Tag «Saving trees of the Himalayas»

चिपको चिपको वृक्ष बचाओ – Hindi Chipko Takes Root

चिपको चिपको वृक्ष बचाओ is the hindi version of Chipko Takes Root – Saving trees of the Himalayas This story is about Dichi a brave girl who has been crippled by a flash flood due to deforestation, despite of her situation she took part on a movement to save the trees. In the 1970s there …

Chipko Takes Root – Saving trees of the Himalayas

Here is a story set in the hills that shows what bravery and grit can accomplish. Dichi, a brave Bhotiya girl takes part in the Chipko movement to save her beloved trees. Everybody in her village knows that trees give them all the important things in their life. Rapid deforestation in the Himalayan region of …