It was a humbling experience. We were in the house where Gaura Devi— a grassroots activist and a community leader, who was one of the pioneers of the Chipko movement, which gained significant momentum ...

The Chipko movement is not a relic of the past; it is a source of inspiration for the challenges we face today. Imagine a time before hashtags and viral campaigns, when a movement sparked a global ...

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 ...

Women were the main drivers of the movement, with many immortal images of them hugging trees to prevent their being cut down. The Chipko Movement began on 26 March 1974 in the small valley of ...

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 ...

A big NDTV exclusive with Supreme Court Judge Justice Sanjay Karol, who spoke to NDTV about the flood situation in North India. Justice Karol, who hails from Himachal Pradesh, emphasised the need to ...

A protest, inspired by the 1973 Chipko Movement to protect and preservetrees, was staged in Guwahati on Tuesday against the state’s government move to fell trees “over 100 years old” at the historic ...

Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], December 18 (ANI): Chipko movement leader Sundarlal Bahuguna on Friday extended his support to the farmers protesting against the three farm laws. In a video message ...

Dehradun: Various social organisations and citizens launched the ‘Save Trees' movement with a signature campaign outside Gandhi Park on Wednesday to prevent tree cutting in and around Dehradun, ...