Friends! Here is a piece written by Ms Vandana Saini highlighting the very important initiative which I took in 2010. The cleanliness drives and movement against polythene has been one of my best initiatives with a very good success. Since then it is a huge success and continuing in the form of Eco-One and Vindhya Bachao. This post just reminds me of those days when we had to struggle a lot against the stiff administration, convincing them, winning people's trust and inspiring others by proving ourselves. Whenever anyone asks me what you have done, I just tell them to go Mirzapur and find it yourself! Our Green Hero! A Story from Mirzapur… (http://devalt.org/newsletter/oct14/of_5.htm) I n the last couple of decades, efforts to render cities environmentally and socially sustainable have culminated in a new phenomenon – the so-called eco-city. Throughout the 1980s
Debadityo Sinha is an award-winning Indian ecologist and conservationist with a keen interest in studying the impact of law, policy, politics, and culture on conservation. He is the founder and Managing Trustee of 'Vindhyan Ecology & Natural History Foundation', and a member of IUCN Species Survival Commission- Bear Specialist Group. He is associated with Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy as a Senior Resident Fellow and leading the environmental law vertical.