About
About Swaraj
We document, revive faith in and propagate local cultural practices across the 155 soil-types in India and several hundreds more overseas. We empower local people by enlightening them about the ties between their Local Culture & local climate action.
We have people discover the beauty, simplicity and, in the local context, multiplicity of their culture, giving them the opportunity to know, love and value it. We have them understand that living by the 5 ‘Bh’s is the simplest, yet deepest form of sustainable development.
The Problem
The western paradigm of sustainability doesn’t work in the local context – there is a need to educate people about the why’s and how’s of the same.
Our Vision
To start a movement, reconnect with our elders and revive culture for affirmative climate action and sustainability.
Our Methodology
- Discovering, documenting and disseminating.
- Discovering what works and what has worked over generations in the local context – via the system of 5 भ/‘D’s.
- Propagating the discoveries to the beneficiary communities across India and the rest of the world.
Our Goals
- Partnering with 50 schools across 155 soil types and various climate zones within two years.
- Community of 1 lakh people championing the movement.
- Creating 100 leaders driving India’s climate action.
5warāj is committed to presenting culture not as a fixed, old-versus-new phenomenon that may be chosen or rejected, but a logical response to a local, geo-climatic context, which is just as valid today as it was a few millennia ago.
Impact of Our Work
Impact of Our Work
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