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Introducing WELL Labs!
Introducing WELL Labs!
Led by Dr. Veena Srinivasan, the new centre at IFMR will focus on improving livelihoods of smallholder farmers & urban water security.
Centre for Social and Environmental Innovation
Jun 15, 2023
As India seeks to provide water to every household, a Tamil Nadu village highlights challenges
As India seeks to provide water to every household, a Tamil Nadu village highlights challenges
We visited Nadiyam, a coastal village in Tamil Nadu, to examine water supply under the Jal Jeevan Mission and the challenges involved.
Adarsh Dalavi
Mar 8, 2023
Field Notes from Jharkhand: Testing Jaltol on the Ground with WASSAN
Field Notes from Jharkhand: Testing Jaltol on the Ground with WASSAN
CSEI attended a crop water budgeting exercise organised by WASSAN in Dhodrobaru village in Jharkhand to understand how Jaltol could help.
Pranuti Choppakatla
Feb 10, 2023
Understanding Wastewater Reuse: 5 Learnings from the IWA International Conference
Understanding Wastewater Reuse: 5 Learnings from the IWA International Conference
CSEI’s Cities and Towns sums up five key learnings on wastewater treatment and reuse from the five-day IWA conference held in Chennai.
Sneha Singh
Feb 6, 2023
Lantana ‘Living Labs’ in the Nilgiris: First of its Kind Attempt to Restore Forests
Lantana ‘Living Labs’ in the Nilgiris: First of its Kind Attempt to Restore Forests
Living labs are open innovation ecosystems in real-life environments that use iterative feedback processes to grow and evolve.
Syamkrishnan P Aryan
Jan 31, 2023
Soil Workshop in Raichur: Farmers Keen to Try New Methods to Rebuild Soils
Soil Workshop in Raichur: Farmers Keen to Try New Methods to Rebuild Soils
Around 35 farmers attended the two-day workshop held in Raichur’s Devadurga taluk to learn about how they can test and improve soil…
Sandeep Hanchanale
Jan 23, 2023
Jaltol & Water Security: How Do We Track Impact at a Finer Scale?
Jaltol & Water Security: How Do We Track Impact at a Finer Scale?
Our partnership with FES to improve the practical use of Jaltol has sharpened the need for a higher quality of metrics.
Craig Dsouza
Jan 22, 2023
Rural Drinking Water in India: Insights from a Review of 10 Water Security Plans
Rural Drinking Water in India: Insights from a Review of 10 Water Security Plans
We examined 10 plans across aquifer types and executed by different organisations to understand what it contains and what’s missing.
Mukta Deodhar
Jan 9, 2023
Call for Applications: Work With Grassroots Communities to Improve Jaltol
Call for Applications: Work With Grassroots Communities to Improve Jaltol
CSEI-ATREE is starting a fellowship programme for Jaltol, the digital tool we developed to improve water accounting in rural India.
CSEI
Jan 6, 2023
Community Building for Jaltol: Our Learnings at the UN Geospatial Conference
Community Building for Jaltol: Our Learnings at the UN Geospatial Conference
Participation in events played an important role in refining our understanding about a subject as well as forging new relationships.
Pranuti Choppakatla
Jan 6, 2023
Field Notes from Sittilingi: How a Farmer Collective Tackles Healthcare & Agrarian Distress
Field Notes from Sittilingi: How a Farmer Collective Tackles Healthcare & Agrarian Distress
The Sittilingi Organic Farmers Association (SOFA) shows how collectives founded on strong community values can benefit farmers & the…
Nishant Seth
Jan 5, 2023
Restoring Raichur’s Degraded Land: How We Studied the Local Context
Restoring Raichur’s Degraded Land: How We Studied the Local Context
In this blog post, we describe our research and decision-making processes in the early stages of the Raichur land restoration pilot.
Ananya Rao
Dec 14, 2022
Field Notes from Raichur: How People are Working to Restore Common Land
Field Notes from Raichur: How People are Working to Restore Common Land
This blog post documents preliminary insights based on conversations with our partner organisation, Prarambha, as well as farmers.
Sandeep Hanchanale
Dec 13, 2022
Year in Review: Our Learnings & Experiments with Social Media in 2022
Year in Review: Our Learnings & Experiments with Social Media in 2022
Our Twitter and Linkedin presence has grown considerably over the past year. In this blog post, we sum up some of the highlights.
Ananya Revanna
Dec 12, 2022
Year in Review: Our Blogs Covered Field Notes, Explainers & More in 2022
Year in Review: Our Blogs Covered Field Notes, Explainers & More in 2022
Blogs keep our activities transparent, showcase our partners’ work and explain key concepts. Here’s a roundup of the blogs we did in 2022.
CSEI
Dec 11, 2022
From Plural Livelihoods to Better Schools: What People Aspire for in Raichur
From Plural Livelihoods to Better Schools: What People Aspire for in Raichur
We are carrying out a rural livelihoods aspirations study in three villages in Raichur. This blog post documents our methods & early…
Aditya Maruvada
Dec 8, 2022
Year in Review: 10 Things We Didn’t Expect to Learn
Year in Review: 10 Things We Didn’t Expect to Learn
Unexpected hurdles and detours come up often in the course of our work. We document some counterintuitive learnings from 2022 in this blog.
CSEI
Dec 7, 2022
Year in Review: Newsletters We Sent in 2022
Year in Review: Newsletters We Sent in 2022
This roundup helps us revisit and celebrate the whole year’s work.
anjana balakrishnan
Dec 7, 2022
Oracle Renews Grant to Fund CSEI’s Restoration Efforts
Oracle Renews Grant to Fund CSEI’s Restoration Efforts
Oracle’s financial support was critical in setting up baselines and monitoring and evaluation systems at our field sites.
Sandeep Hanchanale
Dec 7, 2022
Year in Review: How We Built Our Media Presence in 2022
Year in Review: How We Built Our Media Presence in 2022
In this blogpost, we look back at our visibility in the media — from op-eds to expert quotes in articles about topical issues.
CSEI
Dec 6, 2022
The World Beneath Our Feet: Why Soil Biodiversity is Vital for Ecological Restoration
The World Beneath Our Feet: Why Soil Biodiversity is Vital for Ecological Restoration
In Raichur, we are conducting pilot studies to assess the biodiversity in this region afflicted with poor soil fertility.
Surya Narayanan
Dec 5, 2022
Five Lessons We Learned As An Ecosystem Builder
Five Lessons We Learned As An Ecosystem Builder
As 2022 draws to a close, we sum up some of our key learnings on how to effectively build ecosystems in the Indian context.
Veena Srinivasan
Dec 4, 2022
Water Pollution in Rural India: Field Notes from Karnataka’s S.M. Gollahalli
Water Pollution in Rural India: Field Notes from Karnataka’s S.M. Gollahalli
We visited S.M. Gollahalli in Bengaluru Rural district to understand how wastewater is managed.
Anjali V Raj
Nov 30, 2022
Part 2: How We Studied the Problems Affecting India’s River Basins
Part 2: How We Studied the Problems Affecting India’s River Basins
We detail some of our findings and limitations in this second part of our blog series on India’s water-stressed river basins.
Rashmi Kulranjan
Nov 29, 2022
Context, Context, Context: The Byword for Reversing Land Degradation in India
Context, Context, Context: The Byword for Reversing Land Degradation in India
The AREST team from ATREE was at COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh to lead discussions on soil health and ecological restoration.
CSEI
Nov 29, 2022
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