To read this booklet in English, please click here. “शहरों की सफाई का बोझा कई नदी-तालाब ढो रहे हैं. मैले पानी से अटे जल स्रोतों में दुर्गन्ध है ऐसे समाज की, जो अपनी सुविधा के लिए किसी भी हद तक जा सकता है… जो अपने...
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Beejpatra: An Initiative on Urban Farming
Beejpatra in Hindi translates as ‘cotyledons’- the part of the seed which nourishes it till it grows its own roots. It also translates as “the original letter”. This Newsletter is an attempt to nourish the germinating hope that cities can be made beautiful. This ‘Beautiful...
Cultivating A Crisis
The urban farming culture in Cuba arose from a deep crisis at the time of the collapse of the Soviet Union and its learnings bear more relevance than ever at the time when we are making our way through another global crisis precipitated by a virus.
Vikalp Varta on Urban Agriculture
Organised by: Vikalp Sangam Co-organiser: People’s Resource Centre Recording of the session can be watched here: Vikalp Varta#20 Urban Agriculture Urban Agriculture Today, life in the city is full of comforts and challenges but there is no peace of mind. This restlessness in urban life...
[Applications Closed] Call for Applications: Full-time Position ‘Research Assistant’
People’s Resource Centre invites applications for full-time Research Assistant in Delhi under our Urban and Alternatives programmes.
Farming the City 2020 – Presentations
Day-1 Presentation Invisible Farming – A study of urban agricultural practices in Delhi Brief Summary of the report on urban agriculture in Delhi PRC[Hindi], Brief Summary of the report on urban agriculture in Delhi PRC [English] Joe Athialy and Avikal Parashari: The City and its...
Farming the City 2020 – Speakers
Mr. Hari Shankar and Dr. Isha Vishan Hari Shankar is a graduate from the civil engineering department from IIT Kanpur, and Dr. Isha Vishan is a Ph.D. from IIT Guwahati on Waste Management. Both of them worked on the idea to develop a simpler solution...
Urban Sustainability: Practices, Challenges & Way Forward
PRC co-organised this webinar series of more than 30 sessions where people from civil society organisations and people’s movements presented their thoughts and research on the reimagination of India’s post-COVID future. Session-14 specifically focused on issues of urban sustainability. Rajendra Ravi, coordinator of People’s Resource...
Farming the City 2020 – A People’s Convention on Urban Agriculture
People’s Resource Centre (PRC) and the Institute for Democracy and Sustainability (IDS) organized a week-long webinar series on April 25- May 1, 2020 with the following objectives: To initiate a grassroots-oriented discourse on the role of urban agriculture (UA) in relation with systemic issues including,...
आधुनिक शहर की चुनौतियां और शहरीकरण की नयी अवधारणा
आजकल दिल्ली की जनता धुंध और धुंएं की दहशत से बेहाल और परेशान है । सुप्रीमकोर्ट, हाई कोर्ट, हरित न्यायाधिकरण रोज-रोज सरकारों को तरह-तरह के निर्देश दे रहे हैं और सरकारें फौरी तौर पर खुद को बचने-बचाने के लिए ताबडतोड़ घोषणाएं कर रही हैं ।...