Environment

Award-winning scientist Dr Priyadarshini Karve researched eco-friendly ways of agro-waste management for over 20 years, inventing unique products to offer clean-fuel alternatives to firewood for India’s urban residents.

When Revathy Kamath started her landscaping business, she faced water issues to maintain the land where she grew trees. On enquiry, she realised the nearby Somanahalli Lake was dying and stepped up to revive it.

Former IAS officer of Ambala, Vikram Yadav, used unique methods to reduce stubble-burning incidents by approaching farmers with attractive waste management alternatives. After an 80% reduction in farm fires in 2021, a further dip was witnessed this year. Know more.

Pune-based BiofuelCircle, founded by Suhas Baxi and Ashwin Save, is an online marketplace that connects the rural farming community with credible biomass consumers.

Even as Punjab reported 80% of all stubble-burning cases in North India, Pathankot district has zero farm fires this year. Chief Agricultural Officer Dr Amrik Singh, who was one of the two officers behind this feat, explains how.

Ram Vilas Singh, a businessman, started his gardening journey in 1997 with eight pots. Now, his terrace garden has almost all varieties of seasonal as well as exotic vegetables, fruits, flowers and ornamental plants.

Aman Sharma, a 19-year-old from Delhi started Cuckoo About Nature Club — a birding club by youth for youth. He grows over 500 plants in his terrace garden, which invite birds, butterflies and bees.

Dr Gajanan D Muratkar is popularly known as the ‘grass man of India’ for his pioneering work in habitat and meadow development. He has used this technique to create meadows in several Tiger Reserves and Protected Areas, winning numerous awards.

After losing his young daughter, Sarpanch Shyam Sundar Paliwal pledged to plant 111 trees for every girl child born in Piplantri village, Rajasthan. Today his promise has turned into an entire forest.

After completing his master’s in Agricultural Engineering, Satyam Jha decided to spread awareness and knowledge among the youth about the need to switch to organic farming through his Instagram page.