The first monsoon on Ghata hill
Contour trenches held 2.1 million litres of rain this monsoon, and the 2023 saplings are now above head height.
Field notes
Field notes
Short updates from our sites: rain, survival counts, birds and the people who plant.
Mahua flowers, and a new income
Farmers sold mahua flowers from trees planted in 2021, earning ₹6,000 a family this season (sample).
The embankment that held
During Cyclone Remal-II (sample), the mangrove-lined embankment at Satjelia held while the bare stretch nearby breached.
Forty-one bird species in a school forest
Students at a Hadapsar school counted 41 bird species in the mini-forest they planted three years ago.
Seed balls by 600 children
Children from 12 schools made 30,000 seed balls of native species for the hills.
Women run the mangrove nursery
A women's group now runs its own nursery, selling 80,000 saplings to us and the forest department.
Stories are shared with the written consent of the people in them. Names are changed where asked (sample stories).
Plant a tree that lives.
From ₹99 a tree, with three years of care, a GPS location and a yearly photo.