YesEarth: India’s Integrated
Climate Action Movement
Transforming environmental challenges
into opportunities for communities
Who We Are?
YesEarth is the national sustainability, climate action, and community development platform of the School of Livelihood and Rural Development (SLRD). Our mission is to transform environmental challenges into opportunities for ecological restoration, green livelihoods, youth leadership, and climate resilience.
We work across India, especially in the Northeast, Central India, and tribal geographies, through a powerful, integrated implementation ecosystem.
Community as the Foundation
SLRD–YesEarth collaborates deeply with:
- Tribal communities
- Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs)
- Self-Help Groups (SHGs)
- Village councils and traditional institutions
- Youth collectives and schools
Communities lead on-ground work such as:
- Raising nurseries
- Planting and protecting native trees
- Producing biochar and compost
- Managing waste and biomass collection
- Implementing agroforestry
- Practising regenerative agriculture
Through training, micro-enterprise development, and long-term handholding, communities evolve into owners, protectors, and financial beneficiaries of environmental restoration.
Technology & Rural Manufacturing – Vistaar Agrotech
Our partnership with Vistaar Agrotech Private Limited provides technology and equipment that make environmental programmes scalable and economically viable:
- TLUD clean cookstoves
- Automated biomass and biochar systems
- Composting and organic waste-processing technologies
- Nursery tools, irrigation supports, and equipment
- Micro food-processing and NTFP value addition units
- Bamboo, agroforestry, and sustainable agriculture machinery
Vistaar Agrotech ensures that communities have access to affordable, appropriate, durable technologies that convert sustainability programmes into income-generating rural enterprises.
Climate Advisory & Carbon Credits – YesEarth Eco Consulting
YesEarth Eco Consulting provides technical and climate-finance expertise that transforms community environmental projects into carbon-credit generating assets.
Core support areas include:
- Carbon project design & documentation
- Monitoring, Reporting & Verification (MRV) systems
- GIS mapping and digital dashboards
- Registration under recognised standards (e.g., VCU methodologies)
- Soil carbon enhancement projects
- Carbon finance revenue models for communities
This ensures that every tree planted, every acre of regenerative agriculture, and every kg of biochar produced is aligned with global climate markets, creating long-term financial benefits for communities.
Our Approach: Integrated, Scalable, Measurable
YesEarth’s methodology focuses on:
- Community ownership
- Scientific design
- Strong partnerships
- Technology-backed monitoring
- Transparent reporting
- Measurable climate impact
- Green livelihoods
Our programmes tie together youth, communities, corporates, institutions, and government agencies, creating a national ecosystem of climate-positive action.