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India's favourite getaway Goa is battling a severe plastic waste problem. This alarming situation led Sanjiv Khandelwal to start 'Maka Naka Plastic', a campaign to combat plastic pollution with cloth bags made from pre-loved fabric.

From misdiagnosis to social boycott, patients born with the genetic condition called Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) have a lot to deal with. Awareness is the first step to help them.

Kamlesh Atwal started Nanakmatta Public School in rural Uttarakhand to provide the village children with holistic education and a unique 'student-led' environment.

Colonel Sujan Mohanty had been in a fix over his future after his retirement in 2012. He wanted to break into a new venture but was baffled with the number of options available. His interest, however, lay in floriculture, which he eventually turned to.

Low-income groups are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. World Resources Institute (WRI) India shows us three examples of how keeping these communities at the heart of nature-based solutions has helped them build more resilience to the changing environment.

The Pali Hill Residents’s Association began with eight women in the 90s who dreamt of transforming their neighbourhood into a cleaner, greener, and safer home. The members recall how they achieved this award-winning transformation over two decades.

Cinema can go a long way in encouraging disability pride and the acceptance of diversity. v-shesh, an enterprise that prepares organisations with disability inclusion, maps the evolution of disability representation in cinema, and reflects on 10 films and shows that got it right.

Saumil Majmudar and Parminder Gill run Sportz Village, a Bengaluru-based organisation that uses sports and play as a medium of education. Sportz Village Foundation, its non-profit subsidiary helps children from public schools (rural & urban) benefit from sport in terms of better educational, health and developmental outcomes. The organization also helps students become athletes playing at district, state and national levels in a variety of sports.

Kalyani Subramanyam and Corina van Dam run Maitrayana, an initiative that uses the sport of netball to help thousands of girls study, fight gender bias, and pursue their dream careers.

Civis, a platform that enables citizens to participate in public consultations in the domain of environment and policy has released Climate Voices. This is a handbook and guide for Indians to participate in environmental law-making and play an active role in shaping our climate policies.