Environment

From a life-size yellow Volkswagen beetle to larger than life flamingos and even a steampunk clock tower, Hari has been working his magic on hundreds of tonnes of e-waste and converting them into art installations since 1999.

With the prize money, Dr Karnad plans to develop ‘SharkWatch’, a citizen-science programme, to record data on shark fishing and landings at major fishing harbours along the Coromandel coast.

In a brilliant experiment, he upcycled 50000 plastic chips packets into 3000 book covers that were sold to schools of neighbouring villages. And that's just one of his many ideas! #Education #Innovation #CleanIndia

He started observing trees around him. And the more he did that, the more he realised how decade old trees around the area had either been chopped down or had become mediums of advertising.

In fact, oyster mushrooms, one of the lesser-known varieties are rich in nutrients and grow very well with leftover straw.

“Fashion has a lot to answer for. People regularly updating their wardrobes are contributing to one of the worst trends in human history. That clothing is now one of the biggest consumer waste streams, with 92 million tons estimated to be thrown out in a year, means we must urgently and seriously consider new ways to deal with unwanted clothes."

Kollam native Mohan Kumar has completely phased out plastic bags from his store and only uses cloth bags and now, he wants to take it further.

Like most people in Bengaluru, Pavan A, a student of Aeronautical Engineering at the MVJ College of Engineering, was concerned about the lake.

In 2016, Rita Maker came across a video of women making mats from Walmart shopping bags on the Internet and was immediately inspired.

“When I first visited the spot, it was a disaster. Such a huge lake had dried up, and villagers were using it as a playground or dumping their waste. From that, we went on to create an oasis."