By Our Staff Reporter
Garhwal Post, August 4, 2008
Ramnagar, 3 Aug: The Uttarakhand Parivartan Abhiyan has held a two day political meeting in Ramnagar. The main aim of the meeting was to build a political alternative in the state.
The Central Convener of the Abhiyan, PC Tiwari, addressed the meeting and said that the Congress, BJP and [...]

By Dr Shailesh Upreti
Garhwal Post, 18 February 2008
Dehradun, 17 Feb: “Uttarakhand and Globalisation: Challenges for Sustainable Development” was the topic of a seminar “Hamari Virasat” held, recently, at the Press Club of India, New Delhi. The annual magazine of CUMP (Creative Uttarakhand Myor Pahar) was also released on the occasion.
A gathering of around 50 people [...]

Laxmi Ashram takes up the challenge to create awareness
2008 declared “Save the Rivers Year”
By Aarti Dhar
The Hindu, 27 Jan 2008
NEW DELHI: Global warming, climate change and environmental degradation are terms experts discuss on international fora. Women in Almora district of Uttarakhand may not be able to give the meaning of these words, but can tell [...]

Garhwal Post, 10 January 2008
Dehradun, 9 Jan: On the ninth day of the “Save the Rivers Campaign”, activists in the Mandakini valley addressed two important meetings in Rampur and Tilawara. Women turned up in large numbers to attend these meetings.
The padayatra started from Agyastmuni and went upto Tilwara via Rampur. A gathering of 40 women [...]

Garhwal Post 8 January 2008
By our staff reporter
Dehradun, 7 Jan: On the seventh day of the ‘Save the Rivers Campaign’, people raised many contentious issues of water and benefit sharing. The campaigners were able to demystify a few myths associated with hydro power projects.
In the Mandakini Valley, the padyatra began from Raidi, where a public [...]

Garhwal Post, April 27, 2007
By OUR STAFF REPORTER
DEHRADUN, 26 Apr: With a view to establishing a better political structure and making decentralisation of power a reality in Uttarakhand, the Uttarakhand Mahila Manch would organise a conference here on 30 April.
“Regional parties have failed to deliver on the very issues around which they were formed,” said [...]

24-04-2007 (New Delhi)
Women self help groups are playing an increasingly important role since the community radio station “Mandakini Ki Awaaz” (The Voice of Mandakini) located in Bhanaj, Rudraprayag district, Uttarakhand, India started its operations in 2004.
In the last few months, their participation has registered a quantum leap forward with the women taking ownership of the [...]

A forum for the children of the mountains.
By Santosh Mehta
Hindu Business Line, March 23, 2007
Twenty-five years of work in the region has proved to the Shri Bhuvneshwari Mahila Ashram (SBMA), a Garhwal-based voluntary organisation in Uttarakhand, that it pays to tap the energy and idealism of children. In an effort to change the way the [...]

Down to Earth
Jan 31, 2007
“Villagers from Kameda, Gagotu and Nagrasu valleys in Uttarakhand’s Rudraprayag district have revived 16 drying springs in their areas. Using the isotope technique, villagers — with the help of scientists from Bhabha Atomic Research Centre — tracked the origin and natural recharge zones of the streams, and accordingly, built rainwater [...]

Sanjeev Singh Bariana meets Dr Avdhaash Kaushal, the man behind the go-green movement as well as several other projects to improve the lot of bonded labour in Dehra Dun
Guarding the fragile ecosystems in Uttaranchal, the Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra (RLEK) has inspired conservationists in saving the green cover.
What started as a lonely walk [...]