Anjali Krishnan

Architect Balasunda Kaushikan built a 3000-sq-ft sustainable house in Tamil Nadu for Rs 55 lakh using locally sourced material. His house employs several sustainable practices that are eco-friendly and cost-effective.

Teen farmer Banupriya and her father Dayatmaji, residents of Kerala, have grown a near-extinct and rare variety of red rice, which is said to have many medicinal benefits and has been used since ancient times.

P Sukumaran, from Kerala, has been a walking librarian for the last 41 years, going to at least 35 houses every day to deliver books to women and children.

Breaking the glass ceiling and several barriers on the bay, 25-year-old Haritha KK from Alappuzha in Kerala has become the first woman captain of fishing vessels in India.

M K Nishanth, a farmer from Wayanad, Kerala, was fascinated with growing different crops. Today, his backyard and ancestral farmland are filled with a plethora of plantain varieties.

A group of climate-conscious individuals in Kerala have developed an app that aims to track the growth and survivability of numerous forgotten saplings planted during plantation drives.

Sanju Soman from Kerala was recently selected as one of the 17 young climate leaders from India by the UN. He implemented Kerala's first 'model wetland village' concept in Muhamma in the Alappuzha district of Kerala.

Sathyanarayana Beleri from Kasaragod, Kerala, grows and conserves 650 varieties of paddy in his 25 cents of land. He was recently honoured by the Union Ministry of Agriculture with the ‘Plant Genome Saviour Farmer Reward’ for his efforts.