Vimla Bahugana, social activist was a leading participant of the Chipko Movement which captured the imagination of the world with the women villagers hugging trees in the Garhwal mountains of Uttarakhand, India to protect the them from commercial felling.
Vimla Bahugana speaks briefly about the movement at Navdanya Dehradun on 14th March 2011.
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YES! Respect and love the trees~
MzProgressive 4 months ago
This is very enlightening Bhavani Mami... I've learnt about the Chipko Movement in High school, very moving to hear it from the horse's mouth.
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verhhh 11 months ago