Eco Friendly

Harry Dennis, a marine biologist in the UK, runs Waterhaul, a non-profit that recycles discarded fish nets, called ghost gear, to make 100% eco-friendly sunglasses.

Krishnan Subramanian and Gowri Gopinath quit their jobs to return to Madurai and start YellowBag, an eco-friendly venture that sells the traditional Manjapai, or yellow bags, to encourage people to switch to cloth bags.

Amrish Patel's luxurious house in Ahmedabad is eco-friendly as it harnesses the energy of the sun for powering gadgets and even purifying their drinking water.

Kerala couple Devakumar and Saranya quit their corporate jobs in the UAE to launch Papla, a venture that makes sustainable tableware, grow bags and more from arecanut leaf sheaths.

Looking for an eco-friendly homestay in Munnar? Paulson and Elza from Kerala have created a stunning treehouse on a 400-year-old jamun tree.

With banana leaves, wheat and rice bran, millet waste and more, Coimbatore entrepreneur Kalyana Kumar has innovated machinery that can churn out eco-friendly and biodegradable single-use cutlery and containers.

Baburaj used bamboo reinforcement to build a sustainable, ecofriendly homestay in Wayanad, Kerala.

Bengaluru-based Shiva Manjesh distributes the eco-friendly straws to vendors for free and also sells them for Re 1 each. The proceeds of which go back to the farmers.

Yuga Akhare and Sagar Shirude from Pune share how sourcing local materials and labour and upcycling waste helped them build a two-storeyed house for just Rs 4 Lakh.

Looking for unique Diwali gifting ideas? Banana leaves are not just 100% environment-friendly and sustainable but also a very chic way to wrap your gifts this season.