Summary:
Common earth, common sky and common water bodies will have to become a central concern sooner than later. India has made the term, 'grassroots innovations' popular world over through the usage has got a bit muddled. The common property institutions so vital for conservation of natural resources, including biodiversity and associated knowledge system, are still neglected. Innovations from grassroots should be distinguished from innovations for grassroots. Innovations in school education and people's institutions need much more support from society than has been the case so far..