non-mono-soon is shaped through community-led fieldwork, documentation, and collective storytelling in Coorg, in the Western Ghats of Southern India. During five months of fieldwork, we met with and learned from those at the forefront of the region's agricultural and ecological resilience. We work alongside the people who live in and care for this land. From our engagement with the community, at events such as The Mundh at The Coorg Shandy, film screening at The Treehouse, Bangalore, and interviews with farmers, conservationists, educators, community leaders, youth, professors, policymakers, researchers, and activists, there was shared consensus on five key interventions for safeguarding the future...
Paddy cultivation and preservation for groundwater recharge
Polyculture farming including agroforestry of native species
Protection of animal water and food sources in the forest
Infrastructure accessibility for chemical free agriculture
Riparian buffer protection for rivers and tributaries