composting

Excessive chemical use is degrading India’s soil, reducing fertility, and releasing carbon. Sustainable practices such as composting, agroforestry, mulching, and crop rotation restore health, boost yields, and capture carbon sustainably.

Post-monsoon soil often holds too much water, risking plant health. Learn how to optimise soil moisture with simple strategies like improving drainage, applying mulch, and planting cover crops. Keep your soil balanced and ready for a flourishing garden or farm in the months ahead.

Once hit by a deadly plague, Surat is now India’s cleanest city. With smart tech, community effort, and a Rs 500 crore waste economy, it shows how cleanliness can become a habit.

From food labels and farming to sexual health, composting, and civic action — meet the five digital creators nominated for Optum Presents The Better India Showcase, supported by M3M Foundation, for proving that online content can spark lasting offline impact.

Learn how to grow chikoo (sapodilla) at home this monsoon with our step-by-step guide. From choosing the right variety to planting, watering, mulching, and harvesting, discover everything you need to enjoy homegrown chikoo fruit right from your garden. Perfect for beginners and enthusiasts alike.

Looking for ways to resolve your pile of cardboard boxes at home? Kolkata woman shares tips on how to use them in your garden.

Want to teach your kids where their food comes from? A Kerala gardener turned her terrace into a thriving farm with 200+ plants. Her simple tips for growing cucumbers at home make gardening a fun, hands-on activity the whole family can enjoy — even in small spaces!

After losing her mother-in-law, Surbhi Yadav transformed sorrow into sustainability—repurposing vintage bottles, lanterns, and fan parts into planters that now host over 300 plants on her terrace in Meerut.

What if waste could earn you money, feed your soil, and bring jobs to your village? That’s what Mohammad Aamir Khan is proving with Green Wave and Waste to Health in South Kashmir.

Urban gardener Anupama Desai from Surat swears by a simple, no-fuss compost trick that uses just watermelon rinds and water — and takes only 3 days.