auroville

Garbology uses colouring books, board games & activity-based learning to drive long-term behavioural change among school students, especially with regard to consumption & waste management.

Auroville, a universal township in Tamil Nadu, has got a new and advanced addition to its transport system in the form of a public accessible bus. It has a double door entrance at the rear, a platform lift, and a lot more.

We have seen signs of it everywhere. Our ponds have dried up, native birds and insects have become extinct, parks have made way for IT Parks. Yet we live like there’s no tomorrow. Well, this group of nameless volunteers has taken it upon themselves to script a different future for our children. Their amazing tale will show you how nature can work wonders when you choose to work with her.

Did you ever imagine that a doll could help people recover from a natural calamity? What's more, did you know that she cannot be bought, only gifted? Meet Tsunamika, the daughter of the tsunami, who turns 10 today and has been enabling 100 tsunami affected women in Tamil Nadu to get back on their feet.

Auroville Green Practices is organizing its annual conference and this year the theme is Eco-Productive Cities. Some of the key areas of interest would be resource and waste management, which in turn would lead to a more efficient living and an improved quality of life. Find further details here.

Continuing our changemakers series, here we present to you a very diverse bunch of people - an apartment owner who composts her kitchen waste, village women who stitch washable sanitary napkins and a traditional honey hunter in the Nilgiris. What can they have in common? They are all social and ecological entrepreneurs, and this is how they are making a difference.