protecting and developing approaches for targeting women.

1. SRISTI MOVEMENT
Presented by
Hashim.p.s

2. SRISTI MOVEMENT
“Society for Research and Initiatives
for Sustainable Technologies and
Institutions”

3. Background
Three phases since 1992 .
Total internal funding (core) to date:
CAD$651,141
Initiated by Professor Gupta
Initial objective was to stem the erosion of
traditional knowledge and to document local
innovation.

4.  Over time the objectives have expanded
to include: adding value, providing
incentives and income, protecting and
developing approaches for targeting
women.
 To support the activities of the Honey
Bee Network to recognize, respect and
reward creativity at the grassroots.

5. Inputs
SRISTI created the Honey Bee database of
innovations, publication of the Network’s.
It is associated knowledge system.
 Linking formal and informal science.
SRISTI had organised several consultative
sessions with the private sector, scientists,
activists and development workers for
discussing various issues related to the access
to bio-diversity and associated knowledge
rights.

6.  ShodhYatra (Journey of Exploration)
twice a year, Traditional food festival,
Recipe competition, Biodiversity
competition
 and maintains the database of
Innovations and Traditional Knowledge

7.  SRISTI works on the principle that a
synthesis of seven Es, i.e., Excellence,
Equity, Environment, Efficiency, Ethics,
Empathy and Education. These provide the
right chemistry for societies and move
towards a compassionate, creative,
competitive as well as collaborative society.

8. HONEY BEE NETWORK
 Honey Bee signifies a philosophy
of discourses, which is fair,
authentic and accountable
 It advocates people to people
learning,
 The ethics of knowledge
extraction, its documentation,
dissemination.
 and their abstraction into theories
or technologies is the central
concern of the Honey Bee
Network.

9. VISION
• A framework for creating an inventive ethic at
grassroots level .
• forging links between excellence in formal and
informal Science through Honey Bee Network.

10. GOALS
To expand space in society for building upon
sustainable technological, institutional and
educational initiatives and innovations at the
grassroots with special focus on women's
knowledge.
To document, analyse and disseminate
innovations developed by people themselves.
laboratory research for generating nature-
friendly sustainable technologies.

11.  To conserve local biodiversity
through in-situ and ex-situ gene
banks managed by local people.
 To protect the intellectual property
rightsTo validate local innovations
through experiments.

12. Thank you