Where has this idea come from?

The Greening India project is blossoming out of several years of collaboration and brainstorming among a number of Indian and international scholars, activists and grassroots leaders. 

Who is involved?

The early stages of website development are being handled by Big Medicine, an Indo-American non-profit institute that guest edited the Summer 2007 issue of India's respected international policy journal , World Affairs. In addition to their publishing and broadcasting activities, Big Medicine directors have organized many international conferences, tours and workshops addressing our contemporary social and environmental crises and are currently also helping design the Udaipur Shakti Works performance school, healing center and eco-park.

The initial "Greening India Schools & Education" program is being spearheaded by Big Medicine peace and human ecology director, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it who has spent the last two decades as an activist organizer, radio producer, and researcher/initiator of cutting edge media projects on progressive movement building, bicycles, organic farming and educational reform.

Big Medicine health and environment director, Rita Dixit-Kubiak has worked closely with pioneering green grassroots organizations like Bija Vidyapeeth , Jagran Jan Vikas Samiti , and Ubeshwar Vikas Mandal among others as well as co-founding Japan's Metamedical Forum and the Indo-Japanese Citizen Diplomacy Association.

From Australia is the team of John Brisbin and Caroline Lieber, both of whom have active connections in India and are formulating program inserts to the Festival. John and Caroline can be contacted through their homespace at General Evolution Advocacy & Research (GENEVAR) .

How to get involved 

We are currently formalizing our organizing committee, advisory board and sponsorship structure, and will be posting them here as soon as possible.

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