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From Information to Ownership: How Community Media Drives Change

Community media is quietly reshaping how villages perceive climate and development. In regions where climate change is no longer just an abstract concept and where technical reports, policy language, and urban narratives often fail to resonate, locally rooted media have emerged as a vital bridge between complex interventions and everyday …

The Paradigm of Technology: Innovate or Incubate

India is home to some of the earliest and greatest inventions in the world, which started and flourished under the Indus Valley Civilisation. Among the greatest innovations were the technologies for producing pottery and burnt building materials in Mohenjo-Daro, efficient water harvesting and conservation systems in Dholavira, and other tools …

Credit based Eco Housing model for Rural areas of India

Providing adequate shelter for its rural population continues to be a major challenge. Development Alternatives in collaboration with Fondazione FEM Onlus did an action research project on ‘credit-based eco housing for the rural populate of Bundelkhand region” in central India, which aimed towards provision of low coast eco-friendly housing for …