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71 photographs from the workshops, drives and campaigns: Aakashbeej dispersals, seed-ball sessions with schools and colleges, and plantation drives across Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar.

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Aakashbeej: Seeds from Sky

Our flagship restoration campaign: seed balls packed by the sackful and dispersed over barren hillsides by drone, run with our Green Globe and Robonist collaborators.

The Dharman and collaborator team with sacks of seed balls, captioned “The force behind the plan”.
The force behind the plan
A Dharman volunteer being interviewed on camera at the dispersal site.
Telling the story
Volunteers in campaign T-shirts seen from behind before the drive.
A collaboration for a green future
Volunteers filling sacks with hand-rolled seed balls.
Loading the sacks
Guests and volunteers gathered at the launch of the dispersal drive.
Launch day
A volunteer carrying a sack of seed balls on their shoulder.
Carried to the ridge
A drone in flight above the hillside during dispersal.
Seeds from sky
Volunteers loading seed balls into the drone hopper on the hillside.
Loading the drone
The team gathered on the hill track during the dispersal drive.
On the ridge
A seed-ball dispersal drone hovering against an overcast sky.
In flight
Volunteers preparing the drone for a dispersal run.
Pre-flight checks
Sacks of seed balls stacked at the edge of the green hillside.
Ready for dispersal

Seed-ball workshops

Two and a half lakh seed balls, hand-rolled with school and college students at Deogiri Institute, SBOA Public School, Agrasen Vidya Mandir and beyond.

A volunteer rolling seed balls, captioned “Creating impact”.
Creating impact
Students seated on the floor shaping seed balls from soil and compost.
Hands in the soil
Participants rolling seed balls together at an Aakashbeej workshop.
Aakashbeej workshop
Two volunteers demonstrating how to pack a seed ball.
Learning the method
A workshop table covered with freshly rolled seed balls.
A morning's work
Deogiri Institute students rolling seed balls in a circle.
Deogiri Institute
Volunteers demonstrating seed-ball rolling to a seated group.
One dream, one vision
Students at a college campus workshop preparing seed balls.
One step, one volunteer
College students seated around basins of soil, making seed balls.
Working in circles
A large group of students shaping seed balls on the lawn.
Filling the basins
Students at the workshop with trays of completed seed balls.
Counting them up
A packed campus workshop with dozens of students at work.
A full house
Volunteers and students together at the close of the workshop.
Workshop wrap
SBOA Public School students in blue uniforms rolling seed balls.
SBOA Public School
A student concentrating on shaping a seed ball.
Getting it right
School children seated in rows preparing seed balls in the courtyard.
In the courtyard
A long line of completed seed balls drying along the school steps.
Lined up to dry
A volunteer laying out seed balls to dry.
Laid out to dry
A volunteer in a safety vest sorting seed balls into sacks.
Sorted and sacked
A Dharman volunteer with a student after the workshop.
After the workshop
School students crowded around a demonstration of seed-ball rolling.
Watching closely
Volunteers and students packing soil for the next batch.
The next batch
A student pressing seeds into a ball of soil.
One at a time
Students working along a row of soil and seed trays.
Down the line
Poster marking 85,000 seed balls made in a single drive with school students.
85,000+ in a single drive
A school assembly ground filled with students making seed balls.
A record attempt
Students in blazers seated together rolling seed balls.
Every hand counts
A volunteer guiding students through the seed-ball method.
Showing how
A teacher joining students on the ground to roll seed balls.
Teachers too
Younger students seated in rows working with soil and seeds.
Junior school
A student proudly holding up muddy hands after making seed balls.
Muddy hands
Banner for the record seed-ball drive at the host school.
The host school
Students and volunteers pressing seeds into soil together.
Side by side
The full school gathered on the ground for the seed-ball drive.
The whole school
Poster for Aakashbeej Workshop V with SBOA Public School, “Strong roots, stronger futures”.
Strong roots, stronger futures
SBOA Public School children cheering after their seed-ball workshop.
Eco-warriors

Small hands, big impact

Pre-primary children at PSBA School meeting soil, seed and compost for the first time.

A pre-primary pupil holding up a seed ball to the camera.
First seed ball
Small children seated around buckets of soil, making seed balls.
Buckets and soil
A child concentrating on rolling soil between their palms.
Rolling it round
A pre-primary pupil showing muddy hands and a wide grin.
Proud of it
Children seated in a circle at the pre-primary workshop.
In a circle
Poster for the pre-primary workshop, “Small hands, big impact”.
Small hands, big impact
A young child working with soil at the classroom workshop.
In the classroom
Pre-primary pupils gathered at the school entrance for the workshop.
Welcome
Children with buckets of soil and seeds on the classroom floor.
Everything to hand
A pupil holding up a completed seed ball.
Done
Pre-primary children seated together at the end of the session.
Session's end

Plantation drives

Saplings put into the ground and looked after: 25,000+ trees planted, from temple grounds to roadside verges.

A volunteer planting a sapling at a Dharman plantation drive.
Into the ground
Members of the community joining a tree-planting drive.
Community drive
Poster marking 200+ saplings planted at Khatushyam Mandir, Kolthan.
200+ saplings
A supporter of the plantation drive photographed with their quote.
In their words
Dr Jeevan Rajput photographed for the plantation campaign.
Dr Jeevan Rajput
Anuradha Atul Chavan photographed for the plantation campaign.
Anuradha Atul Chavan
Portrait card of Dr Jeevan Rajput for the Dharman campaign.
Dr Jeevan Rajput
Portrait card of Anuradha Atul Chavan for the Dharman campaign.
Anuradha Atul Chavan
A volunteer settling a sapling into the soil, shot in black and white.
A new tomorrow

The people behind it

The volunteers who show up, and the moments the work has been recognised.

The Dharman volunteer team gathered behind their campaign banner.
Warriors
The Dharman team poster in Marathi.
वॉरियर्स
Dharman volunteers receiving a certificate, captioned “We will not stop planting hope”.
We will not stop planting hope
×The Dharman and collaborator team with sacks of seed balls, captioned “The force behind the plan”.
×A Dharman volunteer being interviewed on camera at the dispersal site.
×Volunteers in campaign T-shirts seen from behind before the drive.
×Volunteers filling sacks with hand-rolled seed balls.
×Guests and volunteers gathered at the launch of the dispersal drive.
×A volunteer carrying a sack of seed balls on their shoulder.
×A drone in flight above the hillside during dispersal.
×Volunteers loading seed balls into the drone hopper on the hillside.
×The team gathered on the hill track during the dispersal drive.
×A seed-ball dispersal drone hovering against an overcast sky.
×Volunteers preparing the drone for a dispersal run.
×Sacks of seed balls stacked at the edge of the green hillside.
×A volunteer rolling seed balls, captioned “Creating impact”.
×Students seated on the floor shaping seed balls from soil and compost.
×Participants rolling seed balls together at an Aakashbeej workshop.
×Two volunteers demonstrating how to pack a seed ball.
×A workshop table covered with freshly rolled seed balls.
×Deogiri Institute students rolling seed balls in a circle.
×Volunteers demonstrating seed-ball rolling to a seated group.
×Students at a college campus workshop preparing seed balls.
×College students seated around basins of soil, making seed balls.
×A large group of students shaping seed balls on the lawn.
×Students at the workshop with trays of completed seed balls.
×A packed campus workshop with dozens of students at work.
×Volunteers and students together at the close of the workshop.
×SBOA Public School students in blue uniforms rolling seed balls.
×A student concentrating on shaping a seed ball.
×School children seated in rows preparing seed balls in the courtyard.
×A long line of completed seed balls drying along the school steps.
×A volunteer laying out seed balls to dry.
×A volunteer in a safety vest sorting seed balls into sacks.
×A Dharman volunteer with a student after the workshop.
×School students crowded around a demonstration of seed-ball rolling.
×Volunteers and students packing soil for the next batch.
×A student pressing seeds into a ball of soil.
×Students working along a row of soil and seed trays.
×Poster marking 85,000 seed balls made in a single drive with school students.
×A school assembly ground filled with students making seed balls.
×Students in blazers seated together rolling seed balls.
×A volunteer guiding students through the seed-ball method.
×A teacher joining students on the ground to roll seed balls.
×Younger students seated in rows working with soil and seeds.
×A student proudly holding up muddy hands after making seed balls.
×Banner for the record seed-ball drive at the host school.
×Students and volunteers pressing seeds into soil together.
×The full school gathered on the ground for the seed-ball drive.
×Poster for Aakashbeej Workshop V with SBOA Public School, “Strong roots, stronger futures”.
×SBOA Public School children cheering after their seed-ball workshop.
×A pre-primary pupil holding up a seed ball to the camera.
×Small children seated around buckets of soil, making seed balls.
×A child concentrating on rolling soil between their palms.
×A pre-primary pupil showing muddy hands and a wide grin.
×Children seated in a circle at the pre-primary workshop.
×Poster for the pre-primary workshop, “Small hands, big impact”.
×A young child working with soil at the classroom workshop.
×Pre-primary pupils gathered at the school entrance for the workshop.
×Children with buckets of soil and seeds on the classroom floor.
×A pupil holding up a completed seed ball.
×Pre-primary children seated together at the end of the session.
×A volunteer planting a sapling at a Dharman plantation drive.
×Members of the community joining a tree-planting drive.
×Poster marking 200+ saplings planted at Khatushyam Mandir, Kolthan.
×A supporter of the plantation drive photographed with their quote.
×Dr Jeevan Rajput photographed for the plantation campaign.
×Anuradha Atul Chavan photographed for the plantation campaign.
×Portrait card of Dr Jeevan Rajput for the Dharman campaign.
×Portrait card of Anuradha Atul Chavan for the Dharman campaign.
×A volunteer settling a sapling into the soil, shot in black and white.
×The Dharman volunteer team gathered behind their campaign banner.
×The Dharman team poster in Marathi.
×Dharman volunteers receiving a certificate, captioned “We will not stop planting hope”.