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Insights, best practices and the latest research on what works and what needs to change across sectors including agriculture, education, climate change, livelihoods, and public health.

school children standing in a queue, with one boy looking at the camera and smiling--socio-emotional learning

What does human flourishing look like?
Wellbeing focuses on individual potential, but education should include the wellbeing of the community and the environment because we live in an interdependent reality.
by Reshma Piramal | 5 min read

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notices pinned to a green notice board--urban villages

Villagers’ Right to the City: Notes from a jan sunvayi in Naraina
In June 2025, government officials reached Delhi’s Naraina Village for an ‘unprecedented’ public hearing. What unfolded revealed decades of neglect, but also new forms of resistance. 
a man throwing waste in a big green and yellow truck parked on the roadside--waste management India

India’s waste management rules have a burning problem 
India's 2026 waste rules claim to improve waste management but incentivise burning, weakening oversight and sidelining waste workers. 
a group of women and young girls sitting on the floor with large sheets of paper spread out in front of them; one of the girls appears to be writing something--Community stewardship

Why the commons need community-led data
Communities already carry deep knowledge of the commons through oral traditions, customary practices, and lived experience. The question is whether data systems are designed to recognise it.
a parking lot adjacent to a field with a row of trees acting as a border between the two--urban mobility

Beyond electrification: Why inclusion matters for urban mobility
As India pushes towards electric transport, everyday experiences from Patna and Lucknow reveal that the future of urban mobility will depend as much on inclusion and public access as on technology.
by Ekta Singh, Saniya Anwar | 7 min read
Women sit on a forest hillside and gather large green leaves in bundles. More people stand and work among rocks and trees in the background--carbon markets

Counting what carbon markets don’t
Across India, women in forest-dependent communities perform daily ecological care that sustains forests. Carbon markets profit from this labour without recognising or compensating it.
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