On May 21, 2021, Sunderlal Bahuguna passed away from COVID-19 at the age of 94. His passing didn’t make the news in any of the major outlets in the US. But it got extensive coverage in India. Bahugana ...

The Nashik Municipal Corporation has issued a notice to cut, plant or prune more than 1,800 trees to build Tapovana Sadhugram for the Simhastha Kumbh Mela, which is facing strong opposition from ...

Classical Indian music trickled through Faculty Glade where more than a dozen students, faculty members and Berkeley residents gathered Friday for a midday rally. Passing students paused to admire red ...

Launched in September 1983 in Karnataka’s Salkani village, the Appiko Movement saw locals embrace trees to halt commercial logging . Led by Panduranga Hegde, this "Southern Chipko" successfully ...

Maharashtra Water Minister Girish Mahajan on Thursday stated that trees cannot be cut down forcefully or without the necessary approvals, in response to a citizens' protest in Nashik against the ...

Angry residents from Sector 15A have raised objections to Noida Authority's plan to transform a public park into a religious ...

When contractors came to her Himalayan forest to cut down thousands of trees, Gaura Devi rallied the women of her village and marched into the woods. Armed with only their bare hands and fierce ...

Around 25 domestic workers, mobilised by AITUC, took a day off work to join Tapovan’s growing tree-protection protests. The women say trees are vital for shade, clean air, and survival, drawing from ...

Over three decades, the Chipko Movement travelled from a quiet Garhwal village to the corridors of power, and eventually even helped shape the demand for a separate Uttarakhand state. Chipko and its ...