Sustainability

Aji Anand, a resident of Kannur, Kerala, has constructed a mud home in his 1000 sq ft property without hiring skilled labourers or architects.

In July, Jinay Gada (17), a student of K J Somaiya College of Arts and Commerce, Mumbai, launched ‘Planteria’ that manufactures lightweight grow bags from non-woven fabric.

Architects Ajay Abey and Tara Pandala have built a sustainable and eco-friendly home on their ancestral land in Kerala, using methods that are half the cost of conventional methods and kind to the environment

Pushpa Sahu is a home gardener who grows over 100 types of plants, trees and shrubs, including a variety of organic fruits, vegetables and medicinal plants on her terrace, earning her the name 'Hariyali Didi'.

Built using mud bricks made from scratch, Sunyata Eco Hotel in Karnataka’s Chikmagalur is blazing a trail will its sustainable initiatives. From solar power and rainwater harvesting to earth tunnels and millet recipes, it's doing it all.

Maria Kuriakose from Thrissur, Kerala, started Thenga in 2019 and so far has sold over 8,000 products made from discarded coconut shells.

Dr Minal Kabra, a Jalna-based dentist from Maharashtra, launched Kivu in 2019 that offers sugar-free cookies made from ragi, jowar, oats, flaxseed, rajgira, moringa and more

Watch this video on how you can make your own zero-budget fertiliser with waste onion peels from your kitchen.

Anusuya Samantaray, a student of Ku Leuven University in Belgium, along with her friends Varun Singh and Apoorva Vardhan, has innovated edible alternatives for single-use plastic items like spoons and cups using a by-product from breweries.

Dr Varad Giri is a herpetologist who has created hundreds of citizen scientists by helping them discover new species of amphibians and reptiles