Manju Vasudevan’s Jungle Book Journey: How Forest Post is Cultivating Sustainable Livelihoods and Conserving Nature, One Artisan at a Time

The fact that all ecological research is usually done with the guidance of a tribal person or what we call indigenous Adivasi person because they are the ones who know the forest and they know where what is flowering, what is fruiting, where is the horn bill nesting and what not.

I hope you all carry a bit of the forest in your in your hearts. Continue reading Manju Vasudevan’s Jungle Book Journey: How Forest Post is Cultivating Sustainable Livelihoods and Conserving Nature, One Artisan at a Time

“Wooderful Story”: 50 years, Saved 3000 trees & still continuing : Started as a passion by a teacher from a small village in Kerala, ‘Anugraha’ Wood furniture upcycling

Achan was basically a farmer, like most of our ancestors, & karyasthan of a nearby mana as well. Achan somehow had passion to study law but then finally when it came to financially supporting his family, he left law behind & took up teaching. Though he joined a government school, he was always passionate about other things. He took up farming from his father, did some small scale construction & was an active communist. That’s when an offer of demolishing a mana (where achachan was karyasthan) & constructing a new house on the same plot came up.

No ‘Marketing’ done so far other than the Word of Mouth Marketing. The small factory was set-up in a rural area taking into consideration the convenience of labourers , no showrooms, no middlemen, only upcycled wood & handmade genuine traditional ‘asari’ craft!.

Kuttan Master pioneered the technique of Circularity. Master made his way to the abode two years ago but has left a huge impact behind him. A true ‘Anugraha’ to all the mankind.
Continue reading “Wooderful Story”: 50 years, Saved 3000 trees & still continuing : Started as a passion by a teacher from a small village in Kerala, ‘Anugraha’ Wood furniture upcycling