Man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself,” said American marine biologist and author Rachel Carson in a documentary, shortly before she succumbed to breast cancer in 1964. She is known to have set the stage for the first Earth Day in 1970 through her eye-opening book, Silent Springs, written against the proliferating chemical industries and their impact on the planet. By 1990, Earth Day became a global phenomenon with 141 countries and 200 million people joining hands to protect nature. The concept of sustainable living began to pick up as more number of people joined this mission. In India, however, there were many who were not new to sustainability; it was only a new term for them.

A Warli member explains the symbolism in their art