Supported by Zubaan
In collaboration with Heinrich Böll Stiftung, New Delhi, India
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 7 June, 2026
Are you ready for 5 days of conversations, creativity, community, and collective learning?
GreeNE Feminist Labs in collaboration with the Heinrich Böll Stiftung, New Delhi, India 2026 is back!
Join Zubaan for an immersive workshop bringing together young activists, artists, researchers, writers, storytellers, and youth leaders from across the Northeast and eastern Himalayan region to explore the intersections of gender, ecology, climate change, and development.
Through feminist storytelling, art, discussions, community knowledge, and conversations with grassroots practitioners, organisers, and ecological thinkers, we’ll reflect on the ways climate change and environmental injustice shape our everyday lives — and how communities continue to build resilience, care, resistance, and hope.
From floods and landslides to extractive projects and rapid urbanisation, the region is witnessing massive ecological change. But it is also home to powerful traditions of collective care, indigenous knowledge, creativity, and community-led resistance.
Expect conversations on: gender and climate change, ecology & development, indigenous knowledge systems, community resilience & care, art, storytelling & feminist futures.
Last year’s Lab brought together an incredible group of young people across the region and sparked conversations, collaborations, friendships, and solidarities that continue beyond the workshop space.
And this year? We’re building that space all over again. If you care about ecology, justice, communities, creativity, and imagining sustainable futures together — this Lab is for you.
Who should apply?
- If you are from Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura and between the age of 18 – 40 years, you are eligible to apply. The workshop is also open for applicants from hill regions of districts Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Kurseong. [Note: Preference will be given to candidates based locally and working actively within the community.]
- You should have a proven work/interest with issues of gender, ecology, climate and sustainable development.
- You should be able and ready to commit to attending a 5-day residential workshop in Shillong, Meghalaya mid-August, 2026.
How to apply
Please complete this Google Form (link here) and upload all required documents as specified.
List of documents to be uploaded:
1) An updated CV and any other relevant information about yourself that you think is necessary, including proof of age.
2) A Statement of Purpose (SOP) in about 500 words detailing your concerns and associations with environment, ecology and development, how gender and ecology/climate intersect in your lives, your expectations from the workshop and how you would like to take the knowledge forward.
3) Proof of Age (Birth Certificate, 10th Board Admit Card, Voter ID, Passport)
Please mention any special accommodations that you will require (example, disability accommodation, etc.)
Interested applicants can send their applications by filling in the Google Form (click here). The last date for submission is 11.59 pm 7th June (Sunday).
Selected candidates will be informed via email.
Shortlisting and selection process
A selection committee will screen all applications. The committee will prepare a shortlist based on relevance to the GreeNE Feminist Lab workshop’s priorities as described in this document and may wish to interview some candidates. Interviews can take place via Zoom or phone, or in person. The committee will then decide, and the candidate will be informed. The committee’s decision will be final.
Duration : 5 days of workshop, excluding travel days
Payments: Accommodation and food will be provided during the workshop. We will also give a modest per diem to cover the travel days. Travel expenses will be borne by Zubaan.
Background about the organisations and project:
Registered in 2003, Zubaan is a charitable trust based in Delhi. It follows in the footsteps of its parent NGO, Kali for Women, and has been an active participant, chronicler and publisher of the women’s movement since 1984. It works to increase the body of knowledge on women with a special focus on South Asia and India.
Through its various projects and activities, Zubaan aims at diversifying mainstream conversations, creating spaces for dialogues and knowledge production through culture, literature, discussions and archive building in the Northeastern region of India.
The Heinrich Böll Stiftung (hbs) is a German green think-tank and part of the international Green movement, focusing on sustainability, democracy, and social justice. Through its network of offices worldwide, including in India, it aims to inspire conversations and action towards a sustainable and equitable future.
The GreeNE Feminist Lab is an offshoot of the Feminist Lab initiated under Zubaan’s Cultures of Peace 2021. Through structured workshop sessions, the discussions were anchored around ecology focusing on indigenous women’s right, recent reforms in environmental law and their future impact, outstanding conservation efforts and varied creative documentation through the stories, journeys and achievements of feminist thinkers/collectives.
FAQs:
Q: What is the workshop about?
→ The workshop will discuss ecology, climate change and development in the northeastern region of India through a feminist lens to explore the intersections of gender, development and ecological issues.
Q. Who can apply?
→ This workshop is for young climate and gender activists, researchers, artists, writers and youth leaders from the eight northeastern states and the eastern Himalayan region. We strongly encourage applications from young women, queer, trans and non-binary people within the region. Preference will be given to candidates based locally and working actively within the community. This call is not open to non-Indian nationals.
Q. Can I apply if I live outside of India?
→ This is a physical, in-person workshop. You cannot apply if you are not a resident of India
Q. Is there an age limit to apply?
→ Yes, you must be between the age of 18-40 years to apply.
Q. What language should my submission be in?
→ All submissions should be in English.
For any queries, please write to contact@zubaanprojects.org, with the subject line “Queries for GreeNE Feminist Lab 2026”.
