Earth Focus in News
Earth Focus Featured in Nayi Duniya
In a small tribal village of Gudma tucked deep inside the landscape surrounding the Kanha National Park, a new chapter of knowledge and empowerment began with the inauguration of a…
Earth Focus Featured in Village Square
https://www.villagesquare.in/kanha-women-make-school-fun-for-tribal-kids/ Young women from forest-dwelling communities living in the buffer area of Kanha National Park are empowering themselves by educating children using unique activity-based methods designed based on the socio-ecological…
Earth Focus Featured in Gaon Connection
https://www.gaonconnection.com/lead-stories/baiga-adivasi-rehabilitation-project-tiger-kanha-national-park-madhya-pradesh-forest-rights-51500 A non-profit helps displaced Baiga adivasis from the Kanha National Park, find stability! Displaced from their forest homes inside the Kanha National Park in Madhya Pradesh, tribal inhabitants struggled…
Blogs
Butterflies in my Bedroom
Conversations with entomologist and education intern, Shikha Nain Kanha wears the monsoon beautifully. Everything seems to shimmer here – the stars, the fireflies, the mica-infused dirt. Shikha and I notice…
Cultivating in grow bags- small farmers can now reap big produce!
The Jawahar Model of Farming is an innovative and cost-effective method that has the potential to double the income of small farmers with reduced inputs. Farmers in central India are…
Learnings from COP27: Education as a tool of innovation for the climate change generation
Curricula can be infused with scientific and technical know-how alongside indigenous and local knowledge. The cross-cutting imperative should be to foster critical thinking instead of rote learning so that the…
Restoring Community-Ecosystem Relationships through Nature-Based Livelihoods
A Case Study of Vangrams in Kanha National Park. Introduction Between 1968 and 2010, thousands of Gond and Baiga tribal families residing in Madhya Pradesh’s Kanha National Park were moved…
Lac in deadly heat: the climate connection
Investigating lessons from a lac cultivation pilot in the Baiga village of Chichrangpur The lakshagriha (or “house of lac”) of the Mahabharata was a palace built from lac in the…
Learning from forest-dwelling, tribal communities to fight forest fires
There is much to learn from how their relationship with natural resources is regulated by natural rhythms and cycles. India’s varied forest habitat is a giant tinderbox that can release…
Features & Awards
Earth Focus at Nature in Focus Festival
https://www.natureinfocus.in/environment/empowering-the-baiga-tribe-to-farm-sustainably ‘Forgotten People’ – Documentary screening on how Earth Focus is transforming lives in Kanha. Empowering The Baiga Tribe To Farm Sustainably: Earth Focus Foundation is aiding the transition of…