Environment

Arun Prabhu, a Chennai-based architect, has constructed a house on top of an auto rickshaw that could be a long-term solution to illegal encroachments in metro cities.

Pradeep Krishnamurthy from Bengaluru built a sustainable house from natural materials like mud and reclaimed wood with breathing walls. It uses biogas three hours a day and also has a terrace garden.

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In the heart of Uttar Pradesh, Dr Samir Kumar Sinha toiled for eight long years to bring together 14000 farmers and revive the population of Sarus Cranes. And the result has been a resounding success

Food scientist-turned-farmer, Chandrasekhar Bhadsavle, fondly addressed by farmers as ‘Dada’, introduced the Saguna Rice Technique (SRT) among a handful of farmers in Neral (Karjat) in 2013. Today, it is practised by progressive farmers in all the 16 agro-climatic zones of Maharashtra.

Tripti Gaikwad, a Nashik-based advocate, runs the Sampurnam Seva Foundation, which collects idols and photo frames to recycle them into toys for underprivileged children and bird houses.

Hansu Pardiwala, Kunti Oza and Chitra Hiremath of Mumbai started The Milk Bag Project in 2019, through which they collect empty milk packets and give them for recycling. The idea was inspired by a viral social media post.

Delhi-based Rashmi Shukla's terrace garden is a mini forest of 700 plants like marigold, dahlia, lemon trees, pomegranate, chikoo, herbs, vegetables and other vines.

Neha Bagoria from Mumbai has founded Tapu Sustainable Solutions and launched a device named EcoTrapIn that converts urinals into odourless and waterless ones.

N Ramakrishnan of Basaveshwaranagar has set up horticulture, solar power units, composting systems and rainwater harvesting in his home, while also influencing 4,000 people to go green.