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babylonsister

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Fri Apr 19, 2013, 06:28 PM Apr 2013

Homegrown Brand of Eco-feminism...




~A village that plants 111 trees for every girl born in Rajasthan~

Source: http://www.thehindu.com/news/other-states/a-village-that-plants-111-trees-for-every-girl-born-in-rajasthan/article4606735.ece

"In an atmosphere where every morning, our newspapers greet us with stories of girls being tormented, raped, killed or treated like a doormat in one way or another, trust India's 'village republics' to bring in some good news from time to time.

One such village in southern Rajasthan's Rajsamand district is quietly practicing its own, homegrown brand of Eco-feminism and achieving spectacular results.

For the last several years, Piplantri village panchayat has been saving girl children and increasing the green cover in and around it at the same time.

From here:
https://www.facebook.com/SowingTheFuture
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Homegrown Brand of Eco-feminism... (Original Post) babylonsister Apr 2013 OP
What a beautiful, and very feminine, tradition. Zorra Apr 2013 #1
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