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Arun Kumar

ORA India 2024 Fellow

India

Arun Kumar HG is a renowned visual artist who founded the SARA Centre in the threatened rainforest belt of Karnataka to catalyze grassroots ecological action.

SARA is a community-driven initiative at the intersection of art, local knowledge, and ecology, where artists, environmentalists, farmers, teachers, and students collaborate to revive shared natural resources. Through collective large-scale projects, the center has rejuvenated more than 30 neglected lakes, created mini forest reserves, established seed banks, and revived progressive farming practices in the rainforest region.

Based in the village of Dombekoppa, Arun has transformed SARA into a living museum of natural heritage, including a biodiversity archive of 500 plant species. Here, indigenous communities reconnect with and revive their deep relationships to food, fields, forests, and folk cultures.

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