Environment

"During the winters, most families here create bonfires out of plastic waste and huddle in front of it to beat the cold. We wanted to change that and so started to encourage our students to bring plastic waste as school fees."

On Tuesday, thousands of seaweed water pouches were handed out at the London Marathon in a bid to reduce plastic waste. Ain't it time that India also took a cue and utilised its spectacularly long coastline?

The 1990s saw a drastic shift of the villagers from farming to other professions. Farming yielded low profits, groundwater levels were severely depleted, and the pH value of the water was considered unsuitable even for drinking purposes.

“I would remain unfit for such an award till the flesh and blood of Mother India, in the form of precious topsoil from the Himalayas, flows down to the sea due to tree felling,” says the visionary man, explaining his rejection of the Padma Vibhushan award in 1981.

Think switching to a sustainable lifestyle is an expensive affair? Not anymore. These 10 easy solutions cost less than 1,000 and are completely environment friendly!

Share Habitat is a self-funded initiative, and it is the sheer passion and desire to make a change, that drives the team.

Did you know Bokashi is quite an efficient way to deal with your kitchen waste, including dairy and meat scraps? It is also less smellier than vermicomposting — a feature smartly used by these citizens!

With 50,000 customers, The Kabadiwala is helping people earn money, increasing scrap dealers’ income and at the same time, saving the environment

“The thing is that we are so caught up in a web of convenience that we don’t think about our personal trash. The only time we think about it is when we see or smell it stinking up our neighbourhood. The truth is that our trash problem is much worse than that—for our environment and our health.”

The programme goes much beyond creating a robust curriculum, by providing a holistic and innovative prelude to sustainability education.