My name is Shah and my origin is from Kashmir in India, my wife and i have been living in UK for some years now.  Kashmir has been in conflict and politically disturbed for many decades and particularly since last 3 decades.  I have lived myself through the conflict at the grass roots level in Kashmir for many years, and now we have been living in the UK for some years.  
We have been always looking for solutions and answers to take back to the home land in order to help the people and natural environment of Kashmir.
After many years of longing to find creative ways to discover non-political solutions to the problems that modern­ day Kashmir faces,  decades of confusion, loss of livelihoods, tragic loss of lives on all sides, and 
the accompanying degradation of the environment due to the on­going conflict, during which time India and Pakistan have fought over who 
has the right to this land, the realization became clear to us, 
after attending the International Permaculture Convergence
 in the UK in 2015, that perhaps  Permaculture could shine a 
new light onto old problems.  

After completing our Permaculture Design Course, we strongly 
felt that by introducing Permaculture into the Kashmir Valley,  
that we could implement the principles of Permaculture
as the new torch bearer for hope and  creative solutions to age­- old and unresolved problems in the region. If the issue is the fight over to whom the land belongs then let’s start the 
healing from the land itself, and the involvement of the people with the land. 
At the heart of our concern would be earth care, people care and fair share. 

With this vision of a peaceful, non-political solution to the Kashmir dilemma we have set up an organization Green Kashmir to introduce Permaculture practices and principles in the Kashmir valley.  I was very fortunate to meet Rosemary Morrow from Australia and Alice Gray from UK, and both ladies specialized in taking Permaculture in conflict zones. Rosemary Marrow has been mentoring us from distance and we launched our Permaculture project in Kashmir in September 2016.