EcoFriendly

According to the corporator, Bengaluru's Yediyur ward will soon go off the grid and become BESCOM-free.

This home runs on fresh air and sunlight. Built on a 220 sq ft plot, the home is equipped with solar panels and a sewage managing unit, and can accommodate up to six people. It took two months and cost about Rs 1.5 lakh.

With the help of committee members, they started the Go Green Campaign on Swachhta Divas, Oct 2, 2017, where their objective was to convert wet kitchen waste into compost and recycle as much dry waste as possible.

The organisation designed its own nests using dried coconut shells and eco-friendly fibres. This was then distributed to children in Vizag so that they could implement it in their respective homes.

While the body of the pen is built from plantain leaf, papaya leaf stem, coconut leaf and castor stem, a nib is fixed at one end of the stem. The other end is sealed using maida starch which holds the ink.

Made of clay, these bottles are handmade and cool water through the natural process of evaporative cooling.

Mumbai-based Haresh Mehta’s Paper Shaper, a corrugated cardboard manufacturing firm, is helping people do so by offering an alternate sustainable solution to wooden, metal and plastic furniture.

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

Project Patradya is a Delhu-based initiative engaging a community of women refugees to produce edible cutlery as a more sustainable alternative to plastic.

From installing LED streetlights to making solar and rainwater harvesting compulsory, Rajkot is working hard for a greener tomorrow.