Marginalised communities often have a more symbiotic relationship with the earth and environment, believes Mercy Kappen, Co-founder and Strategic Advisor at Visthar, a Bengaluru-based civil society organisation that works in areas of education, training and environmental issues. “They know how to make a living without ruining things. I think there is a lot we can learn from them.”In keeping with this idea, the 18th edition of Bhoomi Habba, Visthar’s annual environment and sustainability festival, will have Restore, Reclaim – Community Paths to Climate Action as its theme, which the event’s release describes as “a vital movement toward tangible stewardship across generations, asserting the agency of community-led initiatives in healing our shared ecosystems.”Organised in collaboration with GreenKraft, Elements Organics, the Fair Trade Alliance of Kerala (FTAK), and Abheek Academy, the festival will comprise an array of events and stalls that closely align with its core themes of sustainability and community-based climate action.Also read:Bengaluru-based natural history platform, Nature in Focus, introduces new category to its annual photography contest “We ground environmental care in practical earth wisdom — whether through reconstructing vanishing recipes or embracing zero-waste living,” Mercy says. “Bhoomi Habba uses the power of theatre, poetry, storytelling, games and movement to transform personal stories into collective calls for climate action.”