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 ...

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 ...

In September 1983, in Western Ghats, Karnataka, villagers started the Appiko Movement by literally embracing trees to prevent commercial logging, inspired by the landmark eco-protest called Chipko.

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On March 25, 1974, in the icy cold at Reni village in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, 27 women led by a 46-year-old widow of the village (Gaura Devi) went on a snow walk to challenge armed ...

Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], January 9 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday paid floral tributes to renowned environmentalist, Chipko Movement pioneer and Padma Vibhushan ...

On the occassion of 25 years of the environmental movement, Chipko, the film revisits the Kumaon-Garhwal region in the northern Himalaya. It emphasises the active role of women in this grass-roots ...