Conservation

Growing profusely across the shola grasslands of Western Ghats, the iconic flower is found across the hilly regions of Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

When it is a question of livelihood versus environment, most of us would blindly go with the livelihood option but not these women of Rameshwaram.

Grown up in a family that loved and respected nature almost to God-like reverence, Jamuna was aghast when she noticed a number of trees that were chopped by the women in her husband's village for household purposes.

The brainchild of Vikas Brahmavar, the company believes in keeping the water as natural as possible with all non-desirable properties removed or reduced to desirable levels depending on the application or requirement.

The first of their kind in the world, India's Ecological Task Force (ETF) battallions have fought against deforestation and ecological degradation for years.

When T. Siva Ramalingam had moved to the city sometime in the early 2000s, he found that not only was Chennai sweltering hot; there were also very few trees and plants in the surrounding areas that further aggravated the heat.

Planting more than 60 saplings between intersections and medians where the bikes parked, Vikas nurtured them with regular watering and care.

Once a fast-shrinking island in the Gulf of Mannar, Tamil Nadu's Vaan island has started growing back thanks to a dedicated team of researchers from IIT Madras.

Back in 1973, it was a patch of barren land strewn with rocks. Today, it is a thriving 1.5 hectare agro-forest, thanks to an incredible effort by ex-soldier Jagat ‘Jungli’ Singh Chaudhary.

Ancient Mumbai’s historic architectural genius also reflects in more than 30 pyaus across the city which are fragments of history of a city that never sleeps.