In a world grappling with pressing environmental challenges, it has become imperative for individuals and communities to take action towards a sustainable future. One of the most powerful steps we can take is to adopt eco-friendly practices in our daily lives. This blog post aims to shed light on sustainability, composting waste, and conserving […]

How a community has come together to build their own resilience against climate change, biodiversity loss and zoonotics by attempting to integrate with the wild Between 2020 and 2022, the virus made its way across the world, slowing economies and trapping people at home. In this window of time, 42 families and individuals bought into […]

         Seen at Vanantara: Seen at Vanantara: Healing Trees Permaculture Community Water management     The Journey So Far   What started as a simple idea of afforestation and carbon sequestration in 2017 has taken on a much larger meaning for us over these last few years at Vanantara.   We’ve witnessed […]

For many of us “Guilds” usually bring to mind the Renaissance and the medieval order of craftsman.   However, the term has a significant meaning in ecology as well – “Guilds” refer to groups of tree species that are symbiotic and assist one another for the betterment of the collective.   In a designed Guild […]

Over the last two decades, climate change has become the single largest threat to the survival of our species on this planet – rising global temperatures, erratic rainfall and drastic shifts in weather patterns have become the norm. Over the next decade, afforestation, conscious consumption and waste management will define how we shape the future […]

The technological prowess and constant urbanization of our worlds has led to a gradual, but alarming flipside. Conditions such as depression, anxiety and ADHD are now rampant in our population – statistics show that over 300 million people now live with depression and over 260 million with anxiety disorders.   A common solution is, quite […]

Water is the undeniable lifeforce of our planet. Every living organism on Earth, without a single exception, requires water to survive. And without water, life as we know it would cease to exist.   Yet, we don’t take time to ponder where our water comes from. We know of water’s cycle – from ocean to […]

How do floods occur? We know that the onslaught of urbanization has resulted in an excess of impermeable concrete and cement. This means that water doesn’t seep through the surface of our planet to be stored beneath the ground efficiently, as it once did.   However, it’s not quite as simple as that. Our planet […]

Charles Darwin once said, “It may be doubted whether there are many other animals which have played so important a part in the history of the world, as have these lowly organized creatures.”   Of course, Darwin is referring to the humble earthworm; a creature that plays several critical roles in the functioning of our […]