Sustainability

With rooftop rainwater tanks, greywater reuse, and patented filtration, Bengaluru scientist AR Shivakumar created a home that has run without water bills for nearly three decades.

If you lived in Jeliakhali, a village in the Sundarbans, water would decide your year. After seasons of watching rain disappear, soil wash away, and wells run low, farmers here dug ponds on their own land with support from Gram Samriddhi Foundation.

Two moms turned a common parenting problem into Yobler, a platform for buying and selling pre-loved kids' products, saving money, reducing waste, and promoting sustainability.

When students and faculty from Azim Premji University stepped beyond campus, they worked with a panchayat near Bengaluru to rethink waste, composting, and shared responsibility through ‘Zero Waste Centre’.

From solar-powered pathways to compost-fed lawns, Miranda House quietly practices sustainability across its campus. Here’s a closer look at how this DU women’s college turned everyday routines into lasting environmental change.

Budget 2026 is turning farms into climate solutions. With a new carbon credit programme, farmers can earn beyond crops by adopting sustainable practices. Here’s how the system works, from joining projects to selling verified carbon credits.

Lower duties, cheaper batteries, and quieter changes that could ease clean energy costs for Indian households.

Union Budget 2026 introduces Bharat Vistar, an AI platform for farmers, boosts high-value crops, inland waterways, and allocates Rs 20,000 crore for clean energy transition.

Hally War from Siej village, Meghalaya, has been awarded the Padma Shri for shaping a living root bridge he began learning as a child, guided by Khasi tradition.

Keyur and Nishit Barad wanted to name their estate after something that is integral to the very existence of life on this planet. 'The Chlorophyll Estate' is an ode to this and sustainable farming practices.