India vs Australia (4 March; South Africa vs New Zealand (5 March) – Champions Trophy Semifinals.
Mayawati asks her nephew Anand, supposed to be her successor, to leave all party positions.
Water tests confirm that water in Ganga beyond Prayagraj is not fit for bathing, after Maha Kumbh. Bacteriological populations.
A recent comprehensive baseline study of 1,776 farmers journeying in Natural farming in Madhya Pradesh across 11 agro-ecological zones confirm costs are lower; yields are not compromised; net incomes are higher in NF. Taking out fertilizer subsidies in Chemical farms, NF farms show much higher incomes vis-à-vis these.
Wildlife. Undomesticated animals and uncultivated plants existing in their natural habitats. Including all organisms that grow or live wild. In all ecosystems – deserts, plains, grasslands, woodlands, forests, urban areas et al. Wildlife populations have decreased by 70% in the last 50 years. As a result of human activity – over consumption, intensive farming. It is said that the sixth mass extinction event has been unleashed. Can we be in sync with, in harmony with nature?
Support Teams. We have passionate people, teams and organizations in N-living. N-farming. N-enterprises. N-platforms. And these are growing. They need support: in visioning. In planning. In strategizing. In local adaptation. In building various nuanced models across local living-farming situations. At farm, family level; at group, cluster, compact block level; at village, area level; Pilots, micro pilots, and mega pilots. In Technical support. Offering practices, packages of practices, portfolios of practices, options, choices, variations, and nuances. In learning, training. In module development. In curriculums. In analytics. In research. In evidence building. In advocacy. In articulation, communication. In social media. Audio, pictures, and videos. Notes, learning notes. Case studies, process case studies, learning case studies. In managing and leading. In institutions. In building agency. Of women and marginalized communities. In running campaigns. In feasibilities and appraisals. In running learning programmes, certification, diploma, degree, or PG courses tailored to N. In building faculty, trainers, and mentors. In building nano-micro entrepreneurs and enterprises. In backward and forward linkage areas. In various elements of value-chains. In reaching out to consumers in the forms, sizes they want. In animation, facilitation. Internal animators, external facilitators. In extending convergence support. Forums, platforms.
Can we have these support team(s)? A variety, more. Networked, working severally, in partnership or otherwise. With learning, cross learning spaces. Can we build, nurture? Within, without.
Stress helps. But, more stress kills. It takes away our potential. Our possibilities. Work stress, life stress decrease our efficiency, effectiveness everywhere. Can we focus, think on what we can do, what we have control on? Can we take ‘two minutes’ more to respond? Can we see alternatives, before we choose a way or two? Can we prioritize wherever possible? Can we take more smaller steps, elements? Can we practice being kind? Can we listen, acknowledge clearly, emphatically? Can we de-emotionalize response when in stress? Can we go, take our teams into N-living?
Yes, we can. If we coexist, flowing. Live, liveable, living ‘stress’. In N? stithi-gathiyoga for 7L.
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