Ashoka Fellow Ishita Khanna's organisation Ecosphere Spiti has won Sierra Club's inaugural Green Energy & Green Livelihoods Achievement Award” in India for 2009. This new award recognizes community initiatives to promote green economic development, adaptation of renewable energy alternatives and organizational leadership in a grassroots environmental campaign. The award represents Sierra Club’s growing interest in building international partnerships to address climate change mitigation and adaptation in India.

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