#Chipko

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Chipko’s Lessons for Today’s Global Environmentalism

In the early 1970s, precisely three things happened in global environmental history: at the institutional level, the United Nations held its first Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm; at the academic level, Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring gained prominence for advocating environmentalism; and at the local level, the Chipko (tree-hugging) movement began in northern India as a response…

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Photo: Chipko Tree Huggers of the Himalayas by Pamela Singh

Chipko came to prominence in 1973 when a group of women from Mandal village in the Himalayas in India “hugged” trees in order to prevent them from being felled.  When the loggers came, the women, led by Gaura Devi, surrounded the trees and chanted: “This forest is our mother’s home; we will protect it with all our might”. 

They told the loggers: "If the forest is cut, the soil will be washed away. Landslides and soil erosion will bring floods, which will destroy our fields and homes, our water sources will dry up, and all the other benefits we get from the forest will be finished".  Despite threats and abuses the women stood firm until the contractors left four days later.   Word of their actions spread and the movement now known as the Chipko Movement was formed.  Chipko, meaning “hugging” in Hindi, is the origin of the term 'tree hugger' used for environmental activists. The Chipko Movement was inspired by earlier protests against tree felling in in India.

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Artist : Asha Puthli

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Album : Naya Beat Volume 1: South Asian Dance and Electronic Music 1983-1992

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KSMS Jyoti Club Celebrates Vrikshabandhan, Ties Rakhis to Trees

Students honor nature and Chipko Movement in unique Rakshabandhan observance Kerala Samajam Model School’s Jyoti Club marks Vrikshabandhan, tying rakhis to trees in a nature conservation gesture. JAMSHEDPUR – Students at Kerala Samajam Model School celebrated Vrikshabandhan, tying handmade rakhis to trees as a tribute to nature. The Jyoti Club of Kerala Samajam Model School (KSMS) organized a…

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Chipko Chipko (1990) - Asha Puthli

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मुख्यमंत्री धामी पर्यावरण आंदोलनकारियों को किया कोटिशः नमन, अपर्ति की श्रद्धांजलि

चिपको आंदोलन:  पेड़ों को बचाने के अनोखे तरीके से पहाड़ की महिलाओं ने इतिहास रचा और दुनिया भर में अपनी छाप छोड़ी। चिपको आंदोलन आज अपने 50 वें वर्ष में प्रवेश कर गया है।  वहीं उत्तराखंड के मुख्यमंत्री पुष्कर सिंह धामी ने पर्यावरण आंदोलनकारियों को कोटिशः नमन किया। साथ ही महान आंदोलनकारियों को श्रध्दांजिल अर्पित की। मुख्यमंत्री धामी ने कहा कि “चिपको आंदोलन की 50वीं वर्षगांठ पर वृक्षों को अपने जीवन…

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Chipko Activists

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chipko tree huggers of the himalayas

pamela singh (2020)

IMMA, dublin

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The origin of the term "Tree hugger"

The first tree huggers were 294 men and 69 women belonging to the Bishnois branch of Hinduism, who, in 1730, died while trying to protect the trees in their village from being turned into the raw material for building a palace. They literally clung to the trees, while being slaughtered by the foresters. But their action led to a royal decree prohibiting the cutting of trees in any Bishnoi village. And now those villages are virtual wooded oases amidst an otherwise desert landscape.

Not only that, the Bishnois inspired the Chipko movement (chipko means “to cling” in Hindi) that started in the 1970s, when a group of peasant women in the Himalayan hills of northern India threw their arms around trees designated to be cut down. Within a few years, this tactic, also known as tree satyagraha, had spread across India, ultimately forcing reforms in forestry and a moratorium on tree felling in Himalayan regions.

Photo: The village women of the Chipko movement in the early 70's in the Garhwal Hills of India, protecting the trees from being cut down. 🌱🌱🌱

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The origin of the term "Tree hugger"The first tree huggers were 294 men and 69 women belonging to the Bishnois branch of Hinduism, who, in 1730, died while trying to protect the trees in their village from being turned into the raw material for building a palace. They literally clung to the trees, while being slaughtered by the foresters. But their action led to a royal decree prohibiting the cutting of trees in any Bishnoi village. And now those villages are virtual wooded oases amidst an otherwise desert landscape.Not only that, the Bishnois inspired the Chipko movement (chipko means “to cling” in Hindi) that started in the 1970s, when a group of peasant women in the Himalayan hills of northern India threw their arms around trees designated to be cut down. Within a few years, this tactic, also known as tree satyagraha, had spread across India, ultimately forcing reforms in forestry and a moratorium on tree felling in Himalayan regions.Photo: The village women of the Chipko movement in the early 70's in the Garhwal Hills of India, protecting the trees from being cut down. 

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The origin of the term "Tree hugger"

The first tree huggers were 294 men and 69 women belonging to the Bishnois branch of Hinduism, who, in 1730, died while trying to protect the trees in their village from being turned into the raw material for building a palace. They literally clung to the trees, while being slaughtered by the foresters. But their action led to a royal decree prohibiting the cutting of trees in any Bishnoi village. And now those villages are virtual wooded oases amidst an otherwise desert landscape.

Not only that, the Bishnois inspired the Chipko movement (chipko means “to cling” in Hindi) that started in the 1970s, when a group of peasant women in the Himalayan hills of northern India threw their arms around trees designated to be cut down. Within a few years, this tactic, also known as tree satyagraha, had spread across India, ultimately forcing reforms in forestry and a moratorium on tree felling in Himalayan regions.

Photo: The village women of the Chipko movement in the early 70's in the Garhwal Hills of India, protecting the trees from being cut down. - Avantgardens

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