Ashish Kothari
Ashish Kothari is a founder of the Indian environmental group Kalpavriksh. He has coordinated India’s National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan processes, served on the boards of Greenpeace International and India, chaired an IUCN network on protected areas and communities, and helped found the global ICCA Consortium. He helps coordinate the Vikalp Sangam (Alternatives Confluence) and Radical Ecological Democracy networks, and has recently co-edited Alternative Futures: Unshackling India and Pluriverse: A Post-Development Dictionary.-
GTI Contributions
Roundtable Party Time?
A contribution to an exchange on A World Political Party: The Time Has Come
Roundtable Do Red and Green Mix?
A contribution to an exchange on Why Ecosocialism: For a Red-Green Future
Commentary on Farming for a Small Planet: Agroecology Now
Commentary on Marxism and Ecology: Common Fonts of a Great Transition
Essay Radical Ecological Democracy: A Path Forward for India and BeyondNumerous grassroots initiatives devoted to fostering sustainable and equitable alternatives to the dominant economic development model have recently sprung up in India and other parts of the world. The emergent framework of radical ecological democracy can inspire such a values-led transition to a better future.
Commentary by David Barkin, Federico Demaria, Helena Norberg-Hodge, and Neera Singh, and a response by the author.
Commentary on The Commons as a Template for Transformation