Working in rural areas, TERI has demonstrated exceptional commitment of working with the rural communities. During the course of the work, TERI has come up with awareness tools (audio-visuals and posters) which create awareness in the rural masses about livelihood, using renewable sources of energy, health, sanitation, finance, etc. These awareness tools are made in such a manner that a common villager can relate it to his or her own life.

TERI Uttam Urja
Duration: 21 minutes
Uttam Urja is a documentary bringing out the benefits of spread of renewable energy technology. It highlights the benefits of spread of Uttam Urja, energy-efficient biomass-based tools for small enterprises and smoke-free cookstoves that have reduced consumption of fuelwood. more>>

Learning to dream again
Duration: 22 minutes
The film traces the relationship communities have with their forests. The way to protect forests is to involve local people to protect it and nurture it. In the film, what comes alive is the concept of joint forest management that brings together villagers and foresters to protect these forests. more>>

Give us a life, Please!
Duration: 22 minutes
With an increasingly contaminated environment, children are put to serious risk as they are exposed to hazardous toxic elements. This VCD is a chronicle of this serious situation. It discusses the issue of the inevitability of living with this danger. It also talks to experts in the relevant areas on ways of reducing the risk. more>>

An area of darkness
Duration: 22 minutes
This film focuses on rural ingenuity in harnessing renewable sources of energy to light up their homes after sunset. more>>

Daughters of the soil
Duration: 22 minutes
‘Daughters of the soil' raises a long-pending issue: women, who form a large workforce in agriculture and often end up toiling more in the field than men do, should be seen as farmers, not agricultural labourers! more>>

A new prescription
Duration: 22 minutes
A film that examines the sorry state of women’s health in India, A new prescription also documents the slow rise of committed health workers who are ushering in change. more>>