue, Red Recovery for India Ashish Kothari
Presentation made to youth on webinar organised by Extinction Rebellion India, on the ecological, political, social, cultural, and economic elements of transformation necessary to get India (and the world) out of crisis and towards justice, equity and sustainability.
Ecological Swaraj: Towards a Sustainable and Equitable Indiachikikothari
India is clearly on a path of ecological suicide, increasing inequality, and conflicts. An urgent search for alternative pathways that can lead it to sustainability and equity is illuminated by myriad practices of communities and agencies around the country, based on which a framework of radical ecological democracy is emerging.
Can Environment and Development Go Together? Ashish Kothari
There is a growing clash between 'development' as it is currently conceived, and the livelihood and ecological security of hundreds of millions of people; but there are alternative ways to reconcile human well-being with environment, that grassroots initiatives are pointing to.
Radical Ecological Democracy: Lessons from India for Sustainability, Equity, ...chikikothari
Economic globalisation is unsustainable and inequitable; it needs to be challenged and replaced with alternative framework of Radical Ecological Democracy. Such a framework emerges from thousands of onground and policy initiatives already being practiced. These point to the need for localisation of economies and governance (direct democracy), embedded landscape level governance and planning, internalisation of ecological limits and resilience into all decision-making, promotion of dignified livelihoods and human rights, meaningful rights and access to basic needs, learning and health opportunities, and the qualitative pursuit of well-being.
Based on work with alternative initiatives in India and elsewhere, presents a framework developed for self-assessment by those involved in such initiatives, which can help them assess how holistic and comprehensive the transformation is. For anyone interested in receiving the format, pl. write to me at chikikothari@gmail.com
Radical Ecological Democracy (presentation for ICTA/AUB Barcelona, May 2015)Ashish Kothari
Updated version of a presentation outlining the problems of economic globalisation and the fundamental political, economic, ecological, social and cultural alternatives to it, mostly arising from experiences in India but relevant elsewhere also.
Ecoswaraj: Radical Ecological Democracy towards Justice and Sustainability Ashish Kothari
Confronting global crises of inequality, unsustainability, confilct, and alienation, in the midst of COVID19, requires listening to voices of movements across world ... including those led by women and with a feminist orientation. Both resistance and construction of alternatives are being demonstrated, and lessons from them point to the need for ecoswaraj, a radical ecological democracy based on radical politics, economic democracy, social justice, cultural diversity, and ecological resilience.
Sustainable Consumption and Radical Ecological DemocracyAshish Kothari
One of the drivers of ecological unsustainability and socio-economic inequity in the world is consumerism, particularly the consumption patterns of the rich everywhere. How can this phenomenon, sometimes deep-rooted and constantly reinforced by corporations, be tackled? What would be the overall transformations needed in society to make this happen?
Food, Ecology, and Justice in Times of COVID-19Ashish Kothari
Initiatives for food sovereignty combined with social justice and ecological sustainability provide pathways out of the COVID-19 and other global crises, including climate, biodiversity, and inequality. Focused on India, but with global lessons.
Biodiversity conservation has conventionally dealt with management aspects, but over the last decade the issue of governance, i.e. who decides and how, has gained prominence, resulting in crucial paradigm shifts in protected area and other conservation policies and practice.
Environment, Human Rights and Alternatives to Development Ashish Kothari
Presentation to faculty of Ladakh University, Leh campus, 29.3.2022. The clash between mainstream 'development' and environment/livelihoods/culture, and radical alternative practices and worldview that promote equality, justice, and sustainability. Special focus on Ladakh's situation.
Development and Environment: Towards a Sustainable and Equitable World Ashish Kothari
As multiple crises hit the world and India, we have to interrogate 'development' fundamentally, pointing to its inherent violence. And in the search for alternatives that are more equitable and sustainable, we have to learn from 'ordinary' people working wonders on the ground, and showing possibilities of macro-change towards a Radical Ecological Democracy or Prakritik Swaraj. Presentation on Youth for Swaraj movement in India, on World Environment Day, 5.6.2020
On holistic, systemic transformation towards justice and sustainability, a vision arising from India's Vikalp Sangam (Alternatives Confluence) process; presentation for 3-day youth worker's workshop on Pluriverse: An Immersion into Plural Worlds, 19-21 March 2021
Indigenous knowledge systems: Relevance for Just, Sustainable, Equitable World Ashish Kothari
How are indigenous knowledge systems (worldviews, concepts, practices) relevant to today's global crises? what traditions continue, or are being revived, that provide answers to issues of ecological destruction, inequity and inequality, injustice, hunger, poverty? What challenges do they face? How can they be disembodied from traditional oppressions of gender, caste, etc? Online presentation to Centre for Heritage Management, Ahmedabad University, India, 12.7.2020.
Gandhi Lives (presentation for Intach, Chennai, India, 22.10.2019Ashish Kothari
Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi was killed in 1948, and continues to be murdered in many ways by today's powerful. But he also lives, in ideas, inspiration, and practice in the struggles and innovative alternatives created by thousands of movements and individuals across the world. Satyagraha, Swaraj, Sarvodaya, and Swadeshi, all based on ahimsa (non-violence) are as relevant today as ever ... if not more! Presentation organised by INTACH, Chennai, at MEASI Academy of Architecture, 22.10.2019.
Well being, biodiversity, post-2015 agenda, by Ashish KothariAshish Kothari
Well-being practices and world views from around the world are showing transformational alternatives to conventional 'development' and political governance models, as they are based on ecological sustainability, equity, and cultural diversity; these need to influence the post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda which otherwise remains within today's unsustainable 'growth' paradigm.
In the midst of deep ecological and human crises, endangering life on earth, there are multiple responses trying to re-establish peace and harmony with the rest of nature. But this also requires fundamental transformations in economic, political, and socio-cultural paradigms, away from statist, capitalist, patriarchal, racist and anthropocentric approaches to more earth-centred, equitable, just ones. The 'rights of nature' movement is one element of this, but also needs to go beyond a narrow legalistic approach to the wider worldviews of being part of and mutually interdependent with nature. Presentation by Shrishtee Bajpai and I to Tata Institute of Social Sciences, 2 April 2022.
Ecoswaraj: Radical Ecological Democracy towards Asia-Pacific TransformationsAshish Kothari
Recorded (with audio) presentation on radical transformations towards justice, equity, sustainability, livelihood security, and direct democracy. Specifically relevant to Asia-Pacific region but also globally. Keynote presentation at workshop on 'Commons, Post-Development and Degrowth in Asia', organised by Research Institute of Humanity and Nature and International Association for the Study of the Commons, 20.7.2020.
Sandhani: Transformation Amongst Weavers in Kachchh, India and Lessons for Cr...Ashish Kothari
Handloom revival in Kachchh, western India, has enhanced economic livelihoods, and transformation in gender, generational and caste relations, encouraging youth to return to it. But it has also increased internal inequality in the weaver community, and created mixed ecological impacts. Using the Alternatives Transformation Format, these multi-dimensional impacts were studies in 2017-19. A presentation for workshop on Craft Sustainability, by All India Artisans and Craftworkers Welfare Association (AIACA), 18.9.2020.
Ecological Swaraj: Escaping the Globalised 'Development' Trap Ashish Kothari
Grassroots initiatives at resistance and reconstruction, coupled with ancient and new world views of living in harmony with nature and each other, are providing frameworks for an alternative future that is sustainable and equitable, in contrast to the currently dominant model of globalised 'development' which is neither.
Ecoswaraj: Towards a Green, Blue, Red Recovery for India Ashish Kothari
Presentation made to youth on webinar organised by Extinction Rebellion India, on the ecological, political, social, cultural, and economic elements of transformation necessary to get India (and the world) out of crisis and towards justice, equity and sustainability.
Ecological Swaraj: Towards a Sustainable and Equitable Indiachikikothari
India is clearly on a path of ecological suicide, increasing inequality, and conflicts. An urgent search for alternative pathways that can lead it to sustainability and equity is illuminated by myriad practices of communities and agencies around the country, based on which a framework of radical ecological democracy is emerging.
Can Environment and Development Go Together? Ashish Kothari
There is a growing clash between 'development' as it is currently conceived, and the livelihood and ecological security of hundreds of millions of people; but there are alternative ways to reconcile human well-being with environment, that grassroots initiatives are pointing to.
Radical Ecological Democracy: Lessons from India for Sustainability, Equity, ...chikikothari
Economic globalisation is unsustainable and inequitable; it needs to be challenged and replaced with alternative framework of Radical Ecological Democracy. Such a framework emerges from thousands of onground and policy initiatives already being practiced. These point to the need for localisation of economies and governance (direct democracy), embedded landscape level governance and planning, internalisation of ecological limits and resilience into all decision-making, promotion of dignified livelihoods and human rights, meaningful rights and access to basic needs, learning and health opportunities, and the qualitative pursuit of well-being.
Eco-swaraj: Can environment and human well-being go together? Ashish Kothari
Examples from around India and other parts of world, of grounded initiatives in justice, equity, sustainability, and resistance to forces of destruction and inequality. Presentation for Youth Alliance, Ahmedabad, 24.12.2022. (Similar to several earlier ones, but updated)
The presentation gives details about the Products and the Services that should be promoted in rural areas for mutual benefit of businessman as well as the masses.
Food sovereignty, social justice, and ecological sustainabilityAshish Kothari
The current model of development has meant ecological and social devastation across the globe, undermining security of basic needs like food for hundreds of millions of people. But there are alternatives, based on food sovereignty approaches, combining radical political and economic democracy, biodiversity, and worldviews that respect nature and people. Examples from India and elsewhere illustrate a framework for justice and sustainability, a Radical Ecological Democracy that is an alternative to development.
Presentation tries to define in brief context , objectives, role and
importance besides methodology for planning of villages in order to rationalize the development of urban India and to launch India on the path of prosperity, growth and development.
Gandhi Lives: Perspectives on Swaraj, Satyagraha and Self-relianceAshish Kothari
In the context of multiple global crises, Mahatma Gandhi is ever-more relevant. His ideas and practice of satyagraha (speaking truth to power) and swaraj (self-rule, autonomy, self-reliance, community sovereignty) are especially important to deal with ecological, livelihood and inequality catastrophes. Grounded initiatives in India and elsewhere demonstrate such approaches are feasible. A framework of radical transformation emerges from them, that needs urgent attention. Presentation to Dept of Social Work, Delhi University, 30.9.2020.
Gandhi Lives! Perspectives on Satyagraha, Swaraj & Self-reliance Ashish Kothari
Mahatma Gandhi's ideas, ideals, and life are as relevant today as ever, to deal with the horrific inequalities, ecological devastation, and injustice across the world. Satyagraha can help us speak truth to power, swaraj to reclaim power inherent in each of us, and self-reliance to rid ourselves of debilitating dependence on govts and corporations. A presentation to Dept of Social Work, Delhi University, 30.9.2020
Presentation tries to look at the villages in the Indian Context in terms of their strength, weaknesses, opportunities and threats and tries to define concepts to make them more productive , liveable and sustainable
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Ecoswaraj: Radical Ecological Democracy - Pluriversal Pathways out of Global ...Ashish Kothari
Fully updated (late 2023) presentation on radical alternatives to currently dominant systems of capitalism, statism, patriarchy, racism and anthropocentrism that have brought the earth to the brink of collapse. Delivered at Centre de Sciences Humaines, Delhi, 4.9.2023
Flower of transformation: Radical Ecological Democracy Towards Justice & Sust...Ashish Kothari
Many pathways out of the multiple crises of ecological collapse, climate, inequality, injustice and conflict are being demonstrated on the ground. What frameworks of radical transformation emerge from these? Presentation to Misereor, Oct 2022.pptx
Birds are all around us, weather in forests, cities, wetlands, grasslands, or just looking out of our home window. On only 4% of the world's surface, India has 14% of its bird diversity. They have also been part of India's culture and history, play a crucial role in the economy, and are important in many other ways. Many species are threatened, but there are also community, civil society and government conservation attempts to try to stem the decline. How can you get into birding, and what can you do to contribute to their conservation? (Presentation made for Amar Ujala news agency, in Hindi, 5.12.2021).
Birds are all around us, weather in forests, cities, wetlands, grasslands, or just looking out of our home window. On only 4% of the world's surface, India has 14% of its bird diversity. They have also been part of India's culture and history, play a crucial role in the economy, and are important in many other ways. Many species are threatened, but there are also community, civil society and government conservation attempts to try to stem the decline. How can you get into birding, and what can you do to contribute to their conservation? (English version of presentation made for Amar Ujala news agency, in Hindi).
Eco-swaraj: Towards a Global Rainbow Recovery Ashish Kothari
The world needs a Rainbow Recovery from the multiple global crises we face, including COVID induced health & economic distress, climate, biodiversity loss, inequality, and alienation. Thousands of initiatives around the world show that this is possible, based on radical democracy, community economic sovereignty and localisation, social justice struggles, cultural and knowledge commons, and re-establishing our relationship within and within nature, all of this based on ethical / spiritual values like solidarity, dignity, equality, rights, and non-violence. Presentation made in Sept 2020 to university students in Singapore, Arab Youth climate forum, and others.
Multidimensional transformation amongst weavers in Kachchh, IndiaAshish Kothari
In the midst of a rapid decline of traditional craft-based livelihoods across India, handloom weaving in Kachchh, western India, has seen a revival. The resulting economic prosperity has also positively impacted other aspects of the lives of Vankars (weavers), including reducing caste and gender inequities, increasing role of youth, and slowing down distress migration. But it has also resulted in increased economic inequalities, and greater ecological footprint. This study brings out the multiple dimensions of transformation using a new tool of participatory assessment.
Eco-Swaraj: Radical Ecological Democracy, Alternatives to Inequity and Unsust...Ashish Kothari
Resistance movements and constructive alternatives to current model of 'development' and to the structures of inequality and unsustainability are providing answers to how human needs and aspirations can be met without trashing the earth and leaving half of humanity behind. A presentation on radical alternatives, at POLLEN (Political Ecology Network) conference in Oslo, on 21.6.2018.
India's development crisis has engendered a search for radical alternatives, and for visioning and dreaming of futures that are just, equitable, sustainable. This presentation gives a context to a new book on India's future, titled Alternative Futures: India Unshackled. It was presented at a book release in Barcelona, in April 2018.
A tool for the participatory assessment of the transformation towards a more just, sustainable, equitable world; helps to understand and assess if the change is taking place in political, economic, social, cultural and ecological fronts. Presentation made at Florida University, April 2018.
On alternatives to 'development' through radical democracy, economic sovereignty, social justice, cultural diversity and ecological wisdom; focus on India but examples from around world. "Earth Talk" at Schumacher College, UK, 26.1.2018. Updated version of slideshows earlier uploaded here.
Characterization and the Kinetics of drying at the drying oven and with micro...Open Access Research Paper
The objective of this work is to contribute to valorization de Nephelium lappaceum by the characterization of kinetics of drying of seeds of Nephelium lappaceum. The seeds were dehydrated until a constant mass respectively in a drying oven and a microwawe oven. The temperatures and the powers of drying are respectively: 50, 60 and 70°C and 140, 280 and 420 W. The results show that the curves of drying of seeds of Nephelium lappaceum do not present a phase of constant kinetics. The coefficients of diffusion vary between 2.09.10-8 to 2.98. 10-8m-2/s in the interval of 50°C at 70°C and between 4.83×10-07 at 9.04×10-07 m-8/s for the powers going of 140 W with 420 W the relation between Arrhenius and a value of energy of activation of 16.49 kJ. mol-1 expressed the effect of the temperature on effective diffusivity.
WRI’s brand new “Food Service Playbook for Promoting Sustainable Food Choices” gives food service operators the very latest strategies for creating dining environments that empower consumers to choose sustainable, plant-rich dishes. This research builds off our first guide for food service, now with industry experience and insights from nearly 350 academic trials.
UNDERSTANDING WHAT GREEN WASHING IS!.pdfJulietMogola
Many companies today use green washing to lure the public into thinking they are conserving the environment but in real sense they are doing more harm. There have been such several cases from very big companies here in Kenya and also globally. This ranges from various sectors from manufacturing and goes to consumer products. Educating people on greenwashing will enable people to make better choices based on their analysis and not on what they see on marketing sites.
Willie Nelson Net Worth: A Journey Through Music, Movies, and Business Venturesgreendigital
Willie Nelson is a name that resonates within the world of music and entertainment. Known for his unique voice, and masterful guitar skills. and an extraordinary career spanning several decades. Nelson has become a legend in the country music scene. But, his influence extends far beyond the realm of music. with ventures in acting, writing, activism, and business. This comprehensive article delves into Willie Nelson net worth. exploring the various facets of his career that have contributed to his large fortune.
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Introduction
Willie Nelson net worth is a testament to his enduring influence and success in many fields. Born on April 29, 1933, in Abbott, Texas. Nelson's journey from a humble beginning to becoming one of the most iconic figures in American music is nothing short of inspirational. His net worth, which estimated to be around $25 million as of 2024. reflects a career that is as diverse as it is prolific.
Early Life and Musical Beginnings
Humble Origins
Willie Hugh Nelson was born during the Great Depression. a time of significant economic hardship in the United States. Raised by his grandparents. Nelson found solace and inspiration in music from an early age. His grandmother taught him to play the guitar. setting the stage for what would become an illustrious career.
First Steps in Music
Nelson's initial foray into the music industry was fraught with challenges. He moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to pursue his dreams, but success did not come . Working as a songwriter, Nelson penned hits for other artists. which helped him gain a foothold in the competitive music scene. His songwriting skills contributed to his early earnings. laying the foundation for his net worth.
Rise to Stardom
Breakthrough Albums
The 1970s marked a turning point in Willie Nelson's career. His albums "Shotgun Willie" (1973), "Red Headed Stranger" (1975). and "Stardust" (1978) received critical acclaim and commercial success. These albums not only solidified his position in the country music genre. but also introduced his music to a broader audience. The success of these albums played a crucial role in boosting Willie Nelson net worth.
Iconic Songs
Willie Nelson net worth is also attributed to his extensive catalog of hit songs. Tracks like "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain," "On the Road Again," and "Always on My Mind" have become timeless classics. These songs have not only earned Nelson large royalties but have also ensured his continued relevance in the music industry.
Acting and Film Career
Hollywood Ventures
In addition to his music career, Willie Nelson has also made a mark in Hollywood. His distinctive personality and on-screen presence have landed him roles in several films and television shows. Notable appearances include roles in "The Electric Horseman" (1979), "Honeysuckle Rose" (1980), and "Barbarosa" (1982). These acting gigs have added a significant amount to Willie Nelson net worth.
Television Appearances
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2. India’s Impressive Growth
• One of world’s biggest economies, high growth
rates, amongst world’s richest persons, 800 million
mobile phones, better services for middle class
3. ‘Development’
• Development = opening up of
opportunities: intellectual,
cultural, material, social
vs
• ‘Development’ = material
growth (through industrial and
financial expansion)
– measured in % economic
growth, per capita income,
etc
4. Today’s vision of ‘development’
Violence against nature, communities, and
cultures
6. … to livelihoods as jobs, divorced from rest of life:
Violence against ourselves: our identity, our health, our well-being!
Livelihoods vs. Deadlihoods
8. Jobless growth; continuing and
new poverty
• Myth of growing employment: ‘jobless
growth’ in organised sector:
– 26.7 million in 1991
– 30 million in 2012
• 20% unemployment among youth
• % below poverty line: 38 to 70%
• World’s largest number of malnourished
and undernourished women/children
• 60 million people displaced by
‘development’ projects
9. ‘Green revolution’ model
•High cost of inputs, low purchase prices = farmer indebtness
•Destruction of soil productivity, dependence on market & govt
Destruction of India’s agriculture
>300,000 suicides (many in
heartland of green revolution!)
10. Destruction of India’s environment
– >5.5 million ha. forest diverted in last 60 years
– 70% waterbodies polluted or drained out
– 40% mangroves destroyed
– Some of the world’s most polluted cities and
coasts
– Nearly 10% wildlife threatened with extinction
– Extensive chemical poisoning
Smitu Kothari
11. Cost of environmental damage =
5.7% points GDP
World Bank (2013)
(impacts taken into account)
•urban & indoor air pollution
•inadequate water supply, sanitation and hygiene
•agricultural damage by soil salinity, water-logging & soil erosion
•pasture degradation
•deforestation
Growthless
growth
16. Cartoon by Vikram Nayak
“Biggest grab of tribal lands since Columbus” (Min. of Rural
Dev committee report, 2009)
17. Water…the contested resource
•Several hundred million people without safe
drinking water
•Globally, 3X more spending on bottled water, than
needed to provide clean drinking water and
sanitation to every person on earth
•Indian bottled water market growing 20-40%
annually (global: 4.5%): from 2 mill. (1990) to 150
mill. cases (2010)!
•Coca Cola mines groundwater away from villages
that were using it (“if you can’t get water, drink
Coke”!)
Smitu Kothari
18. Does the media cover these
issues?
TOI / HT/ IE/ ET/ The Hindu coverage:
Development: 6%
Agriculture: 3%
Environment/wildlife: 1.7%
Most space to politics, crime, sports
(study by The Hoot)
Of top circulation papers, editorial space to
rural issues = 2%
(study by CSDS)
19. India the new Coloniser
(with China)
>500,000 hectares of pasture/agricultural land
taken over by Indian companies in Ethiopia
More in L. America and rest of Africa
Direct/indirect support by government
20. India (& China, etc) on the path
of ‘globalised development’?
Gandhi:
‘if India is to take Britain’s path of
‘development’, it will strip the
world bare like locusts’
26. •Reviving traditional diversity, promoting cultivated and wild foods
•Creating community grain banks
•Empowering women/dalit farmers, securing land rights
•Creating consumer-producer links (Zaheerabad org. food restaurant)
•Linking to Public Distribution System
Deccan Development Society (AP):
integrating conservation, equity, &
livelihoods through sustainable agriculture
27. An individual revolutionary…
Natwar Sarangi
Narishu vill, Cuttack dist, Odisha
GenX: Jubraj Swain
Growing >400 varieties of rice
Seed albums and banks
32. Self-rule & decentralised governance:
Mendha-Lekha (Maharashtra)
Informed decisions
through monitoring, and
regular study circles
(abhyas gat)
All decisions in gram
sabha (village assembly);
no activity even by
government officials
without sabha consent
33. Conservation of 1800 ha forests, now with full rights
under Forest Rights Act
Vivek Gour-Broome
Earnings from sustainable NTPF use (over Rs. 1
crore in 2011-12), and use of govt schemes
towards:
•Full employment
•Biogas for 80% households
•Computer training centre
•Training as barefoot engineers
2013: all agricultural land donated to
village, collective ownership
40. Gram swaraj & rural revitalisation:
outmigration is not inevitable
Ralegan Siddhi & Hivare Bazaar
(Maharashtra), Kuthambakkam (TN)
Kudumbashree (Kerala)
41. Towards sustainable cities
Bhuj (Kachchh):
•reviving watersheds, decentralized water storage and management
•solid waste management and sanitation
•livelihoods for poor women
•dignified housing for poor
•Information-based empowerment under 74th Amendment
(Hunnarshala, Sahjeevan, Kutch Mahila Vikas Sangathan, ACT, Setu)
42. Middle class actions …
Lake revival / conservation,
water harvesting, garbage
management (Bengaluru, Salem)
Participatory budgeting (Bengaluru/Pune)
‘Maptivism’ by Transparent Chennai
47. Energy, technology…
Technological innovations to reduce ecological impact,
reach the poor (malkha cotton weaving, AP;
Hunnarshala housing, Kachchh; Solar passive
architecture, Ladakh)
48. Alternative Media & Communications
Freeing media of govt & corporate control:
•Community radio (>150); FM?
•Mobile-based (CGNetSwara, Chhattisgarh)
•Movement newsletters, folk theatre
•Film/video (Video Volunteers)
•Internet (Scroll, Wire, Infochange, India Together …)
•‘Social’ networks … virtual communities
Pic: Puroshottam Thakur
49. The government responds…
• New laws:
– Right to Information Act
– National Employment Guarantee Act
– Scheduled Tribes and Other Forest
Dwellers (Recognition of Forest
Rights) Act 2006
• New programmes:
– Organic farming policies /
programmes in 16 states: Sikkim
100% by 2015, Kerala by 2020?
51. Eco-swaraj:
Radical ecological democracy
(Radical = going to the roots, challenging the conventional)
• achieving human well-being, through:
– empowering all citizens & communities to participate in
decision-making
– ensuring socio-economic equity & justice
– respecting the limits of the earth
Community (at various levels) as basic unit of organisation,
not state or private corporation
52. Towards a sustainable and
equitable society … 5 pillars
•Ecological sustainability
•Social well-being & justice
•Direct democracy
•Economic democracy
•Cultural and knowledge diversity
53. Fundamental values & principles
• Diversity and pluralism (of ideas, knowledge, ecologies,
economies, polities, cultures…)
• Self-reliance for basics (swavalamban)
• Cooperation, collectivity, and ‘commons’
• Rights with responsibilities/duties
• Dignity of labour
• Respect for subsistence
• Qualitative pursuit of happiness
• Equity / equality (gender, caste, class, ethnic)
• Simplicity, enoughness (aparigraha)
• Decision-making access to all
• Respect for all life forms
• Ecological sustainability
54. Recipe for transformational alternatives:
Ingredient 1. A NEW POLITICS
Swaraj
“Our government in Mumbai
and Delhi, we are the
government in our village”
56. A NEW POLITICS
Direct democracy (local): decentralised and nested decision-
making
Direct democracy (state/national): referendums &
deliberative processes
Delegated/representative democracy, with mechanisms of
accountability (right to recall, public audit, reporting back…)
Ecoregional planning across states and countries … political
boundaries aligned with ecological and cultural ones?
57. Ingredient 2.
A NEW ECONOMICS OF PERMANENCE*
Earthshastra: Economics as if the
earth (including people) mattered
* JC Kumarappa
58. Whatever happened to self-
reliance?
We already
Kudumbashree: “are we so dirty we need a multinational to
make soap for us?”
59. A NEW ECONOMICS
Mindful of ecological / planetary limits, away from
growth addiction
Localisation: self-sufficiency/sovereignty in basic
needs
Production, consumption (prosumption) locally
controlled; & sustainable consumption line?
Demonetisation: Relations of caring/sharing, local
exchange systems, restructuring the market (haat)
60. Ingredient 3. A JUST SOCIETY
When people go hungry &
thirsty, it is not food & water but
justice that is in short supply
61. A JUST SOCIETY
Towards equity amongst
classes
castes (eradication of)
women and men
ethnic groups
species
Towards universal rights-based approaches, infused with
responsibilities
63. CULTURE AND KNOWLEDGE
Relinking with rest of nature
Mix of tradition and modernity … both critically
examined
Democratic R&D / S&T / knowledge / innovation: in
public domain, participatory, transparent
Alternative media and arts
Opportunities for spiritual / ethical growth (without
falling into trap of communal religious institutions)
65. Mutual learning with other peoples /
cultures ….
• Latin American experiments: direct and delegated democracy,
worker-led production, community health, land re-appropriation
movements
• Europe’s degrowth movement, solidarity economy
• Cuba’s urban agriculture, public R&D
• Indigenous peoples’ territorial struggles and worldviews
of well-being (buen vivir, sumaq kawsay, ubuntu …)
• Many others….
66. Alternative globalisation
• Global flow of ideas, cultures, materials
(millennia old)
NOT
• Globalisation dominated by:
–unrestricted financial and economic flows
–imposition of one model of ‘development’
across the world
67. Pathways to ecological swaraj….
• People’s resistance (Vedanta/POSCO, Orissa; anti-SEZ;
hundreds of others)
• Stretching limits of system (RTI, FRA)
• Citizens’ networking, joint actions, collective visioning
• Personal introspection, spiritual deepening
• Empowering political carriers of new visions ….
movements, students, unions, etc
69. Vikalp Sangams (regional)
Timbaktu, Andhra Pradesh, Oct 2014
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, Feb 2015
Ladakh, July 2015
Wardha, Maharashtra, October 2015
Kachchh, July 2016
70. Vikalp Sangams (thematic)
Decentralised renewable energy: March 2016
Food sovereignty : Sept 2016 & 2017
Youth: early 2017
Learning and education: 2017
Arts: 2017?
72. What can we do?
•Visit, understand, study community initiatives
•Support actions against destructive development
•Make our lifestyle sustainable
•Make our school/college sustainable
•Spread awareness amongst others
•Get creative! (responsible art, media, tech)
•Choose a career/life-choice contributing to a
saner future!