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Learn- Unlearn-Relearn – Pathway to Sustainability

May, 2025
Biodiversity, Sustainable Development

On International Day for Biological Diversity 2025, discover how the Learn-Unlearn-Relearn framework is a powerful pathway to achieve sustainable development.

The Fault Lines of Modern Development: Exploring how economies grow and what they leave behind

May, 2025
Climate Change, conservation, Sustainable Development

The idea that pollution increases early in development but later decreases as countries get richer and adopt cleaner technologies—as suggested by the Environmental Kuznets Curve—doesn’t hold in reality, where the damage is often lasting and hard to reverse.

Earth Day 2025: Reflections on Development, Ecology, and the Way Forward

Apr, 2025
Climate Change, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Development

As Earth Day 2025 prompts global reflection on sustainability, biodiversity, and climate action, it is an opportunity to examine the intersections between environmental conservation and development in India.

Sun, water and agriculture: How Solar Energy is changing the landscape in Chhattisgarh

Apr, 2025
Renewable Energy, Rural Development, Sustainable Development

Watershed Organisation Trust along with its esteemed partners is implementing solar-powered solutions to ensure drinking water supply, irrigate farmlands and light the streets in rural areas of Chhattisgarh.

Flowing Together: A Journey of Resilience and Togetherness

Apr, 2025
Land and Water Management, Sustainable Development

Since 2019, WOTR and the Rotary Club of Poona have helped Dhamanvan and Shirpunje in Akole, Maharashtra, build resilience through community-driven initiatives.

FarmPrecise: Advancing Agriculture with Data-Driven Solutions

Mar, 2025
Rural Development, Sustainable Development

FarmPrecise app developed by WOTR is a comprehensive, data-driven tool designed to support informed decision-making in agriculture.

Indigenous Wisdom: A Key To Conservation

Mar, 2025
Climate Change Adaptation, Sustainable Development

Indigenous communities possess traditional knowledge vital for conserving natural resources and addressing the climate crisis.

Localising Sustainable Development: How Rural Communities Can Drive Global Climate Resilience

Feb, 2025
Farmer Producer Organisations, Rural Development, Sustainable Development

Localising sustainable development in rural contexts can help rural communities become engines of growth and prosperity while staying within the planetary limits.

Empowering Women in Villages: Driving Change for Gender Equality

Feb, 2025
Sustainable Development, Women Empowerment

Empowering rural women is key to gender equality and sustainable development. Learn strategies to drive change in rural communities.

Green Revolution Through Barren Lands – Transforming India

Feb, 2025
Climate Change Adaptation, Land and Water Management, Sustainable Development

Imagine a barren patch of land, lifeless, without hope, dismissed as worthless. Now imagine transforming not one, not two, but 90 such spaces into green, thriving hubs of life, prosperity, and sustainability. This is not a distant dream; it’s a mission. A mission to fuse the power of nature, technology, and human will

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Women MGNREGA Mates: Working Hard For Their Village And Their Families

Jul, 2025
Case Stories, Women Empowerment

It is not an easy job, and often comes with unique challenges, but the women have earned the faith of their community through their effort and dedication.

JAL-SPARDHA and JAL ABHIYAN: An Effective Approach to Incentivise Village Water Governance

Jul, 2025
Water Governance, Water Management

To assess the feasibility of Water Governance Standard and advocate for its integration into programs in Maharashtra related to water resources, a Water Competition (Jal-Spardha) was organised in Dharashiv district.

When A Pond Can Nurture Hopes Of Reuniting Families

Jul, 2025
Case Stories, Land and Water Management

A pond breathes life into a barren land with collaborative effort

Jul, 2025
Case Stories, Rural Development

From earning an average of Rs 2,000–3,000 from the one-acre land, Dilphinesh Kunjur’s family income has increased manifold as a result of selling fish from the pond and vegetables that they cultivate around it in Jharkhand

A Fish Pond is making dreams come true for this farmer in Jharkhand

Jun, 2025
Case Stories, Rural Development

Tigga’s land in Jharkhand was identified by WOTR for intervention and linked to a government scheme for farm pond construction—an initiative that has since transformed his livelihood

A shade net to protect and nurture a flourishing future

Jun, 2025
Case Stories, Climate Resilient Agriculture

Like many others, Oraon preferred traditional farming methods—but his leap of faith paid off. Now, his success inspires farmers in his village and beyond.

The ‘mad’ couple that has now become their village’s inspiration

Jun, 2025
Case Stories, Rural Development

Albinas and Nishi from Jharkhand were given hand-holding support by WOTR to gain access to the MGNREGA scheme and get approvals for their mango plantation. Now, they have emerged as a successful couple in their village.

Fulfilling dreams—of others and her own

Jun, 2025
Case Stories, Women Empowerment

Alma Xalxo, 26, is a Wasundhara Sevika, or Community Resource Person (CRP) with WOTR, acting as a bridge between the organisation and the people in villages.