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Uttarakhand avalanche: Village at center of India glacier collapse warned of impending disaster for decades. No one listened - CNN
The Chipko – meaning “to hug or cling” in Hindi – started as a campaign by local villagers in the Alaknanda Valley to stop rampant tree felling by developers, ...
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Chipko won bigger battles than it set out to fight. Uttarakhand was one of them - MSN
Chipko and its adherents won several accolades. Chandi Prasad Bhatt received the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1982, the Padma Shri in 1986, the Right Livelihood Award in 1987 (jointly with Sunderlal ...
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In The Birthplace Of Chipko Movement, People Ask Of The Trees That Could Have Protected - Outlook India
Environment. In The Birthplace Of Chipko Movement, People Ask Of The Trees That Could Have Protected Them It’s been more than three years since the glacier burst killed more than 200.
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The Life of Sunderlal Bahuguna and the Chipko Movement - New Hampshire Public Radio
The Chipko movement began in 1973 in Uttarakhand, a rural, mountainous region in northern India. Many men in Uttarakhand left for jobs in the towns and cities, and women stayed behind, depending ...
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Saving Trees in Himalayas and Western Ghats—Chipko and Appiko Movements in India - Countercurrents
The first stories of Chipko ( hug the trees to save them from felling) movement came from Chamoli district in Garhwal region where Gaura Devi and other hill… ...
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Takeaways from Chipko for today's eco warriors
The Chipko movement is not a relic of the past; it is a source of inspiration for the challenges we face today. The climate crisis, deforestation, and resource scarcity threaten our planet’s future.
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'Tree hugger' might not be the insult you think it is — the term has deep historical roots - ABC News - ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Central to both Chipko and the environment movement in Australia was the philosophy of non-violent resistance — putting one's body on the line as the final line of defence.
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Inspired by Chipko movement, students call for ecofeminist climate activism
The organizers were inspired by the historical Chipko movement, which stems back to an act of resistance in Uttarakhand, India, during the 1970s.
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Uttarakhand avalanche: Village at center of India glacier collapse warned of impending disaster for decades. No one listened - CNN
The Chipko – meaning “to hug or cling” in Hindi – started as a campaign by local villagers in the Alaknanda Valley to stop rampant tree felling by developers, ...
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Uttarakhand avalanche: Village at center of India glacier collapse warned of impending disaster for decades. No one listened | CNN - CNN International
The Chipko – meaning “to hug or cling” in Hindi – started as a campaign by local villagers in the Alaknanda Valley to stop rampant tree felling by developers, ...