KERALA RISING · FROM EXPORTING PEOPLE TO EXPORTING IDEAS monsoons ago; the corridor’s green-cover index is now on the open-data dashboard. A diaspora chapter funds a native-species grove in its ancestral panchayat and receives audited twelve-month survival reporting, not a planting-day photograph. The engine, configured MECHANISM H OW I T I S C ON FI GURE D FOR T H I S P ROGRAM Survival-verified trees earn points Loyalty on-ramp redeemable at nurseries and garden suppliers; funding the next planting. Social capital & rivalry Schools, wards, and panchayats compete on verified survival rate, not planting count; an annual green award. Creator voice Creators document plantings and one-year survival reveals; indexed clips teach species choice and care. Patron architecture Corporates and diaspora sponsor named groves and avenues with audited survival reporting; the Trust verifies. Table 13.1. The four mechanisms configured for Green Kerala. WORKED EXAMPLE: WHY SURVIVAL-SCORING CHANGES BEHAVIOUR Under a planting-count incentive, the rational move is to plant as many cheap saplings as fast as possible on planting day and never return. Under a 191