Sustainability

“People laughed at me for installing a solar power system in my house, because back in 2001, electricity was comparatively cheaper. They called it an unnecessary expense. But, I looked at the bigger picture—not the money I spent at the time but the energy I would save in the long run. And I was right!"

Having completed her architecture degree from the School of Planning and Architecture in 2003, Aishwarya says that the choice of working with heritage buildings and structures was made rather early on in life.

The connect that Sikdar saw his daughter forging with the earth, insects, and the many living organisms was a huge encouragement to him.

The architects strongly believe that sustainable architecture is not limited to just the design of buildings.

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.

Every home on the street segregates its waste. While their wet waste is processed into compost every quarter, plastic waste is collected and recycled.

“Rapid urban expansion is taking a toll on our natural resources. These skewed notions of development floated by glamorous campaigns that make us believe that progress means a mindless increase in infrastructure, without a thought to the environment, is completely flawed. Each one of us needs to get closer to nature and understand that we can’t survive if we deplete natural resources.” #sustainablehomes

Heard of the indigenous mango that tastes and smells like jaggery? Or the only mango variety that can be preserved for a year and eaten in mid-winter?

Till 2017, Paramesha and his family knew that the copper colour jackfruit was different from the rest but had very little idea about how precious it was.

What started as a fascination for Aswatha Biju after seeing a picture of an ammonite fossil in encyclopedia soon turned into a passion that had no plans of dying done.