On 27 September 2022, the TAPESTRY project will present its work on visual methods at a virtual event. The panel … More
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Catching plastic: Mumbai’s Koli community uses fishing-nets to tackle pollution
Report and video about a successful test of fishing nets to catch plastic pollution in creeks in Mumbai.
Why sustainability sciences must be decolonised
by Lyla Mehta, Principal Investigator, TAPESTRY project At first glance, sustainability sciences may seem as if they’re neutral ways to … More
Why water is vital for climate adaptation
A new Commentary piece in Nature Climate Change explains how water is central to climate change adaptation. In the context … More
Participatory visual methods: glimpses from the field
This short video shows snapshots from two visual methods used in the TAPESTRY project. The first is the ‘Photovoice’ process … More
Printing the Calamity: Pattachitra Scrolls on Tropical Cyclones and Natural Disasters in Shyamnagar, Shatkhira
By Sumaiya Binte Anwar, Research Officer, ICCCAD; Mahmuda Akter, Research Officer, ICCCAD; Faizah Jaheen Ahmed Research Intern, ICCCAD “We are … More
How could camel milk transform the fortunes of Gujarat’s pastoralists?
by Ranit Chatterjee, Rohit Jha, Sahjeevan, Shilpi Srivastava, Lyla Mehta, Nobuhito Ohte, Shibaji Bose, TAPESTRY project Kachchh is a dryland … More
Faced with devastating cyclones, how are women in coastal Bangladesh building resilience?
by Sumaiya Binte Anwar and Mahmuda Akter, Research Officers, ICCCAD In recent years, cyclones have battered the coastal fringes of … More
How do we study mangrove ecology with pastoralists in Kachchh?
by Ranit Chaterjee, Pankaj Joshi, Mahendra Bhanani, Mahesh Garva and Nobuhito Ohte As part of the TAPESTRY project, we are … More
Transformation in a crisis: reflections on research and action
This is a personal reflection from Lyla Mehta on the Transformations to Sustainability mid-term workshop, which took place virtually in … More