cow dung

"We are not only aiding waste management, we are creating a great alternative for wood."

“We plan as per the season and often scour through the local nurseries to get our seeds etc. In terms of a daily time commitment, it takes us a good two hours each day."

The harvest from her terrace garden meets 90 per cent of her kitchen needs.

Anakaputhur is a suburb of Chennai that lies a little beyond the international airport on the banks of the Adyar. Around 15-years-ago, a group of third-generation weavers of this village decided to stray away from a tradition of almost 9 decades.

The Kumarappa National Handmade Paper Institute (KNHPI) mixed cow dung with rag paper and made handmade paper. Not only does this utilise waste into making something beneficial, but the process also generates income for farmers and gives employment opportunity to several workers.

What if you could actually grow your own fruits and vegetables on a patch of land over which you have complete control and expert assistance.

Through this practice, he was able to expand his farm and is now able to cultivate his crop on 18.5 acres of leased land.

Nilesh Tupe, an auditor and cow shelter owner in Nerul, is helping devotees go green by selling Ganpati idols made from cow dung.

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