Ashish Kothari
Originally published by Meer on 13 February 2025.
Lessons from grassroots ecological and social innovations in India.
January 2026 has been an inspirational start to a new (Gregorian) year, if I look beyond the daily stories of …
Caroline Shenaz Hossein
Caroline Shenaz Hossein’s latest book sheds light on the activism of the Black women who act as ‘Banker Ladies’ in their communities, creating systems of mutual aid, co-operation, and collectivity. The book highlights how Black women counter …
Madhuresh Kumar
How do you imagine a regional future that honours people’s dignity when states fail to do so?Alternative regionalism is not an abstract ideal; it is already unfolding in fragments across Southeast Asia. MASSA (Movement for Alternatives and …
Sonali Sathaye
What and how do you teach young people as they witness and navigate the currents of the climate crisis? Sonali Sathaye reflects on teaching courses on climate change to urban youth in Bangalore, India. Alongside factual knowledge about …
Gregory Pettys
The Planet Local Summit, which took place in Ladakh from September 3-7, brought together visionaries, practitioners, and cultural change-makers to celebrate localisation, indigenous wisdom, and co-shape pathways for futures that are local, resilient, and healthy. Writer and …
Pooja Kishinani
An interview with filmmaker and water conservationist Lobzang Wangtak, whose latest documentary “I Am Zanskar” is a portrait of an ecologically fragile landscape that is undergoing rapid changes.With glaciers receding at an alarming rate and erratic snowfall patterns, …
David Blanton
Facing habitat loss, climate change, and shifting livelihoods, Maasai women are leading a transformative program that links sustainable dairy farming with the preservation of the Serengeti’s iconic migrations and the resilience of local communities.
Valentina Donato
This article was originally published by degrowth.info on 15 August 2025.
What can be done when vast corporations take control of the land, poison the soil, and exploit the hands that care for it? Valentina Donato explores the …
What and where are the grassroots movements and alternative visions that challenge green colonialism and offer ‘ecosocial transition’ pathways toward equitable and ecological futures? This question is at the heart of ‘The Geopolitics of Green Colonialism: Global Justice and …
Mohammed Al-Murtadha
The most inspiring alternatives are not found in rigid ideologies or centralised plans, but in the adaptive, decentralised and plural pathways emerging from lived experience that make room for care, experimentation, and slow transformation. Mohammed Al-Murthadha writes that …
This is an excerpt from the fifth episode of the More Than Human: Creative Expression series hosted by the Global Tapestry of Alternatives (GTA) and Kalpavriksh. In this episode, filmmaker Janet Solomon is in conversation with Ashish Kothari about …
Michel Pimbert
At its heart, food sovereignty is a people-led response to the existential threats and multiple crises facing agri-food systems. Led by peasant farmers and agricultural workers, indigenous peoples, pastoralists, and fishers, as well as citizens, activist scholars, women, …