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Groundwater Management
Sustainable Agriculture
Solar Energy
Promoting a circular Economy

“Mass industrialization has led to large-scale deforestation, exploitation of natural resources and pollution of the elements. We need to go back to honouring nature and being sensitive to nature.”
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, founder of IAHV

The Challenge & StrategyImpact HighlightsPathways for ChangeCase Studies
Groundwater management

Groundwater management

Reviving riverine-ecosystems

The Challenge

India is seriously water-stressed and is poised on the brink of an acute water crisis. It has 17% of the world population and has access to only 4% of global freshwater. Radical land exploitation with forests being converted into agricultural lands; disastrous groundwater management with indiscriminate extraction and migration in search for water exacerbate the situation.

Our Strategy

We asked the right question. We realised it is not a one size fits all approach. We harnessed the best minds in ecological conservation and riverine basin management and worked to replenish underground water systems, reforest barren lands and restore the biodiversity of the regions. We believe that sustainable development will happen when people of the land are engaged in the change.

Groundwater management
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Solutions that Mimic Nature
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Impact Highlights

Rivers and its tributaries being rejuvenated across Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala :

47

Rivers and its tributaries

Number of recharge Structures constructed:

21,875

+

Population benefited across 4 states:

70,00,000

+

Villages benefitted across 4 states:

6186

+

Increased water storage capacity:

25,00,02,372

.

136

liters

Trees planted under River Rejuvenation Projects:

6,01,561

Clothes, plastic, garbage removed during the Clean Yamuna Campaign:

512

ton

Volunteer hours spent on the Pampa River Cleaning Project in Kerala:

68800

Total area influenced:


31729

.

568

sq.km

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Pathways for Change

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Casestudies

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Overturning exploited land

Providing local solutions that mimic natural systems. Solving immediate needs and creating systems that ensure reliable supplies. Empowering locals through capacity building frameworks

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Towards better groundwater management

From 2018-20, we constructed 8,100 recharge structures in catchment areas in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, desilted 2.7million cubic meters of soil/rubble from river-beds and increased water storage capacity by 2.75billion litres.

Health & the community

Reversing migration

From 2018-20, our projects impacted 1,227,200 people in 477 villages in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra.

Health & the nation
Groundwater

“Agriculture is the backbone of human existence. For any civilization to prosper, agriculture has to be healthy and sustainable. We need to get our focus back on agriculture which is the primary industry. Our earth has plenty for everyone. We only have to manage its resources well."
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, founder of IAHV

Challenge and StrategyImpact HighlightsPathways for ChangeCase Studies

Sustainable Agriculture

Restoring traditional ecological knowledge

The Challenge

Food and Agriculture today stand at crossroads. Progress has come with huge social and environmental costs impacting the productive potential of our natural resources. With climate change and decreasing nutritional security; farmers are caught in debt traps of loans taken to meet escalating costs of farming inputs, leading to increasing farmer suicides.

Our Strategy

We work to restore the land and heal the farmer.  We have trained 2.2 million farmers in natural farming and protecting indifenous seeds for our future.  We transform, one acre at a time; establishing model farms which becomes a powerful driver for accelerated adoption of natural farming techniques.

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Impact Highlights

We trained

2

.

2

million

farmers in natural farming techniques 25% of whom were women.

66,700

acres have been converted to climate- change resilient agriculture

From 2018-20, our farmers saved a minimum Rs 66 million in chemical pesticide usage, Rs 2 million in urea usage9. And a water saving equivalent to

14,000

rural people’s domestic annual usage.

Our farmers who grow nutrient dense crops earn

4

times

the price of industrialized grains sold in the market.

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Combating climate change

From 2018-20, we converted 66,700 acres and trained 28,100 people (25% women) in climate-resilient natural farming techniques with indigenous seeds to improve soil fertility, reduce water run-off and increase yield whilst preserving quality.

Health & the individual

Nutritional security

In 2018, we gave farmers a 2000 year old spherical shaped golden-hued ‘Sona Moti’ (Golden Pearl) grain, tested to have high folic acid content, 3x the minerals, and earning them 4x the price of industrialised hybrid wheat.

Health & the community

Farmer livelihoods

From 2018-20, our farmers saved over Rs.66million in chemical pesticide usage, Rs.2million in urea usage, and a water saving equivalent to 14,000 rural people’s domestic annual usage.

Health & the nation

“Environment doesn’t have any geographic or political boundaries. We have one planet earth and we have one atmosphere. To care for that we need to create huge awareness throughout the world."
‍Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, founder of IAHV

Challenge and StrategyImpact MeasuresPathways for ChangeCase Studies

Solar Energy

Fuelling the engine of development

The Challenge

Energy is critical and the world’s most vulnerable people with no sustainable access to energy are deprived of the opportunity to become part of national and global progress. Power supply continues to be unavailable or with recurring cuts in remote, inaccessible parts of India or areas with high poverty and social inequality that experience armed conflict and political insurgency or natural disasters.

Our Strategy

We realised that transformation to solar energy requires enhancing awareness as well as building a community of entrepreneurs who can provide solar energy at low cost. We create off-grid model villages providing access to the last mile. We train entrepreneurs in renewable energy and keep our costs low making it sustainable for local communities.

The total forest and tree cover of India is 80.73 million hectare which is 56 percent of the geographical area of the country. Since 1980, India has diverted 1.5 million hectares of forest land for development purposes such as industrialization, roads and irrigation projects thereby leading to loss of forest cover.Transportation and industrialization are major contributors to carbon emissions causing climate change.
SOLAR ENERGY

Impact Measures

Providing free education

165,000 PEOPLE

Benefitted over 165,000 people, electrified 720 villages and 143 schools.
Providing free education

124 STATIONS

Set up 24 solar micro grids and 124 solar batter charging stations.
Providing free education

500 TRAINED

Set up 3 solar and electrical training centers. Trained over 500 renewable energy technicians and 150 solar energy entrepreneurs.

Pathways for Change

Impact Highlights
Casestudies

Case Studies

Access to remote and vulnerable populations

From 2018-20, we impacted 3,507 people, distributed 2,315 solar lamps, installed 15 off-grid solar rooftop plants, 25 street lights and a solar micro-grid in remote/conflict/disaster areas.

Health & the individual

Raising awareness and building capacity for transition to renewable energy sources

From 2018-20, we established 3 solar and electrical training centres, trained 1009 renewable energy technicians and 51 solar entrepreneurs from vulnerable rural communities

Health & the community

“Prosperity is in acknowledging the magnanimity of the planet; honoring the planet and its abundance."
‍Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, founder of IAHV

Challenge and StrategyPathways for ChangeCase Studies
The total forest and tree cover of India is 80.73 million hectare which is 56 percent of the geographical area of the country. Since 1980, India has diverted 1.5 million hectares of forest land for development purposes such as industrialization, roads and irrigation projects thereby leading to loss of forest cover.Transportation and industrialization are major contributors to carbon emissions causing climate change.

Promoting a Circular Economy

Responsible consumption and recycling of waste

The Challenge

Waste is one of the largest urban challenges impacting the environment, hygiene, sanitation, pollution and quality of life everywhere. As the waste problem is caused by human behaviour, the solution potentially lies in changing that behaviour. In order to overcome the solid waste crisis, the consciousness of the individual needs to be raised through inculcation of sustainable consumption practices and education.

Our Strategy

Waste management is a critical part of our sensitization programs for human health and environmental protection. From recycling and processing of organic and inorganic waste to national campaigns against single-use plastics, our commitment to reducing waste in India’s landfills is relentless.

The total forest and tree cover of India is 80.73 million hectare which is 56 percent of the geographical area of the country. Since 1980, India has diverted 1.5 million hectares of forest land for development purposes such as industrialization, roads and irrigation projects thereby leading to loss of forest cover.Transportation and industrialization are major contributors to carbon emissions causing climate change.
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Pathways for Change

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Low cost technology solution

From 2018-20, we installed 9 composting plants in religious shrines with a capacity to process 6,600 kg/day

Health & the individual

Collaborating with municipal bodies

From 2018-20, we set up 3 waste composting plants with the capacity to process 2,500 kgs per day - two in New Delhi and one in Ghaziabad

Health & the community

A sustainable campus

Over 40 years, The Art of Living International Centre in Bengaluru has evolved from a few acres of bare, rocky land into a 65-acre verdant landscape, rich in plant, tree, bird and insect diversity.

Health & the nation
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