A lush green forest, beautiful climbers adorning every inch of the landscape, a placid water body filled with purple flowers, golden stripes adorning the back of a shiny wise faced frog. Sounds quite like the setting of a fairy tale or more likely […]
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On a recent educational field trip in Upper Nilgiris (Western Ghats), over 30 students from a leading IB school in India were quick to recognize the immense problem of human trash in forest areas. Their survey led them to believe that […]
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08
Dec
2014
Arsh: The need for preservation
Toda Architecture: Need for preservation A field study by IB – Diploma students by One Earth Foundation Arsh: The Toda hut is rapidly disappearing from Toda Munds in the Nilgiris. Many villages still have a few remaining huts but most are […]
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09
Nov
2014
Ethno-medicinal system of the Nilgiri Tribes
Students from a leading Bangalore school attended a workshop on Ethno-medicinal systems of Nilgiri Tribes organized by One Earth Foundation. The objectives were to sensitize students to tribal communities and their unique knowledge systems and to highlight the need to preserve such […]
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23
Sep
2014
Clean Forest Warriors
High school students from a leading school of Chennai visited The Nilgiris on an ecological / adventure outbound trip. On the very first day One Earth Foundation organized a acclimatization walk from the Bandomai road to Yeddapalli village. The students noticed that […]
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29
Apr
2014
Community Star 2014
One Earth Foundation for Community Star 2014 We are excited to share with you that One Earth Foundation has won a nomination to Community Stars 2014 Awards by Metro Group. (Metro is one of the world’s largest and most diversified retailing and wholesale organizations with Cash and […]
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04
Apr
2014
Students for Clean Forests
Students for Clean Forests An inspiring initiative by One Earth Foundation One Earth Foundation organized an ecological study tour for 35 students from a leading international school in Bangalore. The students got a rare opportunity to visit several ecologically sensitive areas in […]
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Students from a leading international school in Mumbai, recently visited the Nilgiris to explore the cultural and natural diversity and wealth of the region. Among the many study modules and activities, our 42 students accompanied by 4 teachers also had the opportunity […]
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13
Dec
2013
The Naduvattam Grasslands: A Photo tour
Raminder Chowdhary from One Earth Foundation recently undertook a photo tour of the Naduvattam Grasslands in the picturesque upper Nilgiris. The grasslands also known as Montaigne grasslands were the native land cover of a large part of upper Nilgiris. About 70% have […]
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