Environment

Run by Aditi Pokhriyal and Anil Cherukupalli, Fagunia Farmstay in Uttarakhand brings together traditional Kumaoni architecture with sustainable lifestyle practices like solar power, organic farming and waste management.

From growing a mini forest of over 3000 trees to building a rainwater harvesting pit that can store 1.2 million litres of water, Puducherry's Sasikanta Dash has set a stunning example of civic action.

A team of faculty members at Jamia Millia Islamia in Delhi and Aligarh Muslim University in Uttar Pradesh have developed an eco-friendly cement made using waste such as fly ash and silica fumes.

Actor Sonakshi Sinha has been working towards creating a more sustainable future by making changes in her daily life.

Krishnakumar S from Chennai founded NGO Thuvakkam to increase green cover in the city and the surrounding districts. They now have a total of 1,800 volunteers

Alka Zadkaonkar innovated a pollution-free technology in 2003 that converts plastic to fuel using de-polymerisation. With her husband, Dr Umesh, she discusses their technology, the challenges they faced along the way and how we can manage plastic waste better.

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change issued the draft Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules 2021 in which they proposed a blanket ban on a number of plastic items, amongst other things.

Anand Dhawaj Negi, a retired bureaucrat spent over two decades creating a forest in the high altitude cold desert of Thang Karma, Himachal Pradesh.

P Muthuswamy of Dindigul-based SEEDS Trust worked with the village community in Ayyalur forests in Eastern Ghats to revive the population of the Grey Slender Loris, an endangered species

While unsustainable palm oil cultivation is responsible for damage to the environment, when produced sustainably, it can halt deforestation, conserve biodiversity, improve the livelihood of smallholders and reduce the exploitation of indigenous communities.