Kerala

What started as a couple of plants in his kitchen garden has now grown into a 5.5 acre chemical-free farm where 22-year-old Sooraj CS encourages organic cultivation among other farmers in Wayanad! #LiveGreen #GrowOrganic

"A lot of people were skeptical about it and advised me to give up making videos as it was waste of time. But I stuck to it as it made me happy. Now, because of this I have paid all the debts due to my treatment, worth lakhs!"

One of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) registered programmes in Kerala for June 5, the drive witnessed large scale planting of trees, cleaning of the nearby catchment area and forested stretch as well as a collection of about 15 sacks of plastic waste.

Fifteen days before his exams, Vivek learnt that his father had passed away but that just made his resolution stronger. For he knew that as a civil servant, he would be able to help hundreds of kids overcome situations like his.

Since 2000, Latha Nair has made lives of over 100 kids and adults with Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) better through financial aid, education and job opportunities.

A fisherman living by the Chombala Harbour in Kerala, it was the amount of plastic found deep in the sea that disturbed KV Priyesh enough to take action.

Using their decades of experience, 75-year-old Rohini and her 84-year-old husband have dedicated their retired years to the welfare of Kollam’s farmers. The kind of heroes India truly needs!

"After getting beaten, when blood dripped from her forehead, I have often asked her why she bore it. I remember her telling me that she was willing to suffer for my sake as she was living for me. That day, I had decided about this moment." #Respect #Heartwarming

Content with the life choices the duo has made, KP Illias and Shamika Mone are on the pursuit of engaging more farmers across the country in organic farming.

From constructing the first township built with green building technology in India in 1995 to the largest earth building in the world in Bangladesh in 2006, Architect Shankar has taken on the cause of sustainable architecture with his blood, sweat and tears, battling hostile contractors, the establishment and naysayers.