Environment

Filmmaker Somanth Ghosh runs 'Brikkho Foundation', a unique initiative through which people can adopt plants and plant more trees.

Gary Bencheghib and his organisation Sungai Watch on average clean up close to 2 tonnes of plastic waste each day from the rivers and beaches of Indonesia. He is among the four Ramon Magsaysay awardees of 2022.

Warrior Moms, a national citizen action group, is battling for their children’s right to breathe clean air in polluted cities like Delhi, by engaging in urban mobility, waste management, biomass burning, and biodiversity protection.

Venkatesh Charloo came back to India from Hong Kong, and founded Coastal Impact, a project to transplant coral fragments and save them. This is how he is saving Goa’s coral reefs.

As per studies, the metro has significantly reduced Delhiites’ dependence on private transport, in turn reducing the carbon footprint generated by its population. In 2021, the metro saved 269 million hours of travel time. Here’s how it is helping the city go green.

The Indian government may launch a national carbon trading platform, which is estimated to help the country attain net zero carbon emissions by 2070.

Watch this video to see how Rajesh Kumar Suman’s coaching centre not only provides free coaching for competitive exams, but also plays a big role in conserving the environment.

Chatur Chidiyaa, a sustainable startup co-founded by brothers Rutul Shah and Ronak Shah, shows off the beauty of the Nal Sarovar bird sanctuary while being a zero-carbon footprint business.

Narendra Singh, a former bureaucrat based in Uttar Pradesh, shares how he saved injured sparrows and distributed over 6,000 nests for free to save the species.

Watch how Mumbai-based Kunti Oza, Hansu Pardiwala, and Chitra Hiremath launched The Milk Bag Project in 2019 to collect and recycle used plastic milk bags so they don’t pollute the earth.