Development Alternatives

About Development Alternatives

Development Alternatives (DA), the world's first social enterprise dedicated to sustainable development, is a research and action organization striving to deliver socially equitable, environmentally sound, and economically scalable development outcomes. Our green technology innovations for habitat, water, energy, and waste management, which deliver basic needs and generate sustainable livelihoods, have reduced poverty and rejuvenated natural ecosystems in the most backward regions of India. Since its inception DA is dedicated to systemic transformation. It started by analyzing the changes that were needed in the existing societal and economic order to ensure that the wellbeing of the marginalized and the health of the environment is maintained and regenerated, for long into the future.