http://www.oneworld.net/article/archive/47 en_US OneWorld US - OneWorld.net/English/Topics/Environment/Environmental activism Saving J&K’s Ladakh region from onslaught of globalisation http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160197/1/47 Helena Norberg Hodge first visited Ladakh in northern India in 1973 to study its culture and language. Fascinated by its gentle people and their earth-based way of life, she kept returning every year since then. In a freewheeling interview, she discusses how annihilation of the local culture can be stopped. What will we do when the last tree has died, the last river poisoned…? http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160086/1/47 Dr Marcella D’Souza, executive director of Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR) in western India, has been awarded the Indian Merchant Chambers' Woman Of The Year Award. During an interview to OneWorld South Asia, she talks of her dream where rural folk live in harmony, secure sustainable livelihoods and enjoy an enhanced quality of life. Tackling Warming: No Pain, No Gain http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83523 Small changes to the way we live our lives are not enough to tackle the environmental challenges facing the planet, argues Tom Crompton, a strategist for WWF-UK. From: The BBC ESDO http://tv.oneworld.net/article/view/160042/1/47 Conservation in India: Panchayats show the way http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/159961/1/47 An NGO in southern India has succeeded in bringing hundreds of hectares of village common land under conservation planning with the help of local village administration. The effort has positively impacted people’s basic needs of fuel, fodder and drinking water.