EcoFriendly

What seems like waste to the common eye is actually a treasure trove of nutrients for plants. These people found interesting ways to nourish their garden from their waste at home.

Amid the grey of high rise buildings and concrete, start your own journey as an urban gardener with these influencers on Instagram, who have the perfect hacks, tips, tricks and more.

Dhara Kabaria and Sonali Phadke from Pune launched Studio Alternatives, a startup that upcycles old shipping containers into sustainable living spaces.

Nandan Bhat’s Pune-based social enterprise, EcoKaari upcycles plastic waste into handcrafted fabrics using handlooms and wooden spindles (charkha).

Apart from a flourishing organic garden in her sustainable home, Pune's Pallavi Patil uses solar cooking to save on LPG bills and makes her own DIY eco-friendly cleaners from natural ingredients.

“It is important to raise awareness of unsustainable and sustainable palm oil production. One customer at a time, we can create the change.”

From composting millions of tonnes of garbage to creating livelihoods for farmers via organic farming and recycling plastic waste into useful, everyday essentials, here our are remarkable businesses of this year.

Wastage does not begin with tossing leftovers or scraps into the dustbin. It is a complex, multifaceted concern which involves looking beyond households and restaurants, into wastage at the very source of the supply chain. And, these organisations, in associations with DBS Bank India, are making sure to check that.

Serving a pre-emptive strike on the colossal amount of carbon emissions let out by the future demand for air conditioners, here are a few ways in which we could look at building sustainably cool and eco-friendly homes.

Kozhikode native Thacholath Gopalan constructed his eco-friendly sustainable house in a pond to avoid levelling a paddy field