It was a humbling experience. We were in the house where Gaura Devi— a grassroots activist and a community leader, who was one of the pioneers of the Chipko movement, which gained significant momentum ...

Dehradun: Various social organisations and citizens launched the ‘Save Trees' movement with a signature campaign outside Gandhi Park on Wednesday to prevent tree cutting in and around Dehradun, ...

Women were the main drivers of the movement, with many immortal images of them hugging trees to prevent their being cut down. The Chipko Movement began on 26 March 1974 in the small valley of ...

A protest, inspired by the 1973 Chipko Movement to protect and preservetrees, was staged in Guwahati on Tuesday against the state’s government move to fell trees “over 100 years old” at the historic ...

The full-grown almond tree which provided shelter and was home to a host of birds has been chopped for the first time in 2023 and repeatedly thereafter and today the bare trunk without any branches ...

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 ...

Environmental activists have decried the plan as unnecessary and illogical, warning of a revived 'Chipko' movement to prevent the felling. The trees in question are now at the heart of an emerging ...

To protest against the cutting of trees across the city for various projects, Jeevitnadi and Pune River Revival have announced a Chipko March on February 9th, 2025. This is not the first time that ...

Activists have called the move unnecessary and harmful, and are warning of a Chipko-style protest, inspired by environmentalist Sundar Lal Bahuguna’s famous movement, to stop the destruction of these ...

Uttarakhand is known for the famous Chipko movement throughout the world. It has acted like a beacon of hope for environment conservation and inspired conservation efforts across the globe down the ...